Do you get your8 hours sleep?

Shorc

I've made a big effort recently to get 8 hours sleep per night, and it's paying off. Life is just more enjoyable. I've heard of people staying up all night studying for example, I think it's ridiculous, they'd be better off being awake, sharp, alert and productive for 16 hours.

Sunnyisland

Never sleep for eight hours, most times a good deep six does me.

B.A._Baracus

Seeing as how I just got less than 4 hours sleep just there .... up yours op :pac: *sips coffee* ahhh better.

YbFocus

I usually get 6, nothing wakes me up in them mind. So they are a good 6.

BillyMitchel

5 hours is grand.

Thing is the earlier I get up the better. 9am am ill be ready to take on the world!!

Yeah bitchhhh

tosspot15

8 isnt enough for me. Give me a good 9-10 and I'll be happy. If I'm undisturbed on a comfortable weekend I'd sleep for 12. My record stands at about 16, but that makes me feel horrible.

Shorc

New research suggests lack of sleep actually damages the brain.

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23932577

ectoraige

I have three children.

_Kaiser_

Weekdays: about 6 hours

Weekends: 9 or 10

BrokenArrows

About 6-7 weekdays.

About 9 weekends.

Esoteric_

I'm lucky if I get 5. Usually 3-4. Over the past few weeks, 2-3. I'm like a fcuking zombie.

Shorc

Esoteric_ wrote: »

I'm lucky if I get 5. Usually 3-4. Over the past few weeks, 2-3. I'm like a fcuking zombie.

How come you get so little, you are aging your body and mind with that lifestyle.

I didn't realise how much I was wasting my life by not getting 8 hours, without 8 hours I was enduring my day rather than enjoying it. I didn't even realise days could be enjoyed.

Banjo String

6-7 hours per night.

Teething babies are great Craic

danniemcq

nope get about 5 or 6 hours a night, worse at weekend, or if the GF is away then I usually just ... don't sleep really, its a solid gaming or TV binge that can last days. The odd powernap (20 mins max) does.

There is a way if you have the time (and an understanding boss) that a 20 minute power nap once every 4 hours for a few weeks (you must be strict to the 4 hours hence the boss) will reset your clock in a way that thats all you'll need every day.

Uberman Cycle: 20 to 30 minute naps every 4 hours, resulting in 6 naps each day. The uberman cycle is highly efficient, and usually results in feeling healthy, feeling refreshed upon waking and extremely vivid dreams. Many uberman-users report increased ability to lucid dream as well. However, the rigid schedule makes it near impossible to miss naps without feeling horribly tired. Blogger Steve Pavlina tried the cycle for 5.5 months and had amazingly positive results.He only reverted to monophasic sleep so that he could be on the same cycle as his wife and children. Read his articles and updates on the cycle here.

More Here: http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/10/polyphasic-sleep-log-day-1/
Other Sleep Cycles Here: http://www.highexistence.com/alternate-sleep-cycles/

Vito Corleone

On a weekday when I'm not on holiday I'd get 2-4 hours. I have problems getting to sleep.

salacious crumb

Two cats running the stairs all night and a gf who's on a ridiculous shift and who's alarm goes off at 3.35am, so no :pac:

WesternZulu

I'd be dead to the world if I didn't get my 8 hours sleep!

Nothing worse than waking up and feeling wrecked.

_Kaiser_

WesternZulu wrote: »

I'd be dead to the world if I didn't get my 8 hours sleep!

Nothing worse than waking up and feeling wrecked.

I think it must be the change in seasons myself as it doesn't seem to matter how much sleep I get this week, I'm still wrecked

CruelCoin

I usually get 5 hours a night.

**** loads of coffee during the day and then binge on sleep sat/sun morning.

OldGoat

Reads like an after hours conversation between porn actors.

realies wrote: »

... most times a good deep six does me.

YbFocus wrote: »

I usually get 6

tosspot15 wrote: »

8 isnt enough for me. Give me a good 9-10 and I'll be happy.

Esoteric_ wrote: »

I'm lucky if I get 5. Usually 3-4. Over the past few weeks, 2-3. I'm like a fcuking zombie.

_Kaiser_

CruelCoin wrote: »

I usually get 5 hours a night.

**** loads of coffee during the day and then binge on sleep sat/sun morning.

Shower first thing followed by a can of coke/club orange when I get in to the office works for me. Coffee here isn't great and I'm trying to cut back on the cappuchino's from the shop beside the office.

oldyouth

Usually 7-8 hours broken sleep a night. No different at the weekends. Once I wake up, I have to get out of the bed, even if still tired

YbFocus

OldGoat wrote: »

Reads like an after hours conversation between porn actors.

That should be post of the day lads, I just made an idiot of myself laughing out loud for no apparent reason

Esoteric_

Shorc wrote: »

How come you get so little, you are aging your body and mind with that lifestyle.

I didn't realise how much I was wasting my life by not getting 8 hours, without 8 hours I was enduring my day rather than enjoying it. I didn't even realise days could be enjoyed.

Insomnia, I don't get much choice in the matter!

_Kaiser_

Esoteric_ wrote: »

Insomnia, I don't get much choice in the matter!

