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I made this thread half asleep around 1am.

I was wondering if I was the only one up this late (I know I'm not but anyways)

Um right here's the deal. How much sleep do you get on average each night?
(or day if you work at night)

If I don't get a minimum of seven hours, my arguments begin to deteriorate. Then again, there are those who alledge that my arguments don't hold any water anyway. :D

I usually get about six hours, though on weekends the day starts at noon and I wake accordingly.

abywhere between about 10 an 15hours, i sleep way too much

If I don't get a minimum of seven hours, my arguments begin to deteriorate. Then again, there are those who alledge that my arguments don't hold any water anyway. :D

anything less than 6 hours makes me stupid

I'm a bad insomniac...usually about 6 hours. It's a good idea to ask age, since it helps determine sleep requirements. I'm almost 14.

recently, not much at all... I went without for five days last week, possibly a little longer... I dont recall - things were pretty hazy. I may or may not have slept on drive back to my hometown... though if that was the case, Im not sure how I made it.

I managed to sleep for a few hours there, and then, back into the cycle, until last night - I slept for almost a full six hours. That may have been about five days again... but as before, Im not quite sure - its all a little hazy. Stress and sadness can accomplish some amazing things.

abywhere between about 10 an 15hours, i sleep way too much
No, no, Tink. Not how much time you spend in bed ... how much time you spend actually sleeping! :D

never more than 7 hours

I'm a bad insomniac...usually about 6 hours. It's a good idea to ask age, since it helps determine sleep requirements. I'm almost 14.
Actually, unless you're over about 75 or so, or under about three or four, your age has little to do with how much sleep you require. What does have an impact is your level of brain activity; the more you utilize your brain, the more sleep you require.

No, no, Tink. Not how much time you spend in bed ... how much time you spend actually sleeping! :D
the sad thing is i do only sleep in it :( i need someone to come keep me awake

abywhere between about 10 an 15hours, i sleep way too much

You keep me up all night :(

And TG again

the sad thing is i do only sleep in it :( i need someone to come keep me awake
Despite the expense of the airfare invloved, I'll make the sacrifice. :D

Despite the expense of the airfare invloved, I'll make the sacrifice. :D

A true hero, you are. :rolleyes:

I made this thread half asleep around 1am.

I was wondering if I was the only one up this late (I know I'm not but anyways)

Um right here's the deal. How much sleep do you get on average each night?
(or day if you work at night)

I usually get about 3 hours a night.

But anything less than 7, and I am not feeling too well.

So that explains my crazy thoughts.

Hee hee hee hee hee!!!:eek:

the sad thing is i do only sleep in it :( i need someone to come keep me awake

No airfare here ;)

No airfare here ;)

Lies, you hussy!

No airfare here ;)
hehe :fluffle: :fluffle:

hehe :fluffle: :fluffle:
You said you were going to steal a jet and come see me... what happened to that eh? :(

hehe :fluffle: :fluffle:

:fluffle: :D :fluffle:

You said you were going to steal a jet and come see me... what happened to that eh? :(

haha, sorry man

hehe :fluffle: :fluffle:

Blah! When I live near you, do I get :fluffle: :fluffle: :fluffle: too? tg.

haha, sorry man
What can I say... you must have a much nicer tounge than I. ;)

What can I say... you must have a much nicer tounge than I. ;)

we'll have to compare;)

Actually, unless you're over about 75 or so, or under about three or four, your age has little to do with how much sleep you require. What does have an impact is your level of brain activity; the more you utilize your brain, the more sleep you require.
I find it can work in the reverse. I have trouble sleeping because I'm thinking about a million things...you weren't implying I'm stupid were you?;)

we'll have to compare;)
Maybe test each other out a little... I hear that helps. :D

Blah! When I live near you, do I get :fluffle: :fluffle: :fluffle: too? tg.
maybe

Maybe test each other out a little... I hear that helps. :D

Well, you dont know until you try...

You said you were going to steal a jet and come see me... what happened to that eh? :(
well i broke my wrist so i have to wait till it gets better

Maybe test each other out a little... I hear that helps. :D
well why don't the 3 of us get together and we can all compare notes?

well why don't the 3 of us get together and we can all compare notes?

