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Re: Poll: How much do you sleep?

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Post by UrMomReadsHN »

nkozyra wrote: post #34
UrMomReadsHN wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No no no no and no. You can't train your body to need less sleep. Sleep deprivation actually effects your judgment on how much sleep you need. http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exchange/node/1690

"Affects." Score one for the "sleep deprived." :) First, literally none of the sources in that link works. Every single one is a 404. Second, less sleep != "sleep deprivation." This assumes that people never get used to sleeping more than is physiologically necessary. I sleep 5.5 -> 6.5 hours a night. Plenty of people do. But I used to sleep 8+ hours a night in my mid-20s and anything less would leave me feeling wort…

Thats actually not the article I meant to link to but I can't find it again, oh well. Anyways, its obvious that sleep needs vary amoung different people and vary with age. Most people sleep less the older they get. Either way, sleep is very important to overall health and safety. People think they need less than they do.

And I'm not actually sleep deprived, my body just is broken. I have a debilitating sleep disorder. I take (prescribed) stimulants to get through the day, but it only just takes the edge off. I wish I could wake up feeling rested.

Re: Poll: How much do you sleep?

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Post by roshansingh »

While I was in my college I used to sleep for only 5-6 hours a day, which was okay in college. Once I started working I got severe back pain due to less rest to the body. Sometimes it was difficult to walk also.

After consulting a doctor, I started sleeping for at least 7-8 hours everyday and also changed my eating habits. I don't get back pain anymore. I did not have the slightest clue that less sleep could cause back pain.

Getting enough sleep is very important stay healthy and be productive.

Re: Poll: How much do you sleep?

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Post by japhyr »

rgbrenner wrote: post #36
japhyr wrote: post #33

I'll put in a plug for ditching your alarm clock. I was a terrible snoozer for years. At my worst, I went through a bad progression: I moved my alarm clock across the room, so I'd have to get out of bed to hit snooze. I got so I could walk across the room, stand on a chair, reset the snooze, and go back to sleep without ever knowing it. I removed the snooze button from my alarm clock, and covered the hole with tape.…

I do the same thing with my alarm -- walk across the room and manually set it for 10 minutes later.. sometimes several times... sometimes without even remembering. So what does no alarm mean in practice? How early do you go to bed? and how early do you need to be at work? Does this mean going to bed at 8pm?

These days I go to bed around midnight, give or take half an hour. I get up anywhere from 5:00-6:30. If I can get to bed around 10:00, I wake up at 4:00 or 4:30.

I can't remember exactly what happened when I first stopped using the alarm, but I remember a couple patterns:

- I used to set an alarm for 6:00, and snooze until 7:30 or so. Getting up when I first woke up meant I often got up around 6:30 or 6:45 - later than I set my alarm for, but much earlier than I usually got out of bed.

- I stopped "just staying up late". I used to get tired around midnight, then stay up until 1:00 or 1:30, not getting much done. I knew I needed sleep, so I started going go bed when I was tired.

Overall, it made me pay attention to the sleep my body needed, and stop pretending the alarm clock would just get me up.

Re: Poll: How much do you sleep?

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Post by japhyr »

alfasin wrote: post #38
japhyr wrote: post #33

I'll put in a plug for ditching your alarm clock. I was a terrible snoozer for years. At my worst, I went through a bad progression: I moved my alarm clock across the room, so I'd have to get out of bed to hit snooze. I got so I could walk across the room, stand on a chair, reset the snooze, and go back to sleep without ever knowing it. I removed the snooze button from my alarm clock, and covered the hole with tape.…

It won't work when you'll have children :)

I have a four year old. :)

Re: Poll: How much do you sleep?

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Post by robotpony »

5-6.5 hours sleep at night, 1-2 20 minute naps during the day.

Also: 1-2 days a week of 7-9 hour sleeps (weekends, lazier work schedule).

Sleep + nap is generally more productive for me, though on the low end (6 hours or less total daily), I hit burnout much sooner.

Re: Poll: How much do you sleep?

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Post by jMyles »

damon_c wrote: post #35

People who don't get enough sleep, have you tried napping? I find that a 20-30 minute nap after lunch is a decent replacement for hours 5-8 of sleep that I didn't get the previous night... until about 10pm or so at which point I crash hard but hopefully the day's work is done. A few other people where I work have been napping. It's becoming culturally acceptable. Don't doze. Nap!

Haha nice. Is there finally a proper nap room? :-)

I'll never forget the phone booth naps at WeWork.

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