Napping?

Wang Chung · Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 1:28 am Post subject: Napping?

Do you nap? If so, how often and how much? Do you get regular sleep?

I'm a guy that has atrocious sleep patterns (wake up, stay up as long as possible, go to sleep 20 hours later, repeat :/). Some people I know survive on <6hr nightly sleep by taking a short nap almost every day. My dad always takes a nap between 4:00 and 6:00.

I really should make an effort out of napping, but I just don't have the ability to fall asleep on command which really, really sucks.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/jan/27/napping-guide-health-wellbeing
_________________
is now -=|CT|=- Frothy Mixture

RK-Mara · Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 4:10 am Post subject:

I sometimes fall asleep on the couch while reading for exams. Does that count as a nap?
_________________

2shoes · Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 7:58 am Post subject:

i am like wang but i was trained in sleep depravation my current record is 2 weeks on 10 hours of sleep thats less than an hour per day and after day 10 the monkeys really help out
_________________

Sparrow wrote:

...if pirates stays on bf1942 i'd hate to see the community grow even smaller, but i know i'll always be around and i hope the rest of you will too!

Special Jimmy wrote:

This mod is rightfully ours, and fuck everyone that stands in our way.

fair winds and following seas, lil shoes 8/3/94-6/23/09

Brutus · Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 8:28 am Post subject:

I nap maybe once a month. If that counts... No, would probably be the best answer. But I certainly would if things worked out better. Very Happy

_________________

Stealth · Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 11:24 am Post subject:

My sleeping pattern sucks bawls. When it's daylight, I'm tired, when it's night, I'm wide awake. So going to sleep at night is hard for me. But I have one other problem, once I go to sleep, it's really hard for me to get up. Especially if I have to do it voluntarily. Like if it's the weekend and I don't have classes, I just can't get up at 9. No fucking way.

I'll end up sleeping until 1 or 2 and then it throws my next week off. It's a reoccurring process. By Friday, I've gotten everything straightened out usually and then I mess it up again. But I do try to nap.

Typically around 1-3 during weekdays and I keep it to a max of two hours. But then I get the whole waking up voluntarily thing I stated above.

I think I have hypersomnia or something, which is classified as sleeping over 10 hours a day.
_________________
Motherfucking Triangles! Being all three sided n' shit, who do they think they are?!

Bunny · Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 3:10 pm Post subject:

Naps screw my sleeping pattern up even more so I try my best to not take them.
_________________

Nugget · Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 3:13 pm Post subject:

I only nap when I'm really really tired...can't get myself to fall asleep otherwise.
_________________

-----------------------

AxeBlind · Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 3:44 pm Post subject:

I have no sleeping pattern, one day I go to work at 5am, the next I work until 1 am. I work random days at random times every week. I probably average about 6 hrs a night, sometimes getting way less, sometimes sleeping in.

I took naps as a college freshman, but stopped after as a sophomore. Naps always leave me more tired than I was before, so I don't take them now.

I do have the ability to fall asleep anywhere at any time however, if I close my eyes for over 5 minutes, I'm going to be asleep.
_________________

Messy Recipe · Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 6:29 pm Post subject:

My schedule's really screwy. I usually end up going to sleep at 4am even if I have to be up at 8....and then the next is variable, sometimes I'm tired and sleep earlier when I'm planning on getting up later, sometimes I just ignore it. I feel best when I go to bed way early and get up early but I have to force myself to do so -- If not for clocks and other people I'd prolly end up going to bed after sunrise and getting up after (winter) sunset.

I sometimes nap but usually it's not planned. I just lay down for a bit and end up not deciding to get up 'til three hours later. Sometimes they feel great, sometimes I get a pounding headache, and other times I just feel sluggish afterward.

Back in high school I regularly napped since I was getting up at 6am. I'd get home around 3:30pm and launch my afternoon routine which ended with a big meal (I never ate breakfast or a standard-time lunch) and a hot shower....so I'd be asleep around 5pm and usually wake up at 8-9. Occasionally I tried sleeping at 10pm though, once I even did it Sunday-Thursday; was one of the best weeks I've ever had.

At 6hrs of sleep I feel fine but am tired before the end of the day, and can't recover from lost sleep in earlier days. 7hours and I feel like complete crap; I think that must have me waking up at a bad point in my sleep cycle. 7.5-8.5 hours and I feel great.
_________________

ABC News wrote:

Birds can disable planes, Ostrom said, by flying into the engines and shutting them down.

Stealth · Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 6:33 pm Post subject:

I used to do that too j00saf. I'd typically come home from high school, take a nap and then get on later in the day to pwn in some bfp.
_________________
Motherfucking Triangles! Being all three sided n' shit, who do they think they are?!

Vlad Piranha · Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 11:38 pm Post subject:

Part of the reason I don't touch alcohol socially is that I don't want any tolerance at all for the stuff. I keep a bottle of 100 proof rum laying around for when insomnia really sets in. I once worked a weekend on a half hour of sleep and vowed that I would never let it happen again.

Special Jimmy · Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 1:45 am Post subject:

USAF 777 wrote:

Sometimes they feel great, sometimes I get a pounding headache, and other times I just feel sluggish afterward.

My biggest problem with naps right there. My daily schedule isnt really a schedule at all. Besides school, theres really no regular pattern to my day-to-day activities. I guess I have a hard time getting into routines. Usually I sleep a fair amount. Last night I slept 6 hours, but was half asleep in my morning class.

I had wanted to nap today, but it just didnt fit into what i wanted to get done and what I needed to do. Sometimes when I nap, like Casey, I feel great afterwards, but other times I feel sluggish for an hour or two, or I get a bad headache. This probably has to do with having such a weird sleep schedule, but its still retarded.

I think the best nap I ever had was on the bus to the train station with my girlfriend on her way home, I fell asleep with my head on her shoulder for about 10 minutes, and I reached the nap nirvana. I was so recovered and recharged after that.

The link you posted mike, I tried applying that to days last semester when i'd have a few hours between classes, so I'd find a couch and try to power nap. Never worked.
_________________
-=|CT|=-Special Jimmy

Wang Chung wrote:

MikeSty 22: they say Rome wasn't built in a day
MikeSty 22: but they never had the Fucking Cut Throats

Special Jimmy · Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 1:19 pm Post subject:

!doublepost

Tied a 45 minute nap yesterday. Exactly 45 minutes, instead of my usual "fall asleep until you can't sleep any longer" naps. No pounding headache, and I felt pretty refreshed. I was a bit groggy for a little while, but it wasn't too bad, and I had more energy later on.
_________________
-=|CT|=-Special Jimmy

Wang Chung wrote:

MikeSty 22: they say Rome wasn't built in a day
MikeSty 22: but they never had the Fucking Cut Throats

Stealth · Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 7:33 pm Post subject:

I tried taking an hour long nap. That nap turned into 2 hours. It was nice.
_________________
Motherfucking Triangles! Being all three sided n' shit, who do they think they are?!

CountChocula · Posted: Sat Jan 31, 2009 8:09 pm Post subject:

Usually the naps I take are the "getting home from work and falling over" kind, so I don't really set an amount of time.
_________________

Quote:

[20:43] -≠∫ĆŤ∫≠- ŜρξčļαГ јỈмMﻻ: we'll aim for bender
[20:43] -≠∫ĆŤ∫≠- ŜρξčļαГ јỈмMﻻ: but use a lot of napalm