4?

I get about seven or eight hours of sleep per day. In term time I work 10 hours a day in university, five days a week. Then I go home, eat dinner, surf the net 'n' shit. On Saturdays I work for 9 hours a day. Sometimes I go out at night.

abywhere between about 10 an 15hours, i sleep way too much
Wow, you must be in one of those piss-easy university "courses".

well why don't the 3 of us get together and we can all compare notes?

Im always up for it

Despite the expense of the airfare invloved, I'll make the sacrifice. :D
Dude, she's 45 years younger than you. http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/4572/smileytroutsmack0cl.gif

well why don't the 3 of us get together and we can all compare notes?

I was going to see if you might like to be tutored. And hey, you can tutor me right back if you like.

(And check yer TG).

Im always up for it
Im getting up just thinking about it... or is that off? or both? :confused:

Im getting up just thinking about it... or is that off? or both? :confused:

Its you, Tink and me.:D

Its you, Tink and me.:D
Edit: Its you, Tink, and me... naked. :D

I get about seven or eight hours of sleep per day. In term time I work 10 hours a day in university, five days a week. Then I go home, eat dinner, surf the net 'n' shit. On Saturdays I work for 9 hours a day. Sometimes I go out at night.


Wow, you must be in one of those piss-easy university "courses".
it's easy for now, but it's gonna get a whoooooole lot harder after xmas :(

I've been keeping track of a lot of stuff, one of them being bedtime and the amount of sleep I get. Out of the data I have of 35 days, this is what I have.

My average bedtime is 54.6 minutes after midnight. My average amount of sleep is 7 hours, comprised of 6.5 hours of sleep at night with an additional 0.5 hours of sleep somewhere during the day (naps and such).

Edit: Its you, Tink, and me... naked. :D
sounds good to me!

sounds good to me!

dibs on... sloppy thirds

Dude, she's 45 years younger than you.
And this has relevance how?

sounds good to me!

oh me too!

I usually can't fall asleep until at least 4am though the average is 5am. Sometimes I don't get any sleep at all for 24 to 28 hours. When I do get my brain to shut down enough to fall asleep it lasts anywhere from 3 hours to 12 depending on the circumstances. My average amount of sleep is 4 hours. I have to wait until I become thoroughly exhausted to get any kind of "normal" sleep.

well its 1.13am here now... and the last few weeks i've generally been going to bed about 3-4am and waking up about 9-10am... so 6 hours or so.

"usually" though its more like 8 hours.


but i definatley function best on 10-12 hours+ :)

At the moment I'm sleeping for 12+ hours (thankyou holidays!).

At uni, what with my sleep pattern constantly shifting to meet bar clsing times, I usually get about 5 hours.

It's difficult to give an exact amout of hours for me.
I'm normally in bed between 10.30 pm - 5.30 am, but most of that time, I'm struggling against nightmares. I don't sleep really deeply, but rather doze off and snap back awake again, constantly afraid of what my own brain will do to me once I drop my guard.

I find the best I can do against it is change circumstances, like going to bed either really really early (almost afternoon) or really really late (almost morning). I can sleep a lot easier when it's light outside, but I can't sleep with the lights on in my room. It also helps to listen to audiobooks, best of all childrens stories, to fall asleep. Another thing that sometimes works is just lying in bed the wrong way around, with my head at the foot end...
I'm doing strange things just to get some quiet sleep without nightmares.

I usually go to bed somewhere between 11:30-midnight & wake up between 6:45-7:00am, so about 7 hours a night.

i've generally been going to bed about 3-4am and waking up about 9-10am... so 6 hours or so.

"usually" though its more like 8 hours.


but i definatley function best on 10-12 hours+ :)

Same.

6 Hours for the last year and 2 months.

6 hours is an average- i have to get up at 6:30 to shower before going to work.

What is this "sleep" that you all speak of???

What is this "sleep" that you all speak of???

It is where you close your eyes and pretend that the real world doesn't exist for a few hours every day, usually accompanied by mimicking a chainsaw and often resulting in the side effect of salivating superfluously. I just wanted to use that last word, the rest of this response doesn't matter.

