Do you nap?

TallGlass · 02-01-2016 03:11AM #1

After work most of the time without fail I take a nap. I start early and finish early around 1pm so go home and take a nap. On weekends I nap also. Am I alone in this ?

According to sources, it's better to get four naps rather than a full sleep? Anyone ever hear this before.

Mod's feel free to add a poll on this !

Stheno · 02-01-2016 03:16AM

NO. My OH does, drives me mental, him snoring away on the couch for an hour.

Caoimhgh1n · 02-01-2016 03:17AM

I can't nap, my body doesn't allow me have too much sleep.

02-01-2016 03:17AM

TallGlass wrote: »

After work most of the time without fail I take a nap. I start early and finish early around 1pm so go home and take a nap. On weekends I nap also. Am I alone in this ?

According to sources, it's better to get four naps rather than a full sleep? Anyone ever hear this before.

Mod's feel free to add a poll on this !

I have really been compelled to find someone to fund studies on this question. Specifically comparing people who commute home from work. Because people who drive home are (mostly) awake for the drive home - and people who commute home with public transport do - how shall we say it - cast sleepy snoory figures slobbering against the window beside them.

And I have been curious to know if there is any measurable life difference - using measures such as life satisfaction and work performance - or - and this is the important one - family level commnication - and so forth - between the two groups. Does that 30 or 60 or 90 minutes of road rage compared to that 30 or 60 or 90 minutes of napping - translate into a real world difference in life experience?

Anyone with access to funding for this researching should stick the usual Self Stamped Addressed Envelope (actually I only just this week had to explain to my daughter what one of those is) to the usual bin

AppleBottle · 02-01-2016 03:18AM

I wouldn't nap on weekdays. I'm up at 6am for work and not home until 7pm. So if I napped, I would be up all night.

If I'm getting tired and it's still pretty early, I would call it a night.

However, on weekends I would have naps. Usually just because I'm lying around not doing anything, feeling tired.

I have napped an awful lot over Christmas...

starry_eyed · 02-01-2016 03:21AM

I nap in the nip.

Aimeee · 02-01-2016 03:25AM

This is something that has often crossed my mind too. Is it better to have a few little sleeps in a 24hr period or one 8hr block?
I used to nap & felt better for it truth be told but lately daytime activities don't allow for it and I think it's making me bitter by 8pm! Should I aim for return of naps. That's a resolution I could look forward to.
Other half has been napping a lot over Christmas, I'm a bit envious tbh.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 02-01-2016 03:35AM

Naps are my favourite thing in the whole world. I love naps. Going to bed mid afternoon not a care in the world, feeling accomplished after the hard morning of showering and feeding myself, then giving up on the day to curl up and sleep for two hours.
Naps are even better with someone else. Napping and spooning.
Now though -

I couldn't tell you when I last napped. I am a very restless sleeper, I rarely sleep longer than a couple of hours at a time and I never feel fully refreshed or awake. Sometimes I get so tired, so overtired, that I find myself doing silly things, like wandering across the street forgetting to look where I'm going.

I'm sure I'll get back into sleep mode some stage, because there's no feeling as good as waking up after a good sleep and a good nap

me_irl · 02-01-2016 03:36AM

It's supposed to be good for memory & stress but I can't nap.

Here's a good infographic on different sleep cycles. That Uberman one! How the hell?

02-01-2016 03:38AM

Dont people normally mention m.Thatcher by now? The most famous napper (sorry power sleeper) there ever was?

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 02-01-2016 03:40AM

Also on the subject of sleep, does anyone else keep their eyes open a bit while they sleep

starry_eyed · 02-01-2016 03:41AM

Actually your body needs deep sleep to rest so a series of naps will not suffice.

Stheno · 02-01-2016 03:47AM

I sleep about five hours a night most nights when working, the have very long lie ins at the weekend.

MadDog76 · 02-01-2016 04:23AM

I used to nap on a daily basis but having children put a stop to that as well as having a wife who passionately despises me having a nap for some reason ....... even if she's out for the day with the kids she'll return home and the first thing she'll say is "Did you nap!?!!?" in a very accusatory and aggressive tone ......... I usually lie and say "no".

Anyway, on the days I don't nap I feel a bit sh*t but on the (rare) days that I do get to nap I feel fantastic ........ I'm also a much better father and husband when I do nap ....... I'd also be a lot happier right now dealing with a toddler who won't sleep at half 3 in the f*cking morning if I'd been allowed nap this afternoon!! :mad:

starry_eyed · 02-01-2016 04:55AM

MadDog76 wrote: »

I used to nap on a daily basis but having children put a stop to that as well as having a wife who passionately despises me having a nap for some reason ....... even if she's out for the day with the kids she'll return home and the first thing she'll say is "Did you nap!?!!?" in a very accusatory and aggressive tone ......... I usually lie and say "no".

