Are you a napper?

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  • WifeNMama
    WifeNMama Posts: 2,876 Member
    If i were better at napping, I'd be a chronic napper. Takes me an hour to fall asleep and then I need at least an hour of sleep.
  • AllanMisner
    AllanMisner Posts: 4,140 Member
    Naps? Just how long can a nap be? 1 or 2 or 3 hrs cuz when i call myself napping I sleep for 5 to 6 hrs at a time. LOL

    My normal sleep cycle is about 1 1/2 hours, so my normal nap is either 1 1/2 hours (3 or 4 1/2 if I'm recovering from jet lag). Most people say a nap shouldn't get into deep sleep, but for me, that is the best rest. I don't nap unless I can get a full cycle in.
  • AllanMisner
    AllanMisner Posts: 4,140 Member
    I love to nap! But... when I nap it's like a whole nother sleep session... 4-6 hour naps lol

    Sounds like you also have to go through a set of sleep cycles when you nap. You could set an alarm at 1 1/2 to 2 hours and come out of it feeling better.
  • kristenn1989
    kristenn1989 Posts: 196 Member
    I loooove naps. When I'm lacking in energy, nothing feels better than a nap. Some days, that's all that will set me right when I'm feeling energy-less.
  • niallse
    niallse Posts: 58
    Only after a long run - 10 miles or more. Im so tired after my shower that an hour in bed is just the ticket.

    Mick
  • MaximalLife
    MaximalLife Posts: 2,447 Member
    Heck YEA!
    I lie and tell everybody I have important work to do, then nap from 1:30pm until 3pm -- LOVE IT!
  • summertime_girl
    summertime_girl Posts: 3,945 Member
    I wish! I can't even sleep when I'm supposed to. I'm such an insomniac.
  • christinal83
    christinal83 Posts: 84 Member
    My son doesn't nap any more, so I do not get to nap either.
  • ZombieChaser
    ZombieChaser Posts: 1,555 Member
    Oh my yes! Naps are great when I can get one in - must be on the couch, with my dog. A quick 30-60 mins usually does me just fine.

    I may try to get one in tonight actually ;)
  • shadowsz
    shadowsz Posts: 19
    oh meeeeeeee..i could not get through my days and stay sane and not commit some heinous crime unless most days i have a nana nap..sometimes all i need is to just lay there and doze off and bam although i want to sleep more its enough. Naps are the most awesome invention ever imo XD
  • hellokathy
    hellokathy Posts: 540 Member
    I read a lot and sometimes I just fall asleep over my book. I guess that counts as naps. But I shouldn't, really, because it always gives me a headache and makes me feel slightly nauseous. Which is stupid because if it happens, I'm usually in bed. I sleep there all night so why doesn' that make me feel bad, then?
  • _Ben
    _Ben Posts: 1,608 Member
    My girl likes to nap much more than I do. The other thing is I dont sleep very much at night, so occasionally I need a quick nap, even just 5 min
  • PepeGreggerton
    PepeGreggerton Posts: 986 Member
    Whenever possible. In fact if I sit still long enough the nap monster sneaks up behind me an chloroforms me.
  • ScatteredThoughts
    ScatteredThoughts Posts: 3,562 Member
    I used to not take naps, but lately I do on my days off from work.
  • neversettle
    neversettle Posts: 168 Member
    I'm a Sunday afternoon napper.
  • leomom72
    leomom72 Posts: 1,797 Member
    nap is a funny word..ya know, when you see it too much, it starts looking weird :laugh: but yes, i do occasionally
  • Katieladie40
    Katieladie40 Posts: 45
    I could take a nap everyday after school but if i don't workout i'll never do it.
  • JekJekums
    JekJekums Posts: 32 Member
    i am SUCH a napper!! my body is so used to it, i just lie down in the afternoon and go right to sleep for exactly one hour. without my nap i get cranky. and if there are other people around, i insist THEY nap too! as if having a friend over is going to make me miss my nap.
  • whiskey9890
    whiskey9890 Posts: 652 Member
    i love a nap, but it must be on the sofa, i can't nap in bed unless i'm ill, but just put me on the sofa with some lame daytime tv (murder she wrote or similar) and its bliss just to nod off for a couple of hours
  • briocktj
    briocktj Posts: 128
    most definitely! After working til 2 am, sometimes later (6 am) this morning... and always getting up by 9 or 10, I usually have an hour or 2 nap around 4 or so
  • KaleidoscopeEyes1056
    KaleidoscopeEyes1056 Posts: 2,996 Member
    I'm a lazy b*stard, and part of being a lazy b*stard is taking a nap. :D
  • christinajohnson
    christinajohnson Posts: 102 Member
    I wish I could. If I take a nap it ends up being two hours of my day down the tubes. If I could do a ten or twenty minute power nap and be ok, then I definitely would.
  • MaryDreamer
    MaryDreamer Posts: 439
    MAJOR napper! Mornings, afternoons, then sleep all night lol
  • thelovelyLIZ
    thelovelyLIZ Posts: 1,227 Member
    My body just doesn't nap. I think my mom told me even when I was a baby I wasn't big on naps. But I'm starting to now, just because my work schedule is so weird. There are days I work from 7:00a-12:30p, so I come home and have lunch, nap, go to the gym, have dinner, then go back to work from about 5:30p-11:00p. If I don't nap, I just can't get through my day.
  • Kekibird
    Kekibird Posts: 1,122 Member
    Not unless I'm sick. If I nap on a normal day, I'll have a hard time falling asleep later that night.
  • starshine420
    starshine420 Posts: 95
    guilty. anytime I have a day off, I have an afternoon nap, and some days that I don't have off. I just love getting all cozy in bed. It's annoying sometimes because I fall asleep so easily that I do it sometimes when I don't mean to.
  • Oliver_Cat_13
    Oliver_Cat_13 Posts: 51 Member
    I have to have a nap every day. In fact, I plan my college schedule to allow time for afternoon naps (1.5 hours) in between classes!
  • badgerbadger1
    badgerbadger1 Posts: 954 Member
    Used to be. Daily 2-3 hrs, but I was always exhausted. Since cleaning up what I eat and starting to work out, I'm just not tired anymore. Which is a huge accomplishment for me!
  • onefitdiva
    onefitdiva Posts: 331 Member
    I used to take naps when I stayed at home with my kids when they were toddlers. It was kind of nice. Now I have tried every once in a while if I am really beat, but I can not shut my mind off to do it....I think about what I should be or could be getting done if I was not laying down....so I end up getting up and forgetting the nap.
  • Mandizzlelephant
    Mandizzlelephant Posts: 33
    I loooooove naps. I'm trying to break the habit of napping in the afternoon now and instead use that time to ride an exercise bike
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