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

Wacker The Attacker · 12-11-2013 05:00PM

D-FENS wrote: »

In your case, home from work

I dont usually **** that furiously in the work bog.

April O Neill · 12-11-2013 05:08PM

ReefBreak wrote: »

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'm like this too... but once I get into bed, I'm very happy to be there. And I then enjoy my night's sleep. I just hate the going to bed on time part, I'm a night owl. But once asleep, I like to get my 7-8 hours.

April O Neill · 12-11-2013 05:10PM

bluefinger wrote: »

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

Yes, this.

Maximus Alexander · 12-11-2013 05:12PM

ReefBreak wrote: »

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).

Right there with you. If it wasn't for the awful effects of sleep deprivation, I would avoid it at all costs.

Edgar Allan Poe wrote:

Sleep, those little slices of death — how I loathe them.

Timeless12 · 12-11-2013 05:12PM

beks101 wrote: »

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.

I used to be the same, now I go to bed at 10 pm and its class. Im a new person.

IvySlayer · 12-11-2013 05:19PM

Nothing better than getting into a warm bed after a cold, wet day

Especially feeling the dog at your feet making himself comfortable

Maximus Alexander · 12-11-2013 05:21PM

Timeless12 wrote: »

I used to be the same, now I go to bed at 10 pm and its class. Im a new person.

But does that not mean you only have about 4 hours in the evening between work and bed? I CAN'T LIVE LIKE THAT!

Czarcasm · 12-11-2013 05:37PM

Having suffered from insomnia since early childhood, once I moved out and got my own place and things were still the same, I tried everything short of knocking myself over the head to get some sleep, knowing that I "should" sleep as it was the normal thing to do.

I thought rohypnol were finally the answer a few years back but while they did knock me out, I felt too "fresh" getting up in the morning, I felt too weird so I came off them. Nowadays I've just accepted that I'm not going to sleep so best make some use of my time rather than just lie there, so I'll go for a walk during the night or I'll do some study or prepare some work for the next day, might watch some tv or browse the Internet.

I think about every couple of weeks I'd crash out for a day or two in bed and then I'm good to go again, it's not like I time it or force it to happen, I just know when it's coming. That said though, I DO need to cut down on coffee and smokes. I remember one weekend alright when I was away and I'd no coffee, I'd been out the night before, few drinks, was hardly able to stay awake all day! :pac:

Hoop66 · 12-11-2013 05:43PM

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

But does that not mean you only have about 4 hours in the evening between work and bed? I CAN'T LIVE LIKE THAT!

Add in a couple of kids and your down to about one and a half

* weeps *

CruelCoin · 12-11-2013 05:45PM

The need to sleep is nothing more than the need for the brain to "refresh".

Bad design.

If i have the power to fix this defect and increase my productive day, then yes, i'd avoid sleep.

Timeless12 · 12-11-2013 05:49PM

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

But does that not mean you only have about 4 hours in the evening between work and bed? I CAN'T LIVE LIKE THAT!

Its better than spending 8 hours in work like a zombie.

whitewave · 12-11-2013 05:49PM

I love sleeping, you can't beat a nap after work. Until a few hours later when you're wide awake til 2 or 3, staring at the ceiling

Mint Sauce · 12-11-2013 05:49PM

My bed is so warm and cosy right now.

Legs.Eleven · 12-11-2013 05:52PM

I really don't like going to bed. I get home at 10pm from Monday to Thursday and it's absolutely essential I'm in bed by 12 or I won't last it the whole day the following day. i hate forcing myself off the couch and into bed. I have to be "on" to teach and can't come in and sit behind a monitor hiding. I need about 8 hours sleep to feel okay but I get about 6 as I wouldn't sleep continuously. Luckily I can come home after my first class and take a siesta (20 - 30 mins max and you feel incredible).

Even at weekends, I feel guilty lying in and prefer not to. Haven't slept through past midday since I was a student 8 years ago. Sleep for me is purely out of necessity.

Useful.Idiot · 12-11-2013 05:52PM

spent 24 hours sleeping the other weekend after a night of little sleep and two all nighters combined. It was epic to say the least!

pharmaton · 12-11-2013 06:11PM

I like to get home and spark up a big bong and stay up all night arguing with people in the internets

Ilyana 2.0 · 12-11-2013 06:35PM

I love my sleep but takes me forever to get around to going to bed. During the summer I could stay up until 1am doing absolutely nothing. I'd easily sleep until 10-11am if I was let.

