Naps

[Vyk]

I don't like how it feels like I've been asleep for an hour or two when it's only been five minutes S:

That's the BEST kind of nap. You get plenty of rest and waste no time. I swear time changes when you're asleep. Though I guess it is relative..

I take naps in the evenings so I can stay up late at night. Since night is better than day, and I have to work during the day, its how I compromise to having a night life and a day job :}

[rubah]

I take my naps during class.

[Sefie1999AD]

I take my naps during class.

There's a saying I've heard in our university, "2 hours of Industrial Management is about 8 hours worth of sleep."

[rubah]

If I was taking a course called Industrial Management, I know for sure I'd turn narcoleptic.

[qwertysaur]

If I was taking a course called Industrial Management, I know for sure I'd turn narcoleptic.

Or bring my laptop to class and browse the internet during the lecture.

[sad.mind]

I take naps when I'm really tired. I try to refrain from them because when I wake up I'm extremely tired and grouchy, and then I'm unable to fall asleep that night.

[musashius]

I take my naps during class.

Final exams are also a really good time for a nap. It's usually nice and quiet.

[sad.mind]

I take my naps during class.

Final exams are also a really good time for a nap. It's usually nice and quiet.

Word, especially when you're given 2+ hours for an easy test.

[rubah]

If I have an easy 2+ hour test, I'm going to be back in my warm bed 45 minutes in.

[sad.mind]

If I have an easy 2+ hour test, I'm going to be back in my warm bed 45 minutes in.

High school's a different story, though.

[IronOcean]

When i wa sin college one of my professors gave a lecture on napping. Anything more than 20 min is useless he told us. Thats why when you take a hour nap you feel like garbage cause your body is just ready to sleep then, 20 min and you will feel right as snow

[sad.mind]

When i wa sin college one of my professors gave a lecture on napping. Anything more than 20 min is useless he told us. Thats why when you take a hour nap you feel like garbage cause your body is just ready to sleep then, 20 min and you will feel right as snow

This is correct. I remember hearing it was 15 minutes though.

[musashius]

When i wa sin college one of my professors gave a lecture on napping. Anything more than 20 min is useless he told us. Thats why when you take a hour nap you feel like garbage cause your body is just ready to sleep then, 20 min and you will feel right as snow

I didn't know this, but I'm glad I do now. I guess the trick is to nap smarter, not harder.

[IronOcean]

ya i guess less is more

[Vyk]

It depends on your body's sleep cycle. However long it lasts in the first couple stages of sleep is what you want. Last thing you want to do is wake up in the middle of a deeper level of sleep. Though since it does cycle, in theory its just as good to wake up right -after- a deep/rem sleep. Which is probably why some of these people are saying they feel great after an hour. And others are saying they feel terrible after an hour. People cycle at different rates. If you can figure out your rate, you wanna wake up in a lighter level of sleep. You can use this method for your nightly sleep too. I think my cycles are about an hour long too 'cause I can get four hours of real sleep in a night and feel fine. But if I get six and a half I feel like crap. And 10-15 minute power naps are pretty good for me. But I like to take a real (deeper) nap when I can