There's only one answer to that...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuqEbRzy_t8

.. Sorry!

edrakes

I need to get at least 8 hours sleep every night or I just feel absolutely exhausted for the whole day. I get annoyed as going to bed earlier won't help me get to sleep quicker either so if I'm up early in the morning and have had a sleeping pattern for a few weeks, it really does ruin the next day.

Reiketsu

I usually get 6 during the week and 7 or 8 at the weekends. A bit longer if my daughter is with her grandparents at the weekend. I don't get up right away then either, just enjoy the fact I don't have to :pac:

Duff

Anything less than 4 and I'm a vegetable during the day. Usually get 5-6 hours on weekdays. 8-9 on weekends.

heretochat

I always try and get the 7 or 8 hours during the week.. Try but fail a lot of the time

Weekends I go for mammoth 10 hours or so..

I couldn't function on 2-3 hours...

DEFTLEFTHAND

I don't know how people do the powernaps during the day, without taking a sleeping pill It can take me 2-3 hours to fall asleep naturally, even if I'm wrecked.

I used to sleep better it's only in the last few months that I'm finding it hard. I think too much when I'm lying in bed, I could be on the cusp of sleep then I'm wide awake again because I've remembered something else to ponder/worry over. :rolleyes:

remsburgsgirl

pregnant & a 1 year old who wakes around 3 times a night ...... what is this 'sleep' thing you speak of

I do miss my sleep though...my husband & I joke about weekends away, without the kids, in hotels with blackout blinds...a sleep getaway...how sad

whatdoicare

Yeah, new baby, so no.... Just no.

Alf Veedersane

whatdoicare wrote: »

Yeah, new baby, so no.... Just no.

They should invent soundproof boxes for babies to sleep in at night. You'd need a little section to put their rations in and so on but that's workable.

Obviously there'd be air-holes in the box.

whatdoicare

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

They should invent soundproof boxes for babies to sleep in at night. You'd need a little section to put their rations in and so on but that's workable.

Obviously there'd be air-holes in the box.

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the groutch

Shorc wrote: »

New research suggests lack of sleep actually damages the brain.

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23932577

that's unpossible

BeerWolf

Can't say I'm a good sleeper... got issues with it for years now.

I look like a raccoon 24/7.

Alf Veedersane

whatdoicare wrote: »

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gammygils

5 & a half to 6 hours usually

Maybe 7 at most at weekends

krudler

5-6 hrs usually, long as I have one lie in a week I'm grand. The times I do get 8 or more hours sleep I actually feel more tired the next day for some reason. Power naps are good too, usually have one before I'd go out on a Saturday night but you run the risk of a nap turning into a sleep and then not wanting to get back up and head out.

Jester252

Had a while where I only needed 2-3 hours a night. Now I get a good 5-6 hours. Heard that 8 hours wasn't good for you and that recommended amount of sleep was 4-8 hours

diomed

When people say they sleep only 4, 5, 6 hours a night I remember what I read in The Promise Of Sleep by William C Dement. You can do it for a few nights, but if you run up a sleep deficit of about thirty hours (by getting less than about 8.5 hours a night) you have to make up the difference by sleeping more. The bigger the deficit, the worse you feel, and you will fall asleep very quickly.

Try a sleep deficit of 30+ hours by getting 4 hours a night for 7 days (8.5-4.0) x 7 = 31.5. But you need someone else to do the recording for it to be believable.

Of course people think they only sleep for 4,5,6 hours. How is it recorded?

It is dangerous to have a sleep deficit. You can easily fall asleep while driving, not good for you, not good for others.

realies

realies wrote: »

most times a good deep six does me.

lol

Amirani

I normally aim to take a good solid 6 or 7, and have been taking them far deeper than normal lately.

enda1

I get about 7.5 hours on a weeknight and 9ish at the weekend.

Lenin Skynard

Ten hours every night at least. I love sleep.

Lenin Skynard

salacious crumb wrote: »

Two cats running the stairs all night and a gf who's on a ridiculous shift and who's alarm goes off at 3.35am, so no :pac:

Cats? Sacrificing sleep for some ****ing cats? You must be mental. Put them outside.

Renegade Mechanic

Not at the moment but usually I get 8 at least. Those days will be back yet:D

dgt

I love my sleep. The way I post often reflects how much sleep I've got....

I usually get 9-10hrs sleep

xgwishyx

I get about 6-7 hours weekdays and 10 hours if I'm lucky at weekends, usually 8 though due to stupid body clock.

I find I'm wrecked all day but magically around 10-11pm I wake up and find it hard to convince myself to go to bed before midnight.

TerrorFirmer

I try and get about 7 hours a night, though anything over 5 and I'm pretty much fine, prefer to get about 7 though. I wake up everyday about 7am and find it hard to go back to sleep, so if I don't go to bed around midnight, I know I probably won't get the full 7. On the other hand, my girlfriend can and has slept for 16 hours solid, and on one occassion, sleeping through her alarm meant she slept until 2pm - alarm was set for 9. I really envy that sometimes.

Ghost Train

get 6 hours sleep usually

probably need closer to 7