How many hours sleep do you get on average?

badabing106 · 10-12-2018 10:27pm #1

4 hours on a good night. 2 hours on bad night
Average =3

10-12-2018 10:35pm

Thats very little OP. Do you manage ok on it or feel you need more?

I can sleep a lot and even after 8/9 hours sleep could still be tired. My average is probably 9.

dxhound2005 · 10-12-2018 10:40pm

I was talking to a man back in August who told me he suffered from very severe insomnia. I sympathised with his plight, but he said it was not all bad. Only three more sleeps till Christmas.

Toots · 10-12-2018 10:41pm

About 4 to 5. I'd love to be able to just hibernate for 24 hours.

honeybear · 10-12-2018 10:43pm

I posted 6 hours and am surprised 50 pc (so far) are the same. I’d love to sleep more and am a divil for LONG weekend afternoon naps

honeybear · 10-12-2018 10:43pm

Toots wrote: »

About 4 to 5. I'd love to be able to just hibernate for 24 hours.

Me2

mad muffin · 10-12-2018 10:44pm

7-8

nthclare · 10-12-2018 10:46pm

Around 8 hour's on weekdays, 9 on weekends.

Mam of 4 · 10-12-2018 10:46pm

honeybear wrote: »

Me2

Me3 .

gimli2112 · 10-12-2018 10:47pm

6 I'm constantly tired but never at the right time.

10-12-2018 10:48pm

On Thursday I plan on sleeping the whole day. I do love sleep.

Mister Vain · 10-12-2018 10:48pm

I usually get 6 hours. If I sleep anymore than that I actually feel more tired.

NSAman · 10-12-2018 10:49pm

5 hours... then the dogs wake me up.

always work best in the mornings have the house cleaned, the ironing done and the place cleaned before I go to work. Work 10 hours a day most days then home cook and clean (if not gym) then back to bed around 11ish..;)

bee06 · 10-12-2018 10:49pm

I have no idea. It’s too depressing to try and figure out. What I have realised since having a baby is the quality of sleep is much more important than quantity. 4 hours unbroken sleep is much better than 8 hours where you get woken every two hours for 10 mins. Every hour is pure torture.

Will I Am Not · 10-12-2018 10:50pm

I’m just after getting into bed now. Newborn and a 2 year old. No work until January so I’ll be happy with 5 or 6 hours throughout the night until then.

10-12-2018 10:50pm

What does

Oiche mhaith cullah sovh.

mean? I know there's no letter v in Irish language so very confused (maybe I need more sleeps?)

Doctors room ghost · 10-12-2018 10:51pm

Toots wrote: »

About 4 to 5. I'd love to be able to just hibernate for 24 hours.

Id love to hibernate for 8 months every year.wake up for summer eat a bit and fcuk off back to sleep again

namenotavailablE · 10-12-2018 10:55pm

Oiche mhaith cullah sovh [Oiche mhaith codladh sámh is the spelling] = Good night, sleep well.

ArchXStanton · 10-12-2018 10:57pm

5 hours lately seems to be the norm, I think as you age your sleeps goes to ****

happyday · 10-12-2018 10:57pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

What does

Oiche mhaith cullah sovh.

mean? I know there's no letter v in Irish language so very confused (maybe I need more sleeps?)

It's "oiche mhaith, codladh samh". Should be a fada on the a in samh but I can't do it on my phone. (anyone know how on SwiftKey?)

It means "Goodnight, sleep soundly" or "sleep well". It is pronounced like sauve alright.

Autosport · 10-12-2018 11:08pm

I usually get between 7-8 hours any more or less and I feel more tired

chakotha · 10-12-2018 11:11pm

7-8 hours. If I get 6 hours or less 3 nights in a row I really feel fatigued.

badabing106 · 10-12-2018 11:38pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Thats very little OP. Do you manage ok on it or feel you need more?

4 hours sleep is normal and great for me. Two hours sleep can get away with it, two days in a row of that though and you'd be putting orange juice in your coffee by mistake

wingsof daun · 11-12-2018 1:35am

badabing106 wrote: »

4 hours sleep is normal and great for me. Two hours sleep can get away with it, two days in a row of that though and you'd be putting orange juice in your coffee by mistake

Do you take much caffeine/alcohol? More than 2 cups a day of coffee makes me fatigued by nighttime but falling asleep is difficult for me with caffeine in my system. Seem to do better without it.

retro:electro · 11-12-2018 1:42am

Around 8 hours but it’s usually very broken. It would be rare enough for me to sleep in a long block and not wake. I love those sleeps where you wake and genuinely wonder were you in a coma for a while

qo2cj1dsne8y4k · 11-12-2018 2:02am

About 4-5

Will I Am Not · 11-12-2018 2:04am

Will I Am Not wrote: »

I’m just after getting into bed now. Newborn and a 2 year old. No work until January so I’ll be happy with 5 or 6 hours throughout the night until then.

Almost 3 and a half hours later and zero minutes sleep :rolleyes:

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 11-12-2018 2:27am

8 hours usually.

I remember six or seven years ago, one Friday evening, I got home from work at 7pm and went to my room for what I thought would be the usual 15 minute power nap. When I woke up, it was 9am on Saturday morning. It freaked me out. 14 hours! What if it had been another weeknight?

I told my sister, who is a total nag. Big mistake. She lectured me for a good ten minutes about how that was far too long to sleep and listed parents of young children she knew who survive on only a few hours a night. I was like “Erm, it was in no way planned” but that didn’t stop her.

What Username Guidelines · 11-12-2018 2:27am

Usually 4, maybe 5. But when I’m asleep, I am very very asleep, almost nothing would wake me, which isn’t great.

