Are You a Napper?

@celticeagle (189793)

Boise, Idaho

December 27, 2022 3:38am CST

I'm finding out interesting things about napping. I thought it was a sign of age to feel like you need a daily nap. I was wrong. Studies have shown that a nap can help you remember things learned earlier in the day. One can also help you to remember things like verbal recall, motor skills, and sensory perception. Naps can also lift your mood, ease stress, and make you more alert. So no need to feel lazy or old for indulging in an afternoon nap.

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@xFiacre (14782)

• Ireland

27 Dec 22

@celticeagle I’m a napper and proud of it. I could fall asleep on a clothes line during the day, but the one place I can’t get over to sleep is in bed. Just can’t do it. Anytime.

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@BarBaraPrz (51811)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

27 Dec 22

I like napping in a pool of sunshine, just like a cat.

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@DaddyEvil (174208)

• United States

27 Dec 22

I take naps every day and I definitely don't believe I'm "old". When I was working at Walmart, I took a half hour nap every day during my hour lunch break. I'd read and eat my lunch for half an hour and then put my head down on the table and sleep until my alarm woke me up. Then I'd go back to work.

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@celticeagle (189793)

• Boise, Idaho

28 Dec 22

When I worked at the telephone company they had a room we could use that had a bed in it where we could take a nap if we needed to.

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@DaddyEvil (174208)

• United States

28 Dec 22

@celticeagle Oh, that would be nice. Walmart actually had two sofas in the break room some people took naps on. I don't breathe very well if I'm lying down without my CPAP machine so I preferred to put my head down on the table.

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@celticeagle (189793)

• Boise, Idaho

28 Dec 22

@DaddyEvil ...........Nice to have options anyway.

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@Juliaacv (56195)

• Canada

27 Dec 22

I have always been a napper, even back in my teenage years.

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@celticeagle (189793)

• Boise, Idaho

28 Dec 22

@Juliaacv .......How interesting.

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@celticeagle (189793)

• Boise, Idaho

28 Dec 22

I slept for longer hours when I was a teenager but never napped.

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@Juliaacv (56195)

• Canada

28 Dec 22

@celticeagle My Dad, a farmer, would lie down and nap for 15 or 20 minutes every day when he came in from the fields for dinner at noon time. I was raised by nappers so it only came natural to me to nap. But I never nap for more than 20 minutes.

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@marlina (154103)

• Canada

27 Dec 22

I do take a nap when needed

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@celticeagle (189793)

• Boise, Idaho

28 Dec 22

I do sometimes.

@MarshaMusselman (38865)

• Midland, Michigan

19 Jan 24

I've been a napper all my life. For me it's not a matter of age. Although, I do have to set an alarm so I don't overdo it and can sleep later at night. (And I realize this is an older post. I'm looking for something I did back in our around 2016. I thought maybe looking at tags would get me there faster but maybe not).

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@celticeagle (189793)

• Boise, Idaho

19 Jan 24

Seven years back, huh? Good luck.

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@celticeagle (189793)

• Boise, Idaho

20 Jan 24

@MarshaMusselman .......Go for it.

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@MarshaMusselman (38865)

• Midland, Michigan

20 Jan 24

@celticeagle thanks. Another option might be to just look at the picture editor on my desktop and see if it still does what I'm thinking I want to try to do again.

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@Adie04 (17405)

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27 Dec 22

Yup. I like to take a nap somewhere in the afternoon, sometimes around morning too, whenever I feel sleepy.

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@celticeagle (189793)

• Boise, Idaho

28 Dec 22

I will too whenever I am that tired.

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@celticeagle (189793)

• Boise, Idaho

28 Dec 22

@Adie04 .......Nice to have this available to us.

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@Adie04 (17405)

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28 Dec 22

@celticeagle Yup. When we nap, we will be fresh and can continue doing work in the afternoon to night time.

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@BarBaraPrz (51811)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

27 Dec 22

Yes, I do nap when I feel the need.

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@marguicha (230334)

• Chile

27 Dec 22

I became a napper after the chemotherapy for cancer. I find that now I sleep a lot more.

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@celticeagle (189793)

• Boise, Idaho

28 Dec 22

Body needs change I think.

@wolfgirl569 (135583)

• Marion, Ohio

27 Dec 22

As I get older I like my naps more

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@celticeagle (189793)

• Boise, Idaho

28 Dec 22

Same here.

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@Marilynda1225 (91013)

• United States

27 Dec 22

I'm a napper and usually take one every afternoon.

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@celticeagle (189793)

• Boise, Idaho

28 Dec 22

I seem to go for a time taking them and then I quit for a while.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (323168)

• Green Bay, Wisconsin

27 Dec 22

I love indulging in a nap.

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@celticeagle (189793)

• Boise, Idaho

28 Dec 22

I do too if I am that tired.

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@LindaOHio (222222)

• United States

27 Dec 22

I have trouble sleeping. I always hoped that when I retired I could take a lot of naps; but that didn't happen.

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@celticeagle (189793)

• Boise, Idaho

28 Dec 22

I do too.

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@Beestring (15373)

• Hong Kong

27 Dec 22

I take a nap in the afternoon every day.

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@celticeagle (189793)

• Boise, Idaho

28 Dec 22

I don't every day but when I feel the need.

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