I started commuting to college this year though, so I absolutely need to be in bed by 11pm at the latest if I want to survive the next day. And I can't stay asleep past 8am anymore either. I work early at the weekends too, so it's probably for the best.

SureYWouldntYa · 12-11-2013 06:36PM

This is me getting out of bed in the morning

Brain: Oh ****

Body: Dont get up

Dick: THIS IS SPARTAAAA!!!!

cloudatlas · 12-11-2013 06:36PM

Would it be good for the human race as a whole. If there was no sleep presumably conflicts around the world would be worse, no one would get tired and there would be constant engagements.

seenitall · 12-11-2013 06:41PM

Another night owl here. But I loooooove my z's. There's no stopping me once I'm on the pillowcase.

Sleep is the best. I can't survive on less than 8 hours a day, even if it's often piecemeal, with some daytime naps.

Mmmmmm... feeling sleepy right now, actually.

Scrambled egg · 12-11-2013 06:59PM

I think sleeping is great. It's one of those things whereby you can totally just disconnect from the world for a few relaxing hours.

I couldn't imagine not having to sleep. Days would just run right into one another without some sort of a stop-gap. Probably lose the marbles and start bashing the noggin off the wall demanding sleep to come back.

Daveysil15 · 13-11-2013 07:12PM

I suppose it leaves less time for banking. If I didn't have to sleep I'd probably bank all night. And now that Permanent TSB have taken over the credit union in Newbridge, it looks like I'll have to bank more often

strobe · 13-11-2013 07:20PM

I ****ing love sleeping. There's no way I'd give up the feeling of finally sinking into a lovely warm freshly washed bed after you've been awake far too long and running at far too high a speed. Its like a shot of the purest heroin, the sensation. Sinking into the nice soft mattress and pulling the covers up over you, then finally, finally drifting off as your whole body relaxes.
Its weird the way all the most pleasurable sensations are the relief of uncomfortable ones .

Don't go badmouthing sleeping. Ya big bollox.

Maximus Alexander · 13-11-2013 07:22PM

strobe wrote: »

Its weird the way all the most pleasurable sensations are the relief of uncomfortable ones.

It's not that weird! Pretty much the same way that cold is when you remove heat.

strobe · 13-11-2013 07:29PM

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

It's not that weird! Pretty much the same way that cold is when you remove heat.

Yeah I guess, sure isn't that what the Buddhists are always at. The basic philosophy behind the whole thing?

13-11-2013 07:52PM

Nothing compares with how I feel after a long sleep, I'm sharper, more productive, more creative, a nicer person, better looking and much more diplomatic and tolerant after 8 hours than I could possibly be after just 4. I can't understand not liking to sleep; how can feeling tired and worn be better than feeling refreshed and alert and at your best? Its so valuable.

I also think there's real psychological benefits in sleep, it sort of recalibrates me. There is no problem, no stress, no worry that isn't easier to cope with after a night's sleep. Things really do look different in the morning.

Nothing beats sinking into bed, tired but relaxed, and knowing you have enough down time to be at your peak when you wake up.

I love sleep I do.:)

--LOS-- · 13-11-2013 08:12PM

nope I love sleeping, it's one of my top hobbies, along with internet

november2013 · 13-11-2013 08:21PM

There isn't enough time in a day to do what you want plus sleep patterns can be very inconsistent, some nights 6 hours sleep other nights 8.

The Dom · 13-11-2013 08:35PM

How would I escape the misery that is my life if I couldn't sleep?

My dreams are the only time I truly feel alive.

Daveysil15 · 13-11-2013 10:17PM

Candie wrote: »

Nothing compares with how I feel after a long sleep, I'm sharper, more productive, more creative, a nicer person, better looking and much more diplomatic and tolerant after 8 hours than I could possibly be after just 4. I can't understand not liking to sleep; how can feeling tired and worn be better than feeling refreshed and alert and at your best? Its so valuable.

I also think there's real psychological benefits in sleep, it sort of recalibrates me. There is no problem, no stress, no worry that isn't easier to cope with after a night's sleep. Things really do look different in the morning.

Nothing beats sinking into bed, tired but relaxed, and knowing you have enough down time to be at your peak when you wake up.

I love sleep I do.:)

Is that what they mean by beauty sleep?

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

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