Sleep

[sunnycalifornia]

sometimes its computer, sometimes its tv, or sometimes its homework (like right now).

i dont understand how some people literally do 6 hour days 5 days a week with no naps, its insane

[Golden_Rhino]

Sounds like you might just be lazy.

[rivermetimbers]

Just get out of bed and make some coffee. Or don't go to class (not a bad idea). Also 10 hrs of sleep is probably too much and will actually make you feel more tired then 8-9.

[PokerAmateur4]

That's some good sn creation there sir, I have much to learn.

[Slappz]

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REM sleep isn't the kind you need, your body wants all the types and it hasn't been established that REM is "the important one" or anything like that.


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You'll die without REM sleep, thats not "important" or anything.

[dukemagic]

when you get 10 hours of sleep and feel tired, it's not because 10 hours isn't a lot. it's because you haven't made up your "sleep debt." let's say you need 8 hours every day, but lately you've been getting only 6 hours. if you were all caught up a week ago, and got 6 hours of sleep the last 7 days, you'd be (6-8)x7 hours of sleep behind. in other words, you have to make up 14 more hours before your sleep debt is "paid off" and you won't feel tired. so if you got 10 hours of sleep every day for a week, you'd be caught up and would feel great.

at least, that's what the research at my school is suggesting. so just try and catch up on sleep for a while - once you're caught up and get 8 hours (or however much you need) every day, you should be fine.

also, just train yourself to get out of bed in the morning. it's hard, but once you get the habit down of climbing out of bed when the alarm goes off, it becomes second nature and you won't find yourself hitting snooze 5 or 6 times.

[CalledDownLight]

I don't buy into the sleep debt thing unless I have months of it built up from early childhood. I can sleep 10+ hours a night for 2 weeks and still be tired. Does anyone have an explanation for that? I almost never drink caffeine and don't take anything to aid my sleep if thats important.

[PokerAmateur4]

Duke/CalledDown,
The accumulation of sleep debt indefinitely, at least, has been proven to not be plausible. So it may be a factor but the childhood build up notion is wrong.

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REM sleep isn't the kind you need, your body wants all the types and it hasn't been established that REM is "the important one" or anything like that.


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You'll die without REM sleep, thats not "important" or anything.

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Slappz,
That's never been proven, and I'm not sure that there is any reason to believe that. Can you link to any credible source that says that?

[BDaws]

Okay, say I get a normal schedule going, which I feel like I do. I have mandatory classes to attend at 8AM on MW and 930AM on T TH.

However, the weekends screw me up because I stay out until like 3 or 4 and sometimes even later drinking.

What's the best way to get back on track?

[Kimbell175113]

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i dont understand how some people literally do 6 hour days 5 days a week with no naps, its insane

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don't do any activity during the day, eat a lot of calories, drink a lot of caffeine.

OP,
my suggestion is to explore the wonderful world of naps.