do you get 8 hours of sleep?

As much as I would love to get 8 hours of sleep, it's easier said than done. I'm a stay-at-home mom of two little ones. So I can't get as much done during the day as I would like to, so I end up having to do a lot of the clean after they go to bed. I'm also a college student at an online college, so then I have to study and do any homework while my children are sleeping at night. It really is upsetting that I can't get 8 hours of sleep a night, but it's something I've realized that I will have to give up on for awhile. At least until my children are in school.

This is a very interesting topic. I have read from another article long ago that getting 8 hours of sleep is essential, but getting too much sleep can degrade your intelligence. I dont know if it's true. I just follow more or less 8 hours of sleep.

I sometimes sleep for nine or ten hours. SOmetimes less. I have nights where I can't sleep and I go through a series of this. THen I sleep in the early evening and stay up later for afew nights. Then I go to sleep pretty normally and am up early. Then I start all over again.

A nice article related to sleep. But sleep pattern differs from person to person. Some feel very energetic after just five to six hours of sleep while some feel lethargic even after eight hours of sleep. So try to grab the maximum and whenever you get up at night and cannot sleep just go through one of your favorit books and you will fall back to sleep again. There is nothing wrong in watching tv or sitting on the comp when you do not get sleep but as you have said one feels tired the next day. Try reading a good book and see the difference yourself. Happy mylotting.

usually I get, but sometimes I just can't. so far I'm okay, I don't work yet, but when I start then it will be another story, because my bioryhtm really isnt good.

Hi, Asyria. I almost never getting up in the middle of the night because I always sleep after midnight. Lol. But there are times when I get too tired when I get home from work and fall asleep as soon as my head touches the pillow. :D I usually feel grateful if I wake up in the middle of the night as I have things to do. My job if I have deadlines to do, and my games, if I have nothing to do. Lol. Also I will hang around in here on MyLot searching for discussions to respond. :D However, I never have 8-hour sleep, though. I only sleep around 5 to 6 hours a night if I'm lucky. :)) But I never feel tired the next morning.

I sure don't but wish I could. Age, in my case, has a lot to do with my lack of sleep. Most nights I simply nap which isn't good and makes me so tired the next day. I usually get between 4-5 hours of sleep. Several times I week it's easy for me to fall asleep in the afternoon and take a power nap. I'm retired but do work online a little bit so really my time is my own unless I am helping with the grandkids.

my issue is that i dont get the deep restorative sleep that is need to wake up feeling refreshed and ready for the day. i often wake up feeling as tired (sometimes moreso) than when i went to bed.

The only time I seem to not be able to go to sleep is when I have to be up very early in the morning. I guess maybe the next time this happens to me I will just come back online and earn instead of worrying about the sleep. I still need to get it, but I know usually when I do get back up I get sleepy.

Unfortunately, I'm not always able to get 8 hours of sleep a night. Sometimes, I am able to do, but it's not always the case. I do the best that I can to get as much sleep as I possibly can.

I sleep around 8 hrs though most of it I sleep late which isn't very good. I do the same as you do whenever I wake up at night I find something to do till I feel sleepy again.

It interest me, really. I wanna read that article because I am getting 8 hours enough sleep during the night. Yes, from 9 for example then I wake up at 5....It has a total of 8 hours but how about the middle wake ups like when the dogs are barking and sometimes going to the comfort room when have taken a lot of water before sleep.

I would love to get this much sleep but it is not possible. I have an infant who keeps me occupied most of the day so whenever my child takes a nap or goes to sleep at night I try and finish all my chores that need to be completed...

i dont get 8hours of sleep _

I have get over my insomnia last 4 years. I am getting a good night sleep nowadays, the solution is do not think so much, have a solution to the problem you might have and got over it. On the other hand, while you are doing so, always pray to God to help and it can be done. Really.

On most nights, I think that I do in fact get around eight hours or so of sleep. Well on most nights, on some nights, it is just slightly less, than eight hours of sleep, but I do get enough sleep to function as well as can be expected, to really get through the day. If nothing else it is no fewer than six, that is the bare minimum I can function. Well I can function on it but it is a slow function. Still six to eight(most times eight) hours of sleep is recommended for a reason, that being that you are really just not going to function on any less, any time soon. Of course, even with eight hours of sleep, there are going to be times where it is going to be hard to really get the juices flowing in the morning. Such is life.

thanks for sharing this link. I read somewhere that for adults 6 hours of sleep is a must. I would also like to share one link http://www.transitioning.org/2009/11/20/what-killed-ranjan-das-and-lessons-for-corporate-india/ I still do not disagree with you and would prefer to do mylotting when i feel fresh after sleep...even if it is during midnight.:)

I usually sleep for about 7 hours and on sundays it does go to 10 hours.I have also heard that 8 hours sleep is required for the health of ourselves.That's why I try to sleep that much time but I end up sleeping 7 hours but I always see to it that I get the required sleep.

Not really, because sometimes I sleep until late. It is because to many assignment that i have from college. So that is the reason why i cannot sleep with 8 hours full. Do you thing it will give bad impact to me? Because sometimes i got some headache and my body is not really good.

i dont know how many hours i sleep every night, i have to wait until my baby sleeps and will be awaken by my baby crying at 2am for she wants a bottle of milk, then wait until she falls back to sleep and have to wake up at 6 to make coffee for my husband and my baby will wake up at around that time also.. well thats a mom's typical night..