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Its strange the sleep thing. People get a few hours and function just perfectly. Then someone tells them they "need" 7 or 8 hours a day or their life will fall apart. Then they begin to worry! Then some expert tells them if they sleep for 10 hours regularly they will die early! When I wake after 5 hours sleep my bodys telling me its had enough and its time to live again for the day. When im tired the bods telling me im ready for some sleep again. Im nearly 50 and ive never had a regular sleep pattern . I wonder if the angst and worry about the supposed sleep problem causes more harm than the perceived lack or excess of sleep? 1
@Monty Riviera - "I wonder if the angst and worry about the supposed sleep problem causes more harm than the perceived lack or excess of sleep?" - I think people being scared into oversleeping is one of the scourges of modern times. I tend to keep my sleep patterns to myself otherwise it generates an almost religious defensive fervor in some people. Most people sleep far, far too much and it hurts them: http://www.inwardquest.com/questions/12274#12298
(21 Aug '13, 08:08)
Stingray
I know what you mean Stingray. These days I go to sleep when im tired and then wake up when im not.
(22 Aug '13, 02:50)
Monty Riviera
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thank u stingray :))
Out of curiosity, @Stingray, roughly how much sleep do you need a day? Im guessing like 4-5? I want to become a person who needs little sleep, like Thomas Edison, this focus statment actually helped mould some beliefs I want to create in this subject, so thanks.
@Nikulas - Difficult to say. If I'm engaged with some really exciting (to me) activities, I can get away with 3 hours or so - occasionally less. Normal life experience probably averages about 5-6 hours. After a heavy workout, it might increase to 7-8+ hours. I rarely sleep in one continuous "lump" these days though...it's mostly spread through the day/night. See Polyphasic sleep
Maggie Thatcher managed on 4 to 5 hours, I read somewhere that Winston Churchill "power napped" his way thru the Second World War!