How many hours do you sleep everyday? Do you feel yourself in lack of sleep?

China
September 29, 2008 10:02am CST
I just can't get enough sleep. I really want to get up early in the morning, like at half past seven. But it always turns out that i can't even open my eyes. So I always sleep till almost nine o'clock. Then after I have my lunch, I will sleep 2 hours mostly. After I get up, I still feel very sleepy. I don't why I always seek for more sleep. But if there are important things to do the next day, I can always manage to get up even right before the alarm. So, friends, can you tell me how many hours you sleep everyday? Do you feel yourself in lack of sleep? And what can I do to not to sleep so much?
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@kenzie45230 (3560)
• United States
29 Sep 08
My sleep patterns have changed over the past few years. I have fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue. The pains keep me from getting to sleep too early at night, but I finally get to sleep around midnight or 1 a.m. I usually only sleep about 5-6 hours at most. Then I have to nap at least once during the day. Even then, if I do anything during the day (doctor's appointment, grocery shop, whatever), it makes me tired, tired, tired. I can do one thing - run an errand or clean one room or do maybe two loads of laundry - in the day and that's all.
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• China
30 Sep 08
Thanks for your response. Feels like I've got another problem, for two nights it took me hours to get to sleep. Oh, My God!
• India
29 Sep 08
Hi friend, I generally take a sleep depending upon the work i have.Normally i sleep around 7-8 hours a day.If i have work i sleep around 4-5 hours.Till now i haven't faced the lack of sleep problem.Let us hope it should not come in near future too. Have a nice day.
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• China
30 Sep 08
Thanks for your response! Hope we can get enough sleep and be healthy in the future:D
@MagieL (266)
• China
30 Sep 08
i sleep 7 hours everyday.i go to sleep at 11 or 12 PM,and wake up at a quater to 7. but i don't feel myself in lack of sleep.^^
• China
30 Sep 08
Indeed, you have a very good habit of keeping regular hours :) I am so jealous of you.
@shanemre (357)
• Saudi Arabia
29 Sep 08
I usually got used to just having 3 or four hours sleep. Especially during the last week before a submission of a paper for school. Of course I am feeling sleepy in the day time. But I just tell myself that after everything, I can sleep as much as I want to. About your too much sleeping, you are like this, maybe because you are bored. Keep yourself busy about something. If you think you have enough sleep, then get up. You see, staying in bed will definitely keep that sleepiness. I think there are lots of things to do even at home... clean the house, mind the dishes, wash your clothes... read... study, or do mylot!
• China
29 Sep 08
Thanks!I believe feeling bored can be one factor of my too much sleeping. Now I have just had my new semester began and my state of mind haven't returned from the long holiday. So I sometimes want to leave things till the next day. So, thanks, I will try to recover as quickly as I can.
@shanemre (357)
• Saudi Arabia
29 Sep 08
Yeah, I understand how you are feeling. aLso the start of the semester is not that busy yet... give it some two or three weeks more, hihi, especially if you are at my college, by the end of the semester, everyone forgets about the word SLEEP... hihi
• India
29 Sep 08
I think 6-8 hours sleep time is enough for human being . Actullay it depends person to person. My Friend sleep whenever he steel some time from his hactic schedule . when he set free in bus/cab he sleep . in driving if he struck in jam again he sllep at that moments. May he his abnormal habit . I usually prefer 8 hours iin a complete sleep.
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• China
30 Sep 08
Yeah,I need sleep without any disturbance. I can't sleep well if I am not in the bed. If so, I will feel sleepy all day.
• United States
29 Sep 08
I usually sleep about 8 hours the most a day i really dont lack of sleep but at times i do the best thing is that the human body needs atleast 8 hours of rest so if you go to bed lets say 9pm at 6-7am you should be well rested and take your vitamins try to excersie atleat twice a week 2 hours the most and you'll feel the diffrent in your body.
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• China
30 Sep 08
I am trying my best to change the situation I am having now, hope I will feel the difference very soon:D Thanks again!
@dodo19 (47336)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
30 Sep 08
It's happened to me on a number of occasions. Last weekend, for instance, I'd go to bed at my usual time, between midnight and 1am, and I woke up, between 10.30am and noon, but I would still be exhausted.
• China
30 Sep 08
Yeah! I feel the same way as you did last weekend!
@mapuang (612)
• Philippines
30 Sep 08
yes i feel that i lack of sleep. im usually sleep only for 6 hours but i want to sleep more but my business need to wake up early and go home so late. but if theres a time i sleep for awhile so that i can rest and if i want not to get up early i just sleep so that i feel comfortable on the next few days....
• China
1 Oct 08
Well,when I have to wake up early for something important,I can manage it. But after that, I will have an even longer sleep.