Anyway, on the days I don't nap I feel a bit sh*t but on the (rare) days that I do get to nap I feel fantastic ........ I'm also a much better father and husband when I do nap ....... I'd also be a lot happier right now dealing with a toddler who won't sleep at half 3 in the f*cking morning if I'd been allowed nap this afternoon!! :mad:

Tell her where to go. A man is entitled to his kip especially with the little 'un.

Riddle101 · 02-01-2016 05:56AM

Yep, sometimes I don't even know why, it's like sometimes I get this strong urge to rest my eyes for a bit, and to lie on my bed for a bit.

02-01-2016 06:28AM

Stheno wrote: »

NO. My OH does, drives me mental, him snoring away on the couch for an hour.

Doesn't sound good to be so annoyed at your OH for snoring when you're not trying to sleep yourself.

I'd be completely unable to go out and about sometimes without one. And I like it when my girlfriend has a nap next to me, even if she snores.

The Raptor · 02-01-2016 06:29AM

I'm awake at 5.30 in the morning.

I'll probably nap tomorrow, that being Saturday and not Sunday. It still feels like Friday night.

DareGod · 02-01-2016 06:42AM

Yes, I nap. I believe they are one of the greatest ever ideas.

Menas · 02-01-2016 08:51AM

I used to be a great napper. Could nap on demand.
But these days best I can do is close my eyes and wind down. Soon as I nearly hit sleep some bastard inside me (as in Inside out) starts ringing some bell to wake me up.

I sleep very well at night time though. Usually.

Mister Vain · 02-01-2016 09:53AM

I nap and fap at the same time.

DopeTech · 02-01-2016 09:56AM

When I used work early mornings I used finish at 2pm. I would usually go home and by 4 would be asleep for an hour or so. Really messes up your sleep pattern and you end up going around like a zombie half the time. Glad I'm not in that job anymore.

boobar · 02-01-2016 11:39AM

Stheno wrote: »

NO. My OH does, drives me mental, him snoring away on the couch for an hour.

My Mrs gets annoyed when I catch 40 winks. I enjoy it even more then.

boobar · 02-01-2016 11:41AM

LexieOnRale wrote: »

Also on the subject of sleep, does anyone else keep their eyes open a bit while they sleep

My brother does and doesn't snore or make any noises at all while sleeping.

Freaked me out the first time I spotted it, I thought he had died!

KatW4 · 02-01-2016 11:57AM

I have a nap nearly every day after work. I can't help it, I'm just so tired after it. I love a nap but I'm always groggy afterwards and I really hate that feeling.

Pac1Man · 02-01-2016 11:59AM

Stheno wrote: »

My OH does, drives me mental, him snoring away on the couch for an hour.

MadDog76 wrote: »

having a wife who passionately despises me having a nap for some reason

boobar wrote: »

My Mrs gets
annoyed when I catch 40 winks.

Wow.

That would put anyone off marriage.

smurfjed · 02-01-2016 12:12PM

Yep I do, i work "on call", so i cant guarantee a proper sleep cycle, so each afternoon i nap for an hour or so. I feel better after napping compared to staying in bed all day.

Our work policy actually allows us to nap while flying

Mesrine65 · 02-01-2016 12:45PM

I nap 8 hours a night & I'm grand

YFlyer · 02-01-2016 12:47PM

MadDog76 wrote: »

I used to nap on a daily basis but having children put a stop to that as well as having a wife who passionately despises me having a nap for some reason ....... even if she's out for the day with the kids she'll return home and the first thing she'll say is "Did you nap!?!!?" in a very accusatory and aggressive tone ......... I usually lie and say "no".

Anyway, on the days I don't nap I feel a bit sh*t but on the (rare) days that I do get to nap I feel fantastic ........ I'm also a much better father and husband when I do nap ....... I'd also be a lot happier right now dealing with a toddler who won't sleep at half 3 in the f*cking morning if I'd been allowed nap this afternoon!! :mad:

Say that you're meditating.

MadDog76 · 02-01-2016 12:56PM

There definitely seems to be a divide here between men and women when it comes to napping ......... most women I know don't nap whilst most of the men I know do nap with the women in their lives not happy about it at all ......... what's that all about?

Graham · 02-01-2016 01:04PM

I occasionally nap for about 20 minutes at my desk after lunch, it sets me up for the afternoon.

I don't think I even snooze properly as I'm still fully conscious of everything happening around me.

Do you nap?

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