Wake Up, It's Nap Time!

Morpheus_nuu · February 18, 2008, 1:46am

HERE is an article about how naps are bad and make you even sleepier.

Here it is:

Hey Guys,

Everyone loves to sleep, but few of us actually get enough shuteye. One solution (which I’ve been endorsing since kindergarten) is the afternoon nap. But naps can be dangerous. Take one for too long and you’ll wake up worse off than when you went to sleep. How long is the ideal nap? I set out to find out.

My first step was to ask the well-rested community for assistance. A top contributor named Matt responded within minutes. According to Matt, studies indicate that 15-20 minutes is the perfect length for a nap. Any longer than that, and you may wake up hopelessly groggy.

Matt also pointed to an article from Real Simple that explains the ideal time of day to take a nap. According to the experts, it’s between 1 pm and 2:30 pm. A doctor quoted in the article explains that the early afternoon is when our “circadian rhythms (the pattern of physical and mental changes we each repeat every 24 hours) are ‘more likely to want your body to sleep.’”

What are your feelings on naps? Do they do your body good or do you find that waking up once per day is painful enough? Leave a comment below and let me know.

Zzzzzzz,

Mike

I don’t take naps, but I thought I should post this for the ones that do…

user01x · February 18, 2008, 2:09am

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Wyrmfell1 · February 18, 2008, 4:20am

Hmmm. I’ve noticed that I become groggy when I take a normal nap that long. However, when I nap for a midday WILD, I find that I wake more refreshed, due the the induced REM sleep. I’ll see if I can get a higher success rate if I attempt to WILD between 1 and 2:30.

moogle · February 18, 2008, 4:04pm

I only nap when I really need it. My ideal amount of time for a nap is one to two hours depending on need and I never wake up groggy afterwards, I just feel totally refreshed.

Morpheus_nuu · February 18, 2008, 5:13pm

I think I’ve only fell asleep during the day once or twice during the day,
but that was on vacation…

Wyvern · February 19, 2008, 1:38am

My dad says naps make him more tired and he doesn’t understand how I do it. I dunno, I always feel refreshed. Come to think of it, I usually don’t sleep that long in naps anyway so that’s probably it.

MaximumLD · February 19, 2008, 4:14pm

That’s completely true, at least for me.

I’ve had naps and after I wake up I feel like I weight 100 pounds more and I’m all sweaty and tired. It’s actually really annoying feeling when you think about it.

But sometimes naps are good for me, too. Many times I get the required amount of sleep and have more energy for the night.

Good post!