How Much Sleep Do You Get?

[nissangirl74]

I know there has always been a standing joke about me and the fact that I don't sleep very much (are you ALWAYS online)? However, there is a new study out that really makes me want to re-think my lifestyle.

sex-or-sleep-t558002-30.html?hilit=SLEEP

and

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style ... 37043.html

Scientists ....Over three years ....found that those who habitually slept for less than six hours were significantly more likely to suffer a stroke. This had a greater effect than risk factors such as obesity

Really, I have a greater chance of having a stroke than someone who sleeps more but takes care of their body less? That's some s***!!!

[jbracy7]

I hear ya I get like four hours if I'm lucky

[hitbychance]

Actually now that i think about it , I get about 7.5- 8 hrs a night

[s0m3th1ngAZ]

usually 7.5 hours or 5 sleep cycles.

[Jesda]

4-5 hours at a time. 8-9 a night.

I'll usually get up at night to pee or check on orders and customer emails.

http://www.lifeslittlemysteries.com/110 ... -myth.html
Busting the 8-Hour Sleep Myth: Why You Should Wake Up in the Night

[Kompresshun]

I usually get about 6hrs on average, even though I intend on 7.5-8.5hrs almost every night. That's the only thing I hate about being on an earlier shift now - I never end up getting the amount of sleep i'd like to.

[Dattebayo]

I sleep whenever I am at home. I'm not home much, and it changes every day.

I want my young, non wrinkled, non-blackened under-eyes back...

[alms24sebring]

I feel like 7 hrs makes me feel ready and alert most of the time. I hate how too much sleep makes you feel tired, like your exhausted from sleeping. But of course, too little is worse. Luckily Im still young enough to not be hurt too bad with a 3 hr nights sleep

[mmkeller]

Usually 8, but I can handle 6. Anything over 8 and I feel so tired^. When I was on graveyard years ago it was hard to get 4 during the day.

[Bubba1]

usually about 7-8, I have two little fur covered alarm clocks that prevent me from getting more than that.

[hannibal]

I can only sleep about 6 hrs before I wake up. If I go to bed too early, I'll wake up at 4:30 and stare at the ceiling. By the time I fall back asleep, it's time to get up

On the weekends, I sleep 6 hrs a night, but usually catch a nap in the middle of the day.

[MinisterofDOOM]

I usually shoot for 8 hours a night, knowing I won't pull it off, and hoping for 7. Usually I get from 6-7 hours. I rarely get fewer than 6 hours of sleep. 7 hours seems about perfect. I wake feeling rested. More than 9 and I start to feel more tired when I wake than I was when I went to sleep, which is why I still use an alarm clock on weekends. Nearly a decade of working graveyard but visting the family during the day on weekends has completely annihilated my circadian rhythm. I CAN NOT WAKE without an alarm clock anymore. I could sleep for 18 hours if something didn't wake me.

But that's not what keeps me from getting ENOUGH sleep...the issue there is getting to sleep in the first place.. Once I'm asleep, it's smooth sailing. But when I'm lying in bed, my mind doesn't shut off. Always thinking about stuff. There's no order to it, and most of it is generally irrelevant. When I'm lying in bed waiting to fall asleep and my brain is doing its thing, occasionally I'll catch a train of thought I want to pursue but my mind has other ideas and 5 seconds later I'm going the opposite way and ten subjects separated from whatever it was that I can't remember that I thought was a decent idea.

Reading helps: it narrows down the chaos. The better-assembled the story, the longer it'll occupy my brain. Or the more mind-bending (thank you Phillip K. d!ck...it's hard for your mind to wander distractingly when it's recovering from sudden-onset schizophrenia-by-proxy).

Oh, and I seem to be able to move around quite adeptly while asleep. I've hidden my alarm clock in all sorts of mazelike places, and I still manage to silence the first alarm without ending up out of bed and ready for the morning.

[Jesda]

Having an active mind before rest, I've always believed, is one of many signs of intelligence.

I watch something dull before going to bed to clear my thoughts, like an episode of Mythbusters. That show has gone downhill.

[DA 240]

Typically I get 5 hours , but on the weekends it usually around 9+ hours