I’m absolute brutal at waking up in the morning, but I am a morning person. Love being up before everyone. But Christ, it’s awfully frustrating getting into bed at 10 or 11 tired and lying awake until 2am.

Arghus · 11-12-2018 2:54am

Can't function all that well on less than seven.

Thankfully though I get up when I want, except on Wednesdays when I get rudely awakened by the dustmen.

somesoldiers · 11-12-2018 8:32am

Go to bed at 8 with the little ones , sleep by 9 up at 5am- does me grand, sleep when they sleep

Vicxas · 11-12-2018 8:36am

Usually in bed by 10 but dont sleep until around 11:30 and up at 6 so roughly around 6-7 hours.

Any more and i feel groggy.

facehugger99 · 11-12-2018 8:42am

11.15pm to 7.15am

MarkHenderson · 11-12-2018 8:42am

In bed at 12 up at 8

_Kaiser_ · 11-12-2018 9:05am

Lately between 5 and 6 hours max. The very frustrating thing is I could get more but the traffic chaos in the mornings make it not worthwhile, so instead I end up an hour/hour and a half early most days.

Could go to bed earlier but I wouldn't sleep anyway and then it really would feel like just work-bed-work every day.

rob316 · 11-12-2018 9:47am

Bed usually by 12 then up at 5.30 for the gym. At the weekend I'll probably go to bed later and get up later.
I'd say on average 5 or 6 hours a night.

Living Off The Splash · 11-12-2018 10:01am

NSAman wrote: »

5 hours... then the dogs wake me up.

I think he is waking me up as well.

Graces7 · 11-12-2018 10:54am

Varies according to the season. I have severe SAD and currently hypersomnia is ruling. Dare not add it up but as one stage it was around 19 hours out of the 24. and feeling groggy all day also.

wakka12 · 11-12-2018 11:54am

I dont know how you get by on that little OP. I wouldnt have thought most people could function with so little sleep

I get 7-8 and somedays Im still a bit tired if I woke up a lot during the night

pxdf9i5cmoavkz · 11-12-2018 11:56am

I am extremely jealous of my cat. She sleeps for 29 hours per day.

Sonics2k · 11-12-2018 12:10pm

3-4 hours in a night is a good nights sleep for me. Had insomnia for bloody years now and I wouldn't wish it on anyone.

wakka12 · 11-12-2018 12:12pm

retro:electro wrote: »

Around 8 hours but it’s usually very broken. It would be rare enough for me to sleep in a long block and not wake. I love those sleeps where you wake and genuinely wonder were you in a coma for a while

Me too, its so rare for me to sleep the whole entire 8 hours but the difference in how I feel is astounding, I feel so perfectly rested like my batteries are fully charged, usually I wake up 3 or 4 times a night for ten or so minutes and Im usually a bit tired in the morning

orourkeda1977 · 11-12-2018 12:22pm

depends on how hot the sex was the night before

NSAman · 11-12-2018 12:57pm

orourkeda1977 wrote: »

depends on how hot the sex was the night before

9 hours a day so....?

ytjeffsy29 · 11-12-2018 4:10pm

badabing106 wrote: »

4 hours on a good night. 2 hours on bad night
Average =3

Wow, that's very little.

ytjeffsy29 · 11-12-2018 4:13pm

During the week I always set on my mind to go to bed at 10.30pm but never happen. Average during the week is 5 hours sleep and then weekend is 8 hours.

Wibbs · 11-12-2018 4:21pm

7-8 hours a night, weekday or weekend.

Mad_maxx · 11-12-2018 4:46pm

I'm from a family of champion sleepers, my own father worked like a slave but always slept eight hours every night,my sister is an associate at a major Dublin law firm, she's 35, in a long term relationship, she gets up at 6.45 each morning but goes to bed at 9pm and has done on week nights since she left college and started working, she is the biggest sleep monster of us all, my two kids slept from 10 pm every night right through until 7.30 in the morning from the age of eight weeks, no up several times per night past six weeks

I sleep minimum seven hours per night and could do nine, average eight, I'd be sick if I made do with four hours a night for even a few days of each month

Trigger Happy · 11-12-2018 4:46pm

During the week I would normally get 8 hours but I get less at the weekend. Dunno why that is. But going back to work is like getting a rest for me.

fancy pigeon · 11-12-2018 4:51pm

6 is a good nights sleep. 4-4.5 for minimum operating for the next morning

Weekends are hit and miss

Zorya · 11-12-2018 4:58pm

Mad_maxx wrote: »

I'm from a family of champion sleepers, my own father worked like a slave but always slept eight hours every night,my sister is an associate at a major Dublin law firm, she's 35, in a long term relationship, she gets up at 6.45 each morning but goes to bed at 9pm and has done on week nights since she left college and started working, she is the biggest sleep monster of us all, my two kids slept from 10 pm every night right through until 7.30 in the morning from the age of eight weeks, no up several times per night past six weeks

I sleep minimum seven hours per night and could do nine, average eight, I'd be sick if I made do with four hours a night for even a few days of each month

Champion sleepers and sleep monsters, I love it. People should be a lot more pro-sleep. Like your sister I would be in bed by 9 pm (at the latest!), I start yawning from about 7 pm onwards, am up usually before 6, I like 9 hours sleep best of all. Usually I get 8 as there is a liminal time in the middle of the night when I awaken and cogitate deeply upon the most incredibly useless thoughts, but I generally fall back again. If I get less than 6 hours I honestly feel like I have been injected with poison and have to drift slack-jawed through the day to cope. There was a time when I was embarrassed about my early sleep time, but I believe most New Zealanders are in their pyjamas and slippers by 9pm, so I feel reassured now.

How many hours sleep do you get on average?

Oiche mhaith cullah sovh. 319 votes

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