How much sleep do you need each day?

@kgwat70 (13388)
United States
October 27, 2006 3:57am CST
How much sleep each day do you need to function well? I need about 6 hours in order to do well each day. Every once in a while I will need 8.
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edelweiss
@edelweiss (1929)
• India
16 Dec 06
I think a person should have 8 hours of sleep every day. A person will be relaxed all day after that.
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kgwat70
@kgwat70 (13388)
• United States
16 Dec 06
They say 8 hours is what we all need to sleep but probably many of us do not get that many hours in a night. I know that I don't but would like to get that many hours of sleep per day.
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vishalkansal
@vishalkansal (1367)
• India
27 Oct 06
i think around 8 hrs atleast..
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kgwat70
@kgwat70 (13388)
• United States
27 Oct 06
Thank you for your reply. :-) Some days I do need 8 hours but most of the time I can do well on 5-6.
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maddog108
@maddog108 (3435)
• Australia
27 Oct 06
at least 4 hours or i get grumpy
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kgwat70
@kgwat70 (13388)
• United States
27 Oct 06
Thank you for your reply. If I don't get my amount of sleep, I will feel like or look like a zombie. LOL
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littlefranciscan
@littlefranciscan (18327)
• United States
27 Oct 06
Good question..but I seem to get away with 5 or 6 hours:)
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kgwat70
@kgwat70 (13388)
• United States
27 Oct 06
Hi Joy. Thanks for your response. That is about what I need to get by each day. Sometimes I need more depending on how I am feeling.
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Juli_angel
@Juli_angel (1063)
• Israel
27 Oct 06
alot. franckly, if i could, i would've sleep all the time! but there is no spesific amount of time i need to be rested.
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kgwat70
@kgwat70 (13388)
• United States
27 Oct 06
Thank you for your reply. I think a lot of us would like to sleep all or most of the time but have too many things to do or get done. I sleep more on my days off from work. I took monday off from work and plan on sleeping quite a bit. LOL
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dayanandahs
@dayanandahs (129)
• India
27 Oct 06
I sleep for 5 hours every week day and more than 8 - 10 hrs on holiday whenever i feel like taking rest. I think 5 hours is more than sufficient to function well.
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kgwat70
@kgwat70 (13388)
• United States
27 Oct 06
Thank you for your reply. I agree that 5 hours is more sufficient but 6 hours for me makes me function even better. Sometimes I struggle to get sleep.
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tarachand
@tarachand (3895)
• India
18 Dec 06
I like about 4-5 hours in the night and a siest of about 1-2 hours in the day, an hour after lunch. When I am overworked, and have not had sleep for more than 20 hours, I sleep 15-20 minutes every two hours or so. Those small nap really perk me up.
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netty79
@netty79 (991)
• Indonesia
18 Dec 06
i need about 8 hours aday
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kgwat70
@kgwat70 (13388)
• United States
4 Jan 07
That is the proper amount of sleep that experts say that we all should get but I usually do okay with six hours of sleep. Sometimes I sleep 8 hours but not very often.
vinod4net
@vinod4net (628)
• India
16 Dec 06
Ideally you should have 8 hours of sleep at night and about 1 to 2 hours rest in day time, this will keep your body in good metabolism and you wont feel burn out or tired or streesed. I feel atleast 6.5 to 7 hours sleep is a must and you should try to have 8 hours of sound sleep in night
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jal1948
@jal1948 (1359)
• India
16 Dec 06
The sleep we need is as per our body constitution.As long as we are feeling refreshed when we wake up,it does not matter whether we sleep for 6 or 8 hours.Sleep deprivation occurs when we are overly tired,stressed,or excited about something.
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ranjit123
@ranjit123 (64)
• India
5 Jan 07
i sleep for nearly 7 hours and 8-9 hours during holidays. if i dont sleep for less than 7 hours i dont feel like doing anything