Emperor Harkonnen Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 Just woundering how much you guys sleep on average? I sleep around 7 hours, if I sleep less I have difficulty consentrating on studies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragoon Knight Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 About 12 hours, if I can manage it. Sometimes more. It all depends on what I'm meant to be doing the next day. Now that I'm unemployed, my usual pattern is to wake up at around 2pm, game and or browse the internet or whatever until about 4 in the morning, switch my TV on to Virgin 1 at 4:10am and set an auto-off timer of 1 hour, then fall asleep watching Takeshi's Castle.If I'm meant to be awake some time in the morning, then I'll either try and get to sleep a little earlier, or sod it all and get about 4-6 hours kip. Which is actually the recommended amount of sleep adult humans need, not 8 as is commonly thought. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khan Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 Lately I've been sleeping 11 - 8ish but a few parties have thrown that out of whack. I don't like sleeping too late since I just do nothing all day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emperor Harkonnen Posted May 18, 2008 Author Share Posted May 18, 2008 If I'm meant to be awake some time in the morning, then I'll either try and get to sleep a little earlier, or sod it all and get about 4-6 hours kip. Which is actually the recommended amount of sleep adult humans need, not 8 as is commonly thought. :)Are you sure about that? I think you would quickly get ill in that case, lack of sleep greatly reduces the imune system. Of course it is individually, but I think 6-8 hours is the best for a healthy person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragoon Knight Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 Positive. 4-6 hours is the recommended amount of sleep that adults should get. Anything more is not required, and can actually contribute to a lower lifespan. Check into it more, you'll find some interesting details. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunenewt Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 Usually 4-6 hours I guess, and a 10 hour sleep every now and again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 'As much as possible.'Does it matter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mihail Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 DK, maybe you could give a source? I'd like to find out more about it, but wouldn't know where to start. Of course, I'm not an adult, so it may not be applicable to me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Gotenks absorbed Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 Usually 4-6 hours I guess, and a 10 hour sleep every now and again.So... You go to bed at like, 3 or 4 o' clock in the morning? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khan Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 I've heard it before, on the almighty QI I think but I thought 8 was the limit and anymore was dangerous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunenewt Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 So... You go to bed at like, 3 or 4 o' clock in the morning?Pretty much, unless I'm with my girlfriend, whose biological clock runs with Teutonic efficiency, and I have to follow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chatfsh Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 During the week I sleep 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahdi Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 If I'm meant to be awake some time in the morning, then I'll either try and get to sleep a little earlier, or sod it all and get about 4-6 hours kip. Which is actually the recommended amount of sleep adult humans need, not 8 as is commonly thought. :)I think you're confused. There was a recent study which came out claiming that we shouldn't sleep more than 3-4 hours in a row without getting up and moving about for another half hour - an hour before going back to bed for the rest of the night. This is due to the fact that it's only been fairly recently that we could sleep a night away. Before the invention of the light, furnaces, etc. you would have to wake up every few hours in order to stoke the fire, feed your babies, etc. and we have evolved the need to wake up every few hours in order to do those things.However, even that study says you need approx. 7-9 hours of sleep spread out over twelve hours.I have never heard of a single study that says you should only sleep 4-6 hours a night PERIOD. That's pretty ridiculous. The sleep debt you'd gain would be incredible. Within a couple weeks, without at least one good night of sleep to pay it off, you'd be the mental equivalent of a kid riding the short bus to school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mihail Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 I think you're confused.Lack of sleep, maybe? ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragoon Knight Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 It's true that the numbers differ from study to study, and indeed, person to person, but I'm not confused. 4-6 hours is the latest of the quoted recommended times. People who had more than 8 hours per night tended to live shorter lives than those who slept less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunenewt Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 I guess I should sleep more then, but there's so much I like to fit in a day, I don't see the point in spending so much of it asleep, but then if it cuts my life shorter, then perhaps I should sleep more...EDIT - Just read Dragoon's post, and maybe I shouldn't sleep more, I'm confused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alchemi2 Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 Probably averages out at around 6hrs. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 About 8 hours of sleep. I'm a light sleeper and require a fan on to drown out other noises such as when others get up before me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahdi Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 It's true that the numbers differ from study to study, and indeed, person to person, but I'm not confused. 4-6 hours is the latest of the quoted recommended times. People who had more than 8 hours per night tended to live shorter lives than those who slept less.I find that very hard to believe. Every study I've ever seen all recommend 7-9 hours. The only one I've ever heard of that said 4-6 is the one I mentioned before, which still said you need 7-9, but that it should be broken up into two or three periods of 3-4 hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunenewt Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Well I only had 4 hours last night, but I feel fine this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khan Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 But how did you feel in the evening? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunenewt Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Fine again. Had 6 hours sleep last night because I had an exam in the morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Gotenks absorbed Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Pretty much, unless I'm with my girlfriend, whose biological clock runs with Teutonic efficiency, and I have to follow. You need to go to bed earlier... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrFlibble Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Well I only had 4 hours last night, but I feel fine this morning.It sometimes happens to me too, making me wonder how much sleep I actually need. But usually I sleep about 11 hours, given I have that opportunity :) I go to bed around 2-3 o'clock after midnight, unless I've got to get up really early the next day.However, when I got exams or some other urgent work (like my degree paper I wrote last year), I tend to work at nights (till 5-7 am) and then sleep until 3-4 pm, so my schedule gets totally messed up :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunenewt Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 You need to go to bed earlier...Why? Do you realise how inactive this forum would become if I did that? :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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