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24 Comments on How much sleep do you get each day?
Jim, I'm curious about your last sentence that sleep is cumulative. From my understanding, the 7 hour recommendation is 7 hours of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. Do "nappers" really accumulate 7 hours of REM sleep?
Hey, Kevin. If they are true nappers, like my Partner is. A true catnapper can fall asleep in mere minutes and get that REM sleep in.
He's been to the Boston Medical Center, Houston Medical Center, and UCLA Medical Center to try to put an end to his catnaps but has come to accept the fact that he is what he is. Unfortunately, sometimes he wakes me up at weird hours of the night when he gets up to go to work. LOL
I definitely love my sleep time. Without it I feel grumpy and stressed out. I have never had trouble falling asleep, but I have times when I wake up throughout the night. That usually happens when something is worrying me and I can't turn my brain off. I do best when I get to sleep around 10:30, and hopefully I can get 6 hours in before I start waking up.
Jim - I can relate, and have been haunted by inconsistent sleep during the night. I wake up, and really have trouble going back to sleep and sometimes just get up and start working!
So when my wife asks why I wasn't paying attention to her, I can say that I was "microslepping"
It takes me forever to fall asleep but I usually end up getting at least 7 hours sleep. I think sleep is critical to good health. My mom passed away too young and I think it's because she never slept. She would sleep 2-4 hours a night and that is just not enough. She never gave her body a chance to heal. Speaking of sleep, maybe I should go there.
I can usually take a short nap for about 15 minutes when tired and wake up fine. I know I don't always get 7 hours of sleep.
I seem to be playing the catch up game - one weekend day I sleep in.
I can't seem to get more than 4 - 5 hours a night. If I go to bed early or late I get 4 or 5 hours and I up and wide awake. Don't even worry about it any more.
I probably avg. 6 - 6.5 a night. I stay up until I am tired. If I go to bed before I am tired, I will toss and turn all night long, and will actually be awake until much later than if I had just waited until I was tired.
I've heard that those who live to very old ages usually get 7-9 hours of sleep. They also eat a very healthy diet and they possess a very positive attitude in life. The rest, just die younger.
I guess my time is limited since I sleep 8-10 hours a night.
One thing I am not guilty or is not getting enogh sleep. I get at least 8 hours with a 1 hour noontime nap. Yes the rest of the time you will find me working with more energy than people half my age.
Not enough, that's for sure. I have a problems "turning off" the brain. Sometimes I wake up at 4 am ready to go, and cannot get back to sleep.
Hey Jim,
I am a late nighter - so I was anxious to read your post. Finding, 5-7 hours needed with sleep being cumulative, works for me!
Thanks for the good news!
I like to get 7 but often get around 6 - I have read that 4 is not enough and that every hour you sleep beore midnight is like 2 after midnight. It has to do with liver repair and other organs, etc. Interesting question and my answer also is not enough! Tonight I almost fell asleep at choir practice :)
Hey Jim,
My sister is the worst when it comes to falling asleep ANYWHERE! She has been to numerous doctors...and no one can come up with a reason for her simply needing to sleep all the time... in fact the other day she was late getting home from work, turns out she fell asleep driving home! And she drove onto the shoulder of the road and WOKE UP MOMENTS LATER!!! She scares us all the time with this "whatever it is"...my 11 year old daughter said it best: "Good thing she's not a BIRD!"
I guess I am going to die an early death, since I get 8 hours of sleep.
I used to live on 5 - 6 hours - never a napper......now I need 6 - 7........(will not admit to anything about college - cannot really remember if I ever slept during college).
I normally go to sleep at midnight and awaken at 7. If I go to sleep earlier, I awaken around 2 feeling like it is time to get up and not a chance of gong back to sleep agan. I'd love to sleep in longer on the weekend but the internal clock won't turn off.
I used to get 7-8 hours. THen I found Ar and now I read blogs so , about 4 hours