Do you feel quality when taking afternoon nap?

It is nice to take a nap if I am not feeling very well, like if I have a cold or something. Otherwise ordinarily if I take a nap during the day it is very hard for me to get to sleep at night and I toss and turn for hours on end. I guess that it messes with my natural sleep pattern. Now my husband can take a 2 or 3 hour nap no problem and as soon as his head hits the pillow at bedtime he is out like a log. Then I lay there hearing him snore and it is even worse for me!

I usually don't like afternoon naps because of the way I feel afterward. Experts say "power" naps are good for us, a 15 minute nap a day. I don't know how easy that would be for people. It's not like a lot of people can close their office door and set an alarm for 15 minutes of sleep. When I nap I wake up feeling groggy. And since I have trouble sleeping at night anyway, a nap might make it harder for me to sleep at night. But I remember the days when naps were refreshing.

I cant sleep during the day, but I do always try to lay down and take alittle rest during the day. I need to relax frequently, so I dont get carpal tunnel symdrome from typing on the computer all day and all night.

I wish I could take an afternoon nap everyday! I'm always exhausted - but with watching three children ages 4 & under (including one infant), I find it very hard to get a break! Like right now - I have all my children down for a nap but instead I finally have time to do some posts on mylot! So here I am instead of snoozing on the couch! I guess I'm a workaholic - just like I was when I was working instead of staying at home! Oh well - hope you enjoy your naps!

I alway try to take a nap. I use the excuse that my 4 year old needs a nap but mostly it's for me. We always lay down together and talk for several minutes and then go to school. It's a really big deal for him and I sorta a bonding monument.

I'll just feel very frust every time I wake up from my nap. Maybe because of the hot weather here, but most people here will feel very frustrated every time wake up from afternoon nap.

yup take them all the time have for years! hugs

I love afternoon naps on Sundays. I only get a chance to take afternoon naps mostly on Sundays, otherwise on working days, it is not possible. I quite agree with you that afternoon naps help us regain our energy and rejuvenate us in the evenings and we can afford to keep ourselves awake a bit late at night also, on that day. It is always better to take nap with my better half, along side me.....LOL! Have a grat day! How are you doing! Deepak

hi dear normally i dont take after noon naps but some times in summer may be some day i do that but u know when in schoool, and was in hostel, it was compulsory to have bed rest for 30-40 mins in summer after school so its OK

I usually always take an afternoon nap. I don't feel guilty for it at all. Why should I? There is nothing wrong with the little cat naps in the afternoon. I take them cause I don't sleep too well at night. I have a back injury and sleep on average 2 - 3 hours a night so a little hour or two nap in the afternoon is not going to make much difference.

i wanted to nap in the afternoon but sometimes i couldnt do because of the things that i have overcome.

I like afternoon nap. But when working I can hard enjoy this. Sometimes I just sleep on my seat, this is not good you know, but if I don't take this rest, I can't be refreshed in the afternoon. I tried to sleeping in the meeting room, there is a lounge, but the aircondition is so cold. The best afternoon nap is the weekend however.

I just can't sleep in the afternoons... even if I'm tired. It's something unnatural for me ^^.

afternoon naps are really a good idea..the environment should really be good...like a cool and dark place wid curtains....and some really soft music..and u can easily have a good afternoon nap...i infact love afternoon naps..whats there to feel guilty?? it's just like taking rest!

I love my afternoon naps and have for a long time. Now that I'm not working, I'm cinstantly disturbed during them so my delicious 2 hour naps are now unsatisfactory 1 hour naps...if I'm lucky! Sometimes my nap can be the best sleep I have in a 24 hour period. I become terribly lethargic in the afternoons and the best thing is to have a kip. Since I've been unable to satisfactorily nap layely, I have found myself dropping off during the morning, sometimes within an hour of rising. I have also been sleeping later which also unsettles me and makes me groggy. I think it's all to do with are bodily rhythms and as we are all different so are our rhythms.

Afternoon naps are among the things I like best on weekends! I feel recharged after about an hour or so of napping. I'd probably be willing to stay an hour or so later at work if they would let us nap.

If I could ever ever get a noon nap I would love it. But now the kids are out of school and I have to be up and running for them LOL!! I've become a maid wait no I have 5 kids I have been that for the last nine years. LOL!!!

Sometimes I do. When I was pregnant with my second boy, I used to take a nap when the oldest one was taking his. With a toddler while being pregnant, I needed to get all the rest I could take LOL Now I only take a nap if I had a bad night. And I can enjoy it, really.

I think they have proven that taking afternoon naps helps you to live longer. I usually rest in the afternoon if I can. I can never really sleep during the day. I would have to be exhausted for that. Alittle afternoon nap does the body good.

I don’t always take a nap in afternoon. But mostly I would do when I feel I need it. After all, I feel more energy back after taking a nap, and my mind would be clearer than not taking it. However, due to some rush in finishing projects (I am working at home nowadays), I can’t take a nap, so usually I would do it on weekends when it is resting time from work. :)