Sleep

[Pogle]

Is it over rated?
I am managing around 5ish hours a night at the mo. I just naturally don't need much sleep - anyone else have the same problem?

 

[TheRefactornator]

Is it over rated?
I am managing around 5ish hours a night at the mo. I just naturally don't need much sleep - anyone else have the same problem?

About 5-6hrs has been my snooze time for the last 7 years a pattern I fell into when our daughter was born. Nowadays it's to bed at about midnight, watch a bit of cack TV for a bit until unconcious and then automatically wake up at 5:30/6.

IMO it's not a problem because I don't feel any worse for it, but if opening one eye and reaching for the laptop to post on CUK I think I would seek professional help

 

[Grinder]

I'm a lot more effective at work on 7½ hours, but as I'm not at work I can cope with 6 hours ongoing...

 

[Lockhouse]

I can manage on 6 1/2 hours during the week but need to catch up at weekends. I can go down to 4-5 hours for one night only but any more than that and my work suffers and I need to eat loads of sugar to keep going. Normally I get to bed around 23.00 Mon-Fri and up at 05:30. Weekends if I get at least one lie in for 8-9 hours I'm fine for the next week. Age has a lot to do with it (I'm 40+).

 

[bobhope]

Like many things - it's quality not quantity that counts. Give me 5 hours uninterrupted over 8 hours of being woken up by kids every hour anytime.

 

[centurian]

Is it over rated?
I am managing around 5ish hours a night at the mo. I just naturally don't need much sleep - anyone else have the same problem?

Plenty of time to sleep when you're dead

We're only here for a limited number of years. Spending 35% of that time unconscious seems a terrible waste of it.

I can consistently make do with 6-7 hours without any ill effects.

 

[SantaClaus]

Have a baby and then you'll realise 5 hours is actually really good

 

[Menelaus]

Now I lay me down not to sleep
I just get tangled in the sheets
I swim in sweat three inches deep
I just lay back and claim defeat

Chapter read and lesson learned
I turned the lights off while she burned
So while she's three hundred degrees
I throw the sheets off and I freeze

Lids down, I count sheep
I count heartbeats
The only thing that counts is
that I won't sleep
I countdown, I look around

Who needs sleep?
(well you're never gonna get it)
Who needs sleep?
(tell me what's that for)
Who needs sleep?
(be happy with what you're getting
There's a guy who's been awake
since the Second World War)

Who needs sleep?
(well you're never gonna get it)
Who needs sleep?
(tell me what's that for)
Who needs sleep?
(be happy with what you're getting
There's a guy who's been awake
since the Second World War)

My hands are locked up tight in fists
My mind is racing filled with lists
of things to do and things I've done
Another sleepless night's begun

Lids down, I count sheep
I count heartbeats
The only thing that counts is
that I won't sleep
I countdown, I look around

Who needs sleep?
(well you're never gonna get it)
Who needs sleep?
(tell me what's that for)
Who needs sleep?
(be happy with what you're getting
There's a guy who's been awake
since the Second World War)

Who needs sleep?
(well you're never gonna get it)
Who needs sleep?
(tell me what's that for)
Who needs sleep?
(be happy with what you're getting
There's a guy who's been awake
since the Second World War)

There's so much joy in life,
so many pleasures all around
But the pleasure of insomnia
is one I've never found
With all life has to offer,
There's so much to be enjoyed
But the pleasures of insomnia
are ones I can't avoid

Lids down, I count sheep
I count heartbeats
The only thing that counts is
that I won't sleep
I countdown, I look around

Hala Hala Hala...

Who needs sleep?
(well you're never gonna get it)
Who needs sleep?
(tell me what's that for)
Who needs sleep?
(be happy with what you're getting
There's a guy who's been awake
since the Second World War)

Who needs sleep?
(well you're never gonna get it)
Who needs sleep?
(tell me what's that for)
Who needs sleep?
(be happy with what you're getting
There's a guy who's been awake
since the Second World War)

BNL lyrics to the track "Who Needs Sleep?"
(Barenaked Ladies = great band)

 

[Francko]

Is it over rated?
I am managing around 5ish hours a night at the mo. I just naturally don't need much sleep - anyone else have the same problem?

Pogle, when your friend invited to his hotel and asked "do you want to sleep with me?", he did NOT actually mean that he wanted to "sleep" with you.

 

[Pogle]

Have a baby and then you'll realise 5 hours is actually really good

Been there done that - breastfeeding every 3 hours.
But it was well worth it