Rant about naps.

Oh man, this SUCKS. I took a nap at 5:30. I was planning on waking up at 7 PM, but I ended up waking up at almost 11 PM.

Has this sort of thing happened to anyone else? If so, do you hate that as much as I do? Oversleeping during naps SUCKS.

Here's the problem. I have to be at work at 6 AM. So here's my dilemma. I'm basically waking up just before it's time for me to go to bed. I can't exactly stay in bed, because then I'm gonna be sleeping for 13 freaking hours. But it's also too late for me to get out of bed. Because then when I finally get back to bed, I'll probably only get an hour or two of sleep, and my whole sleep schedule is gonna be ****ed up.

Anyway, does anyone else hate when this happens as much as I do? Oversleeping on my naps REALLY pisses me off.

Oh man, this SUCKS. I took a nap at 5:30. I was planning on waking up at 7 PM, but I ended up waking up at almost 11 PM.

Has this sort of thing happened to anyone else? If so, do you hate that as much as I do? Oversleeping during naps SUCKS.

Here's the problem. I have to be at work at 6 AM. So here's my dilemma. I'm basically waking up just before it's time for me to go to bed. I can't exactly stay in bed, because then I'm gonna be sleeping for 13 freaking hours. But it's also too late for me to get out of bed. Because then when I finally get back to bed, I'll probably only get an hour or two of sleep, and my whole sleep schedule is gonna be ****ed up.

Anyway, does anyone else hate when this happens as much as I do? Oversleeping on my naps REALLY pisses me off.

MrGeezer

I can't take any naps at all, otherwise my sleeping schedule gets messed up. Unfortunately for me, I fell asleep at about 4pm earlier for about an hour. Seriously, I wont get much sleep tonight. :( I'm still gonna try to fall asleep right now but I'll just end up listening to lectures for the next couple of hours.

I don't know what it is about naps, they just mess me up really badly.

This is why sleeping pills are always good to have on hand. Sometimes, some drug-induced sleep is necessary. tomxizor

[QUOTE="tomxizor"]This is why sleeping pills are always good to have on hand. Sometimes, some drug-induced sleep is necessary. gorilazandgames

What really ****ing sucks is falling asleep unintentionally, waking up in the morning, and finding out you have 2 1/2 hours of homework on hand, when you have to be at school in an hour and a half.:| That ****ing sucks big time.

[QUOTE="gorilazandgames"][QUOTE="tomxizor"]This is why sleeping pills are always good to have on hand. Sometimes, some drug-induced sleep is necessary. tomxizor

What really ****ing sucks is falling asleep unintentionally, waking up in the morning, and finding out you have 2 1/2 hours of homework on hand, when you have to be at school in an hour and a half.:| That ****ing sucks big time.

I generally find it impossible to take naps without making myself feel worse than I did before I took the nap. It just doesn't quite work right for more, it's counterproductive so I avoid taking naps unless I'm downright dead. So I generally don't worry about oversleeping on naps.dbz345

That happens with me, but only if the nap is too short. General rule for me is that if I can get a good solid hour of actual sleep, it's worth taking a nap. Anything less than an hour, and I'd might as well stay up.

A nice long 2 hour nap is NICE, but a 40 minute nap is just a waste of time.

[QUOTE="dbz345"]I generally find it impossible to take naps without making myself feel worse than I did before I took the nap. It just doesn't quite work right for more, it's counterproductive so I avoid taking naps unless I'm downright dead. So I generally don't worry about oversleeping on naps.MrGeezer

That happens with me, but only if the nap is too short. General rule for me is that if I can get a good solid hour of actual sleep, it's worth taking a nap. Anything less than an hour, and I'd might as well stay up.

A nice long 2 hour nap is NICE, but a 40 minute nap is just a waste of time.

[QUOTE="MrGeezer"]

[QUOTE="dbz345"]I generally find it impossible to take naps without making myself feel worse than I did before I took the nap. It just doesn't quite work right for more, it's counterproductive so I avoid taking naps unless I'm downright dead. So I generally don't worry about oversleeping on naps.gorilazandgames

That happens with me, but only if the nap is too short. General rule for me is that if I can get a good solid hour of actual sleep, it's worth taking a nap. Anything less than an hour, and I'd might as well stay up.

A nice long 2 hour nap is NICE, but a 40 minute nap is just a waste of time.

Exactly. The only problem is that you weren't asleep long enough to actually get any kind of decent rest.

It's like falling asleep JUST long enough to feel groggy. But not long enough for any kinds of rejuvenating effects to take place. So when you finally wake up, you're now even MORE tired than you were when you went to sleep, and you really haven't recovered any energy from having slept.

TOTAL waste of time.

For me though, a good 2 hour long nap does wonders. I'm still tired and groggy when I first wake up, but after about 15 or 20 minutes I notice that I feel a LOT better than I did before going to sleep.

[QUOTE="gorilazandgames"][QUOTE="MrGeezer"]

[QUOTE="dbz345"]I generally find it impossible to take naps without making myself feel worse than I did before I took the nap. It just doesn't quite work right for more, it's counterproductive so I avoid taking naps unless I'm downright dead. So I generally don't worry about oversleeping on naps.MrGeezer

That happens with me, but only if the nap is too short. General rule for me is that if I can get a good solid hour of actual sleep, it's worth taking a nap. Anything less than an hour, and I'd might as well stay up.

A nice long 2 hour nap is NICE, but a 40 minute nap is just a waste of time.

Exactly. The only problem is that you weren't asleep long enough to actually get any kind of decent rest.

It's like falling asleep JUST long enough to feel groggy. But not long enough for any kinds of rejuvenating effects to take place. So when you finally wake up, you're now even MORE tired than you were when you went to sleep, and you really haven't recovered any energy from having slept.

TOTAL waste of time.

For me though, a good 2 hour long nap does wonders. I'm still tired and groggy when I first wake up, but after about 15 or 20 minutes I notice that I feel a LOT better than I did before going to sleep.

Alarm Clock FTWlycrof

It's not healthy IMO to sleep for less than a few hours unless you're absolutely dead tired. Half and hour or so is the most you should nap for because it prevents your brain from slipping into a deeper sleep. This deep sleep is for your body to repair itself and if you interrupt that it's worse than staying up late anyway. As long as you've had 7-8 hours of sleep at the same regular time each night you don't need to take a nap.selbie

Yeah, nice. I don't have the luxury of sleeping 7-8 hours a night, so I'm ALWAYS going to be interrupting my deep sleep with an alarm clock.

Are you suggesting that since I never get to sleep for 7-8 hours, that I should never go to sleep?

Are you HONESTLY telling me that if I only have time to sleep for 4 or 5 hours tonight, that it's better for me to not go to sleep at all? Really dude, are you seriously trying to tell me that 4 or 5 hours of a sleep a night is worse than 4 hours worth of 30 minute naps spread out over an entire WEEK?

Because if that's what you're saying, I'd like to see some evidence to back that up.

[QUOTE="MrGeezer"]

[QUOTE="dbz345"]I generally find it impossible to take naps without making myself feel worse than I did before I took the nap. It just doesn't quite work right for more, it's counterproductive so I avoid taking naps unless I'm downright dead. So I generally don't worry about oversleeping on naps.gorilazandgames

That happens with me, but only if the nap is too short. General rule for me is that if I can get a good solid hour of actual sleep, it's worth taking a nap. Anything less than an hour, and I'd might as well stay up.

A nice long 2 hour nap is NICE, but a 40 minute nap is just a waste of time.

I hate that droggy feeling it sucks and makes my very angry because of the fact that I thought that the sleep will make me feel better.