It is where you close your eyes and pretend that the real world doesn't exist for a few hours every day, usually accompanied by mimicking a chainsaw and often resulting in the side effect of salivating superfluously. I just wanted to use that last word, the rest of this response doesn't matter.
I'd get less with you around.
*Bats eyelids*

I'd get less with you around.
*Bats eyelids*

Sure you, would. I'd be sure to wear you out enough.


;)

Sure you, would. I'd be sure to wear you out enough.


;)
Yes.;)
Wear me out?
As what a pair of Pants or perhaps as a Sweater?

Yes.;)
Wear me out?
As what a pair of Pants or perhaps as a Sweater?

Definitely.

:p You'd never make it out of bed.

Definitely.

:p You'd never make it out of bed.
Yes Yes yEs!:p
I would'nt want to would i?

My sleeping patterns are half-dead. Sometimes I sleep around 8-9 hours, sometimes none, and during periods of school, I sometimes sleep twice. (typically once after school, and then again later after I have eaten) And then, when I, once in a while, have been awake for over 30 hours, I can sleep for around 10-11 hours if given the chance.

it's easy for now, but it's gonna get a whoooooole lot harder after xmas :(
What do you study?

My bedtime is usually 3-6am. I usually get up at anywhere from 8-4. Last night I got about 5 hours sleep.

I've been known to survive for several days with no sleep without anyone really noticing. Yay for caffeine.

Casual work, y'see. I usually work nights, but then they'll throw a 6am shift into the mix which screws things up. So I generally don't bother. When i'm at uni, it's even worse. I can be at uni from 9-5, and work past midnight. So I get into stupid patterns.

I sleep around 12 at night..usually after the Daily Show (which is at 11 in the west coast)..and wake up around 6 in the morning..because I have a horrible commute and I get to save more time if I leave early..

I try to catch up on my nap time in the weekends, but I don't get to do that always.

I don't know how those of you who constantly get no sleep can function. I mean...it is 5am here and I still haven't gone to bed and I will be getting up by 11, but without sleep at all I could not even think straight. Even with these less than 5 hour nights I have had lately due to finals, I still am annoyed.

What is your secret? I want to stay up 3 days in a row without incredible reduction in brain functioning too!!

What do you study?
nursing and i go on my practice placement after xmas :(

What is your secret? I want to stay up 3 days in a row without incredible reduction in brain functioning too!!

Caffeine. And lots of it.

There's um...other stuff, too, but I don't recommend that.

You also eventually get used to it if you do it often enough, you learn to block out the tiredness. Of course, when you *do* get to sleep, you'll be comatose, but eh. *shrugs*

My main advice- if you're only going to get less than 4 hours sleep, don't bother, because you'll just feel worse. You need at least an hour of truly deep sleep to feel rested.

I'll go to bed soon.:eek:

Caffeine. And lots of it.

There's um...other stuff, too, but I don't recommend that.

You also eventually get used to it if you do it often enough, you learn to block out the tiredness. Of course, when you *do* get to sleep, you'll be comatose, but eh. *shrugs*

My main advice- if you're only going to get less than 4 hours sleep, don't bother, because you'll just feel worse. You need at least an hour of truly deep sleep to feel rested.

So If I just ignore the tired feelings they go away...interesting ;)

Though I am not a coffee drinker. Might be time to start up another habit :)

I'll go to bed soon.:eek:

Oh nooooooo! Me too. :(

Wouldn't be sleeping if you were here though...

So If I just ignore the tired feelings they go away...interesting ;)

Though I am not a coffee drinker. Might be time to start up another habit :)

I find it's the same with anything....pain....cravings....etc. :p

And, you have other options apart from coffee...pep pills, energy drinks, etc. I usually go for iced coffee, though.

Oh nooooooo! Me too. :(

Wouldn't be sleeping if you were here though...Whats the time there 2 or 3AM?

Depends on the amount of Ether..........

Whats the time there 2 or 3AM?

Depends on the amount of Ether..........

