How many hours do you sleep per day?

[bwana]

How many hours on average do you sleep a day? According to popular sources adults, on average, require 7-9 hours per day. Do you get that much or maybe more? Do you battle to get enough sleep? Do you nap during the day?

Sources: https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-...w-many-hours-of-sleep-are-enough/faq-20057898

How Much Sleep Do We Really Need? | Sleep Foundation

Sleep is essential, but how much sleep do we really need? Learn about how many hours of sleep kids and adults need and find useful tips for how to get it.

www.sleepfoundation.org

CDC - How Much Sleep Do I Need? - Sleep and Sleep Disorders

www.cdc.gov

 

[Dairyfarmer]

5.5 hours normally and I sometimes get a 30 minute nap at lunch time if not too busy. Worst thing is I can no longer sleep in on days off, my body just wakes up.

 

[Geoff.D]

How many hours on average do you sleep a day? According to popular sources adults, on average, require 7-9 hours per day. Do you get that much or maybe more? Do you battle to get enough sleep? Do you nap during the day?

Sources: https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-...w-many-hours-of-sleep-are-enough/faq-20057898

How Much Sleep Do We Really Need? | Sleep Foundation

Sleep is essential, but how much sleep do we really need? Learn about how many hours of sleep kids and adults need and find useful tips for how to get it.

www.sleepfoundation.org

CDC - How Much Sleep Do I Need? - Sleep and Sleep Disorders

www.cdc.gov

Always sleep badly.
Nothing helps.
Refuse to become a pill junky.
Occasionally say once every 4 weeks, will manage to get a 9 hour sleep in a 24 hour period

 

[mister]

Per day or per night?

 

[bwana]

Per day or per night?

Per day ie a 24 hour period. Not everyone works days / sleeps nights.

 

[Meister-Man]

6.5 to 7 hours most nights and then 1x 9 hour once per week over the weekend.

 

[bromster]

Anything over 5 is fine for me. I'm mid 30s. Maybe a 20 minute nap in the afternoon if I feel like it.

I don't think that the globally recommended 8 hours is correct. Imagine you were snacking on biltong over the course of a day. Imagine how much energy your body would expend in keeping your entire digestive system working 16 hours a day. Imagine how much more energy you could theoretically preserve by eating at specific times and having an empty stomach for the remainder of the day.

 

[Dimpie (COMPUTEK)]

im good with 6 - 7

 

[mister]

Per day ie a 24 hour period. Not everyone works days / sleeps nights.

Can we have another poll for how much sleep we require to feel optimal? It would be nice to compare to how much we actually get vs how much we need.

 

[Nemoneiros]

Sleep when you are dead

On average 7 hours.

However quality of life, state, health and/or diet outweighs fussing over x amount of hours.

 

[marco79]

I get between 6 & 8 hours sleep a night. The problem is when I get to bed early, like before 22h00, then I wake up 30 minutes to an hour before the alarm.

 

[3WA]

Six or seven hours in summer. Nine hours minimum in winter.

 

[Barbarian Conan]

Always sleep badly.
Nothing helps.
Refuse to become a pill junky.
Occasionally say once every 4 weeks, will manage to get a 9 hour sleep in a 24 hour period

The best cure for sleeplessness for me is proper, completely exhausting physical activity. Now that I'm unfit, a short 3 hour hike, half and hour run or a 45 minute workout can do that for me. On these days I sleep like a baby.

I need about 7 - 7:30 it seems. I wish I could feel rested after 6.

 

[randomcat]

Bwana is checking how long he can look at you before you wake up.

 

[Supervan II]

Between 5 & 6 hours, sometimes less.

 

[lunch]

Anything less than 6 and I don't function properly

 

[ronz91]

6-9 hours but I think when I am sleeping well it's usually close to 8

 

[Nemoneiros]

6-9 hours but I think when I am sleeping well it's usually close to 8

6-9 is also a good workout

 

[Apogee]

You guys better read the exam papers properly before blindly starting to answer the questions.

He said per day.

 

[Fulcrum29]

I am currently averaging 5 hours of sleep, and it has become unbearable. My concentration is shot, not to mention a noticeable indication of amnesia.