• Canada
30 Sep 08
I never seem to get enough sleep either. I can actually sleep at any time of the day or night but I wake up too much to get a good deep sleep which is needed to feel rested. For me to add up the hours I sleep I get in a day would involve too much math, sleep an hour, up for 15 minutes, sleep half an hour, up for 20 minutes.... I've learned not to overdue things and to sleep when I can, every minute helps a little.
• China
30 Sep 08
Indeed,I have to get complete sleep without disturbance, or else I feel even much more tired.
@Marvin42 (279)
• United States
29 Sep 08
I always sleep for 7 to 8 hours at night, and then have a 30 minutes nap at noon, that is all. :)
• China
30 Sep 08
I used to have the same experience as you do.But now I don't any more.
@thanujad (405)
• Sri Lanka
30 Sep 08
I think you have got use to sleeping too much. My father never allowed us to sleep after6am. Even on holidays. So now we have got use to it and without the alarm even if it is a holiday can't sleep after 6am. Afternoon nap (Sometimes only)will be maximum 1/2 an hour. But we have dinner around 7pm and going to sleep by 9pm. You feel good when you get up early.
• China
1 Oct 08
You have very good habit of keeping regular hours. And I believe I feel sleepy all day just because I sleep too much. Now I am trying to have regular hours as well.
• United States
29 Sep 08
Well about everyday i go to bed to lay down around nine and wake up six thirty but with the watching tv and me tossing antd turnig during the night i would say i ge about six to seven hours of sleep and in the mornig i think i could have used more rest, but who doesnt?? lol but i think that my amount of sleep is pretty fair(:
• China
30 Sep 08
I must say that you have a very good habit!
• Australia
30 Sep 08
I feel the same way as most people comenting here, sleeping just isnt my thing but i try to even out my routine so i can get atleast 8 hours sleep. That might seem like a lot but it pays by giving you more energy for the rest of the day and for the rest of your life!
• China
30 Sep 08
For me, I am just having more than 8 hours' sleep which I believe reduce the activeness of my life
@romer08 (223)
• Philippines
30 Sep 08
I sleep around 6-7 hours.
• China
30 Sep 08
Thanks for your resonse!
@bbsr13 (4196)
• India
29 Sep 08
Hello,Vebusyin! Sleep is a natural healer.It is a remedy for many maladies.Sleep disturbance may contribute to many diseases like forgetfulness,fatigued,etc.So Idon't missout on seep and economize either.I normally sleep five hours in the night and two hours in the afternoon after lunch.One must sleep at least 7/8 hours daily.But 9/10 hours sleep may be good for you.If it is more than that,better it will be for you to consult the doctor.But make a schedule time for your sleep.thanx.
• China
29 Sep 08
Thanks for your suggestion! I think I've got the clue. I had a minor ailment and already recoved. Perhaps the long sleep I am having is actually healing it more deeply. I hope after a period of time, I can became as energetic as before again. Thanks again!
• Japan
29 Sep 08
hmmm, very bad for me. I am addicted to be alive. I don't like sleeping as it reduces the time of living. I think sleeping reduces the time of living. But my friends said people sleeping more will live more! I don't know which is true. anyway I sleep around 4 to 5 hours a day. I can not sleep more than that. If I do, I get a guilty feeling that I have done a wrong thing by sleeping more. I wanted to change this habit as sleeping is good health.
• China
29 Sep 08
Yes, I totally support your idea that sleeping reduces the time of living. And that's why I want to change my situation.Now I feel I am leaving many things that should be done today to tomorrow only because I sleep most of the time over. I do feel very guilty about this.
@divinchris (2449)
• India
29 Sep 08
Hi friend! I sleep for a minimum 8 hours a day and thats my routine schedule.Sometime I wont get my usual sleep those days I will feel tired and will be like a lazy duck..Happy mylotting
• China
29 Sep 08
Getting a sleep for a minimum 8 hours a day probably the best.I don't want to be a lazy girl! Actually, I used to wake up right before the alarm when I was in my third year in college. At that time, I feel very energetic everyday even having around 7 hours' sleep everyday. So I really want to change the situation I am having now.
• Poland
29 Sep 08
I sleep Well ! i sleep 6-8 hours a day and that's enough for me .
• China
30 Sep 08
Hope I can sleep less and be active:D
@EAStanley (2688)
• United States
29 Sep 08
I try to get 8, so I don't be crabby! ;)
• China
30 Sep 08
Thansk for your response!
@minwei86 (33)
• Singapore
29 Sep 08
I slept around 9 hrs depends on what time i slept, if i sleep at 10pm i probably wake up by 7 plus. But if i sleep after midnight, i probably sleep more than 10 hrs. Our body is very weird. You obey the body system , it will work regularly. If u strain it or overwork, they tend to rest more. So you slp late, you tend to slp alot more than usual. And even when i wake up. i still feel the sleepiness. You can try obey the system,like slp at 10 or 11, u probably just need to rest 8 hrs, you are fully charged
• China
30 Sep 08
Thanks,i think you're right.To get rid of the feeling of sleepiness all day long, I will try to sleep earlier:D