3:30am

??? All I can think of is how methamphetamines are made. Probably not a good thing. Oh well.

so sleep very well and have sweet dreams.....:fluffle:

3:30am

??? All I can think of is how methamphetamines are made. Probably not a good thing. Oh well.
So i was close......
We have plenty of those Houses around here........

so sleep very well and have sweet dreams.....:fluffle:

I will try, thanks!


So i was close......

Very close indeed. Well, I'm off so have fun!

Must have some explosions from time to time.

On average probably about 6 hours per night.

I'm 13 and go to school, i get around 7-8 hours sleep a night but i can manage without any sleep at all and not even sleeping during the next day, but not on school nights

I never did get to sleep...8am right now.

I will try, thanks!




Very close indeed. Well, I'm off so have fun!

Must have some explosions from time to time.
Cewl.:)
Diarreha?:eek:

Cewl.:)
Diarreha?:eek:

Well, I'm not asleep anymore.

I meant Ether explosions. :p

Generally I get about 8hrs sleep, but last night I think I had 4... so I'm feeling a little slow...

Far from enough last night....

Doesn't anybody know of a way to completely get rid of nightmares? :(

Well, I'm not asleep anymore.

I meant Ether explosions. :p
Bad thoughts?

You could stop producing it illegally.....

Bad thoughts?

You could stop producing it illegally.....

Nah, just lots of things to do.

I don't touch that shite anymore.

Nah, just lots of things to do.

I don't touch that shite anymore.
So close to Christmas?

What do you do?

So close to Christmas?

What do you do?

That's when it's the worst, procrastinator that I am.

Smoke, smoke, drink and some other things once in a blue moon.

That's when it's the worst, procrastinator that I am.

Smoke, smoke, drink and some other things once in a blue moon.
Yeha i did some Christmas shopping today and felt like s**t all the things i wanted to get were gone and i couldnt remember the backups not that many people helped here (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=460530) anyways........

I get about 5 hours of sleep.

On an average day anywhere between 6 and 14 hours, depending on what I did. On drinking nights, about 16 hours once I pass out. During finals weeks, 2, maybe 3.

Yeha i did some Christmas shopping today and felt like s**t all the things i wanted to get were gone and i couldnt remember the backups not that many people helped here (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=460530) anyways........

Well, I tried to come up with some interesting gift suggestions for you! You didn't like the kitchen utensil earrings? *sobs*

I'm still trying to figure out what to get for my mom as she sprung a last minute trip up here on me.

Well, I tried to come up with some interesting gift suggestions for you! You didn't like the kitchen utensil earrings? *sobs*

I'm still trying to figure out what to get for my mom as she sprung a last minute trip up here on me.
Sorry but i ended up getting my Mother $30 Dollars of Scrathie Tickets!:p
Perhaps she'll win something........

abywhere between about 10 an 15hours, i sleep way too much
Oh, how envious I am! I usually get about 4-6, but only about 30 minutes of which are restful.

Oh, how envious I am! I usually get about 4-6, but only about 30 minutes of which are restful.
what the hell do you do?

Far from enough last night....

Doesn't anybody know of a way to completely get rid of nightmares? :(

It depends on what's causing the nightmares.

I used to have horrible night terrors. I would sort of half way wake up but still be dreaming and think that the wall was falling in on me or that I was covered with bugs or such. So I'd fling myself out of bed and turn on all the lights. Then I would have to calm down from the adrenaline rush before I could go back to bed. I was getting very little sleep.

For me it turned out to be a combination of chronic pain and stress causing it. When I quit working and found a decent pain management program, the nightmares went away.

So the only way to get rid of the nightmares is to address what is causing them. Either that or just get so plasterd that you pass out every night. ;) But I wouldn't recomend that.

Also, in an earlier post you said you sleep well when it is light out. I'm the same way. I get my deepest, most restful sleep between sunrise and around 10am in a room with an eastern exposure. So I've always tried to schedule everything so that I can be in bed at that time. I took evening classes in college and worked afternoon or night jobs. If you don't already do that, it might help some if you do.


As for the OPs question, I get between 9 and 12 hours of sleep a night. Less than 9 and I don't function well mentally or physically. More than 12 and I get all head-achey and just feel blah all day.

>.>

am 25, i get like...4 hours a night if i'm lucky.

