I was wondering how much sleep you guys and gals generally get in any given night? I know I tend to be awake pretty late and often up fairly early (even when my insomnia hasn't kicked in) and a couple of friends have been telling me off for having, what a think is a very reasonable, 6 hours sleep on average.
So let's hear ya...
So let's hear ya...
How many hours sleep do you have each night on average?
Less than 4
1(1.4%)
4
4(5.4%)
5
14(18.9%)
6
20(27.0%)
7
20(27.0%)
8
8(10.8%)
9
1(1.4%)
10
1(1.4%)
11+
0(0.0%)
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One day every other weekend (my fiance works every other weekend) I get to sleep in one day (she gets the other day). That's when I'll take a couple of sleeping pills and hit a good ten hour mark.
some people are not wired that way though.
I'm personaly wired for 12 hours after 24 awake, which is completely useless in the modern world...
My boyfriend is happy having about 6 hours sleep, but hes had weird dysfunctional sleep things, he used to sleep a lot less in his early 20s.
I don't know why - doesn't matter how tired I am or how late I go to bed, I wake after about 5 hours and remain exhausted. If I'm lucky and it's a weekend, sometimes after a bit I can get back to sleep again for another hour or two.
I'm always crap in the mornings because I'm just so tired.
People don't need anywhere NEAR as much sleep as they think they do.
I was reading a health mag the other day that did a poll saying that people that sleep less live longer. They did a study over 1000's of people and those that slept for 6 or less hours a night lived longer than people sleep more. They put it down to the body working harder and getting in the habit of working. Like an old car, if you drive it every day it will run for years, if you leave it sitting for a few months it will struggle to start. Apparently the more you sleep the more you leave your body sitting.
They never mentioned the possible mental implications from too little sleep though, maybe they should do a test to find that out.
He also said that high level cardio = you live longer. The only people who do the right kind of cardio are long distance runners. Funny that, considering his past. :)
If you don't have the alarm set, and nobody wakes you up, how long do you sleep?