"so much to do, there's plenty on the farm"

[jazzfish]

I've got a thirty-eight special up on the shelf
(I'll sleep when I'm dead)
If I start acting stupid I'll shoot myself
(And I'll sleep when I'm dead)
--WZ, "I'll Sleep When I'm Dead"

After a conversation with uilos last night, it occurred to me to wonder: are my sleeping habits really that extraordinary? I've been running off of five to six hours of sleep a night (except for weekends). This is kinda weird for me; before I moved here I wouldn't have thought I'd be able to run on anything less than seven for any length of time.

Fortunately, I can ask the Internets what they think.

[Poll #789080]

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

I have not filled out your poll, but it acts as though I already have. Have polls been made completely pay-only, such that freebies can't fill them out anymore?

[lizthefair.livejournal.com]

I used to get about 8 hours a night, 9 if I could get it and would still be pretty tired. I assumed I just needed a lot of sleep.

Now I'm getting between 6-7 and am actually less tired during the day.

It makes me wonder if there really is something to the idea that one can sleep too much....

[ndkid.livejournal.com]

My sleep cycle has, for a long time now, always included at least one instance of fully waking up for a duration of about a minute. Usually only the one, and usually about halfway through my sleep cycle. I often use this oppertunity to drink some water. But I always wonder if this habit adversely affects my feeling rested in the morning.

[laughin.livejournal.com]

See, it is not the length so much as the quality for me. I can get 8 hours a night, but it is not enough for me if I am waking up to tend to child, have to go pee, or whatever.

[ancientsong.livejournal.com]

Um, er, my real answer to question 1 is about five hours, but since I often can't sleep because the clown actually *will* get me, I wanted to be completely honest.

I rarely sleep as much my body probably needs to sleep, but I get by on very little sleep and I can't sleep when it's light out. So, if I stay up past 1 or 2 am and I'll be up by 6am 'cause that's when the sun rises, well, then I've made my bet, as it were.

[lilac-breeze.livejournal.com]

My answers are kinda messed up right now because I'm still unemployed and as such I've been sleeping waaaaay too much. That will change when (if?) I finally get a job. I can function on about five or six hours of sleep if I have to, but it doesn't make me very happy, and I can only do it for a few days in a row before I turn cranky and start hurting people.

Yes, sleep deprivation is one of the only ways I'll turn violent and angry, as my family and close friends know. I'm scary when I haven't slept.