How much sleep do you get and do you feel deprived???

February 2, 2007 1:03pm CST
We all know sleep is important but in reality with so much going on in our lives and everything being 24hours its getting harder and harder to get our full 8 hours. How much do you get and is it enough? How would you say you suffer if you do???
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• United States
2 Feb 07
I get about 4 or 5 hours of sleep each night. Then every once in a while I crash (about once or twice a month) and I sleep for 12 hours. I have a lot of trouble sleeping and I've had trouble for a long time. It's getting a little better though. And when my fiance is home and sleeping next to me, I have no trouble sleeping. So when he's home again, in 5 months, hopefully I won't have as much trouble!
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@SignMe (1031)
• India
7 Feb 07
I need 8 hrs. I wont get that much always. But I wsh to get it most of the time :) Deprived of sleep is not a good sign for health :)
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8 Feb 07
Yeah apparently if you don't get enough sleep it can effect all areas of your life. Especially relationships.
@maryannemax (12156)
• Sweden
7 Feb 07
i don't feel deprived when it comes to sleeping. i sleep early at night and wake up early, too. i have lots of pets to take care of and lots of chores to do at home. after doing my chores, i can go and have a nap again. i am lucky i can sleep anytime i want. but i am always responsible enough to do all my chores. i am not working at the moment. but when i get back to work, i might not have enough sleep again.
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7 Feb 07
Thats good that you are having a relatively chilled out time just now and appreciating it. Enjoy the rest!!!
@writerx1 (805)
• United States
2 Feb 07
I try to get as much as I can but the average is 8 hours for me.
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@maryannemax (12156)
• Sweden
7 Feb 07
8 hours of sleep is enough for me as well. then, if i am tired after my chores, i try to take a nap, too.
@maribea (2366)
• Italy
7 Feb 07
well, I don't sleep very much, but I'm really satisfied with even few hours of sleep per night. Anyway I can say I need at least six hours...if seven well this is enough for me...there are nights in which I'm so productive that I can never find the way to my bed...other times I can fall asleep very early according to my standars...Of course it depends on the amoung of work I had to do during the day, on how much I slept the night before or two nights before and so on. But I can say I'm lucky because I can sleep few hours and stay well...I'm always meeting people complaining of how tired they are, how they wish they could sleep a bit more...I think this is very tiring and depressing for them.
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7 Feb 07
Well just make sure your not making yourself ill with your irregular sleep patterns
• Philippines
7 Feb 07
I'm so deprived of sleep. I only get 5 hours sometimes 4 hours of sleep everyday. And I'm having this tired puffy eyes look. I have 2 jobs because I need money to save for my licensure exam. Phew! I hope this will end. I'm so tired..
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7 Feb 07
Just think of what your achieving though by doing all this. get some cucumber on your eyes and once you've worked enough you should try and get a free couple of days.
@xXmeganxX (4421)
2 Feb 07
im very deprived of sleep!! i get about 4 to 5 hours sometimes 6 but that is not enough for me because i run around like mad after my child al day and it just completley wears me out, i need at least 10 to 12 hours sleep and if i don't get it, im like a zombie and a lunatic put together, LOL, nobody ikes seeing me when im tired!
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@rosie_123 (6113)
2 Feb 07
If I don't get 8 hours a night, I know I am unbearable! I snap and shout at everyone in earshot, I make istakes at work, lose my concentration, and burst into tears all the time! If left to my own devices, at weekends or holidays, I naturally sleep for 10 hours, and wake up fresh as a daisy. Sadly, I rarely get that much, so just scrape by on 8, but anything else, and I am another zombie!
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@danoneism (679)
• Malaysia
2 Feb 07
i sleep for 3-5 hours a day... well nowdays 24hour for one day is not enough... for an 8 hours sleep i think is not easy now even in weekends... but now i get used to sleehp 3-5 hours a day.. so i didnt suffer much from it..
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2 Feb 07
It is such a shame so many people do feel deprived and I think it might be the root of alot of peoples problems. I try to conquer it by having naps whenever I can. Even if its just a wee 10 minute nap./
• United States
7 Feb 07
i usually get 4-5 hours...but sometimes I only get 2-3 hours...working 2 jobs gets very tough sometimes...and I can feel it sometimes it gets very hard to concentrate
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@lols189 (4742)
2 Feb 07
i get about 5 hrs a night on a weekday when am in college but on a weekend i sleep for 8 or 9 hours to catch up on the sleep i have lost
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@LittleMel (8742)
• Canada
2 Feb 07
I only do office work so it's more of sitting and typing. It makes me dizzy if I don't get enough sleep that is usually 7 hrs. I can't imagine those who work in construction, factory labours or mines, they must be in real danger if losing concentration because lack of sleep !
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