It depends, really. If it's a good week, I'll get eight to nine hours of sleep, and I'll be up and running early in the morning.

If it's a bad week (so far, it's been a bad month), I'll get anywhere from ten to fifteen hours of sleep. When I wake up in this condition, I feel like shit.

It depends, really. If it's a good week, I'll get eight to nine hours of sleep, and I'll be up and running early in the morning.

If it's a bad week (so far, it's been a bad month), I'll get anywhere from ten to fifteen hours of sleep. When I wake up in this condition, I feel like shit.
How is lots of sleep bad?-Coming from a man who averages just over 6...

How is lots of sleep bad?

I don't know exactly what it does, but it's bad for you. Every time I get more than ten hours of sleep, I'm tired all day, my eyes burn, and I can hardly focus.

I don't know exactly what it does, but it's bad for you. Every time I get more than ten hours of sleep, I'm tired all day, my eyes burn, and I can hardly focus.
Quick Draw McGraw.....

Wow that is really weird getting only 5 will do the same for me and at that stage if i do it for long enough i fall asleep on my feet only to fall forward and that doesn't feel good.

Quick Draw McGraw.....

Wow that is really weird getting only 5 will do the same for me and at that stage if i do it for long enough i fall asleep on my feet only to fall forward and that doesn't feel good.

Getting only five hours of sleep does less damage to me than getting over ten.

Getting only five hours of sleep does less damage to me than getting over ten.
Have you tried itfor lng periods of time?

Have you tried itfor lng periods of time?

Yeah. I felt better with an average of six hours of sleep two years ago than I do with an average of ten-plus hours a night the past few months.

An average night of sleep for me is between 9 and 12 hours. On days I go to school, between 6 and 8.

If I'm really lucky I've been known to have 4 hours sleep. I reckon running Hognatia must really take it out of me. :headbang:

I do try for a good 8hrs every night but generally get caught up ina book or an interesting bit of randomness on the internet and get between 6-7, i cna get by for a week with only 7 hrs each night but anythign elss and i really suffer (oddly enough i tend to feel sleepy during the day but after about 8pm i waken up...).

As for over sleeping i can udnerstand that if i go over the 10hr mark i spend the next day almsot totally zombiefied.

When at school, I fall asleep about 2 oclock and wake up about 7 oclock, so 5 hours. Weekends and holidays, I sleep from about 2-3 oclock until 19-11 oclock, so 6-9 hours.

edit: I'm used to functioning on not much sleep during the week so I am fine, but I'd probably be a lot better with more sleep. I also get exhaustion and fatigue from depression, so, when combined, it isn't great.

I'm currently recovering (sleeping around 10 hours) from two weeks of way too much work, on which I woke up at 6am and went to bed around 1am. If I'm OK, 8 hours do fine.

I get five hours, tops. Often I'll only doze for an hour or so, when I sleep at all. If I have anything with caffiene after about 5pm or if I have something serios on my mind, I won't sleep.

When at school, I fall asleep about 2 oclock and wake up about 7 oclock, so 5 hours. Weekends and holidays, I sleep from about 2-3 oclock until 19-11 oclock, so 6-9 hours.

edit: I'm used to functioning on not much sleep during the week so I am fine, but I'd probably be a lot better with more sleep. I also get exhaustion and fatigue from depression, so, when combined, it isn't great.
:fluffle: for your fatigue :(
:fluffle: for your txts too! :P
oh and will be online soonish *nods*

Um right here's the deal. How much sleep do you get on average each night?
(or day if you work at night)
Not much, generally...maybe six hours or so, broken sleep...which for some is a lot, but pre-kids, I slept a solid 8 hours. I wake up at least twice...usually once to help my toddler go to the bathroom, and another time to get the baby to go back to sleep. I thought for the first year after having my first child that I was going to go insane from lack of sleep. I was right:D

:fluffle: for your fatigue :(
:fluffle: for your txts too! :P
oh and will be online soonish *nods*
like I said, I'm used to it so I'm mostly fine, don't worry. I won't refuse fluffles though! :fluffle: :)
hehe, my pleasure :P
okedoke *hugs*