I'd skip sleeping if I could. What about you?

ReefBreak · 12-11-2013 03:17PM #1

Do you like your kip? Personally, I know I get mildly disappointed every night at about 11:30 when I realise I have to quit whatever I'm doing and go to bed. I'd happily potter away all night if I could. I know some people love their beds, but for me it's completely functional thing that I only do because my body demands it (or I'm drunk or hungover).

Gongoozler · 12-11-2013 03:19PM

I'd love to not need it but there's nothing like the feeling of waking up, realising its ages till you've to get up and falling back to sleep.

krudler · 12-11-2013 03:20PM

I usually get by on about 6hrs a night, purely because I have to, definitely a night owl, feel more awake and alert in the evenings than I do in the daytime.

pundy · 12-11-2013 03:21PM

There's absolutely nothing better than lying in bed.

i can't stand people that go on like "oh i'm so busy i have to do this that and the other!" making themselves sounds like they've no time in the world when in reality it's mostly sh!te - go to bed and enjoy your rest, cos you may be "long dead", but you'll be there much faster if you run yourself into the ground needlessly, just to be seen as "busy".

Hierro_4 · 12-11-2013 03:23PM

Hard to beat the feeling of falling asleep when you're wrecked from a hard days graft or when you're getting back to sleep when you expectantly find out you have the day off.

bluefinger · 12-11-2013 03:27PM

hate going to bed. also hate getting out of bed. it's a hate/hate relationship.

Green Giant · 12-11-2013 03:28PM

I love my sleep, so I do!

I like to just gently nod off after a day at the office or whatever, letting my mind drift to things that I don't get to think about during the day before sleep takes over. I wouldn't be one for consistently staying up until after midnight doing X, Y and Z

Dravokivich · 12-11-2013 03:31PM

The problem isn't with sleeping, it's with waking!

poundapunnet · 12-11-2013 03:32PM

krudler wrote: »

I usually get by on about 6hrs a night, purely because I have to, definitely a night owl, feel more awake and alert in the evenings than I do in the daytime.

I love sleep, sleep is my absolute favourite, but I'm usually running on the same or less. I would seriously happily sleep for about ten hours a night, every night, but my body clock is out of synch with most employers' so I only get to do that on weekends. There is literally no point me going to bed before about 1am unless I'm overly intoxicated somehow, I'm not going to fall asleep anyway and I refuse to lie there staring at the ceiling just because The Man tells me it's bed-time :mad:

beks101 · 12-11-2013 03:33PM

i prolong it for as long as possible. Who says I can't stay up til 3am and be up by 8am? It means the odd weekend sleep binge is inevitable. But I haven't been to bed by 11.30pm in about fifteen years.

Merkin · 12-11-2013 03:38PM

I absolutely adore bed but tend to go through bouts of insomnia too which can be tough. So no, I absolutely wouldn't skip sleeping for the world as I adore bed, lucid dreaming, cuddling up while dozing and prolonged snoozing sessions but also grabbing a good six or seven hours where possible. I slept for ten hours straight last night which I haven't done in a long time but my body obviously needed it - I'm a raving lunatic and antichrist when I don't have enough. A good sleep is as good as a decent work out in my opinion, the body needs it and it all depends on the person how much, the likes of Thatcher grabbed about two hours a night apparently.

The Backwards Man · 12-11-2013 03:40PM

I'd love to skip the getting up part. I hate that.

krudler · 12-11-2013 03:44PM

poundapunnet wrote: »

I love sleep, sleep is my absolute favourite, but I'm usually running on the same or less. I would seriously happily sleep for about ten hours a night, every night, but my body clock is out of synch with most employers' so I only get to do that on weekends. There is literally no point me going to bed before about 1am unless I'm overly intoxicated somehow, I'm not going to fall asleep anyway and I refuse to lie there staring at the ceiling just because The Man tells me it's bed-time :mad:

Same, I have to be tired otherwise I'll just lie there thinking or wind up watching tv. Long as I get one decent lie in a week I'm grand. I can't sleep in anymore most of the time though like any time I go out it might be 2 or 3am or whatever going to bed and my stupid brain will wake me up at 8 or 9 again. the one time I want to sleep I can't.

BillyMitchel · 12-11-2013 03:45PM

Yeah probably but I'm bolloxed now so I'm gonna take a nap before I get back to business.

kneemos · 12-11-2013 03:48PM

You can train yourself to go with tiny amounts of sleep apparently.Micro sleeps I think it's called.

gramar · 12-11-2013 03:51PM

bluefinger wrote: »

hate going to bed. also hate getting out of bed. it's a hate/hate relationship.

I think you might have given Rte an idea for a new series there.

A lot of nights I only get about 3 hours in the bed as I'm asleep on the sofa until 2 or 3 in the morning before I wake up and drag myself up the stairs.

poundapunnet · 12-11-2013 03:54PM

kneemos wrote: »

You can train yourself to go with tiny amounts of sleep apparently.Micro sleeps I think it's called.

I've heard of that too but why would you do that to yourself? This is my ultimate nightmare (heheheh) way to die

marshbaboon · 12-11-2013 03:59PM

I currently do skip sleeping quite a lot. A nice combination of insomnia & sleep paralysis.

Wacker The Attacker · 12-11-2013 03:59PM

Where else can you go when you've wanked all the vitamins out of yourself?

Wattle · 12-11-2013 04:04PM

In the words of Bill Hicks I need about eight hours a day and ten at night

shrewd · 12-11-2013 04:13PM

love going to bed. also hate getting out of bed. it's a love/hate relationship.

keano_afc · 12-11-2013 04:15PM

I have an energetic 3 year old.

I cherish every second I get to sleep.

The_B_Man · 12-11-2013 04:15PM

if we didn't need sleep, we'd end up working 80 hour weeks anyway. They'd find something to fill our days with.
Also, stuff would be more expensive.

On the plus side, we'd all have more room in our houses!!
But then on the negative side, we'd have nowhere to ride!

Wacker The Attacker · 12-11-2013 04:20PM

The_B_Man wrote: »

if we didn't need sleep, we'd end up working 80 hour weeks anyway. They'd find something to fill our days with.
Also, stuff would be more expensive.

On the plus side, we'd all have more room in our houses!!
But then on the negative side, we'd have nowhere to ride!

The garden will do

kneemos · 12-11-2013 04:20PM

The_B_Man wrote: »

if we didn't need sleep, we'd end up working 80 hour weeks anyway. They'd find something to fill our days with.
Also, stuff would be more expensive.

On the plus side, we'd all have more room in our houses!!
But then on the negative side, we'd have nowhere to ride!

A dedicated riding room.

Are you The Backwards Man or an imposter?

we'llallhavetea · 12-11-2013 04:27PM

love sleeping, fall asleep everywhere. I love that feeling when I know I'm gonna just get into position on the couch and fall into a coma within seconds. *yawns*

D-FENS · 12-11-2013 04:30PM

Wacker The Attacker wrote: »

Where else can you go when you've wanked all the vitamins out of yourself?

In your case, home from work

RoboRat · 12-11-2013 04:37PM

You don't have the right bed!

I used to be the same until I got an ultra comfy superking bed and an unbelievable mattress. Now I love going to bed and its so relaxing and comfortable.

Only problem is that I am always left disappointed when I stay in a hotel :-)

Shivers26 · 12-11-2013 04:37PM

Considering how poorly I sleep in general I'd love to say yes, but on those rare nights where I get a lovely, long, unbroken sleep and wake up feeling rested and energised, it is so worth it.