It's Wednesday! Had no sleep yet. Insomniac.

[Kate!]

I can't sleep, I've tried a few times and I'm still wide awake. Wired.

[Vanessa]

Same. I'm watching some TV, hoping I will get tired. :bawling:

[arista]

I can't sleep, I've tried a few times and I'm still wide awake. Wired.


Have walk around the block
take a LED torch

[Kate!]

Same. I'm watching some TV, hoping I will get tired. :bawling:

I'm just sat quietly in the living room in the dark lol. It's so peaceful.

[Vanessa]

Have walk around the block
take a LED torch

At this time? It's dangerous.

[Kate!]

Have walk around the block
take a LED torch

No I'd disturb people going out of the house at this time.

[Kate!]

I'm going Christmas shopping today. I've not done any yet.

[arista]

No I'd disturb people going out of the house at this time.

No
not like you are shouting


Bit of fresh air

[Kate!]

I'm getting back into bed now.

[Zizu]

Sleep is soooo overrated LOL

I used to stress as I could never get the recommended 8 hours sleep ..

Now I’m settled with 4 to 5 hours each night …

I am a bit quirky though


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[LaLaLand]

I've barely had any either Kate - on day 3/4 of a good dose of tonsillitis. Hopefully it starts to shift soon. :fc:

Happy Wednesday all! Halfway to the weekend!

[Maru]

Sleep is never overrated with kiddos. Still, I prefer to stay up and lose sleep to do something relaxing than to just sleep the 8 hours. I make up with napping during the day if I need it. All that said, I'm going to bed now because it's almost midnight.

[Mystic Mock]

No I'd disturb people going out of the house at this time.

Don't forget about your own safety too.

[Vanessa]

When I'm working I rarely get more than 4/5 hours. I get more on my days off.

[user104658]

Scientifically proven that less than 7 hours a night regularly for adults results in health issues. Not just "maybe" - definitely. Ranging in severity, of course, some people it's just minor things but can be bigger things like cardiovascular issues, especially as we all get older :worry:.

But yeah it has recently been confirmed; there is no "some people get by fine on less". The damage is being done whether you feel it or not.

Obviously this is "over the long term" - some times in life it's unavoidable that you'll get less sleep. Illness, young kids etc. but it's not meant to be permanent.

And I say that without judgement as someone who rarely gets more than 6h sleep a night due to being a carer for a child with disabilities. I am well aware that one day I'll simply wake up and have a stroke or something :joker:.

[Zizu]

Scientifically proven that less than 7 hours a night regularly for adults results in health issues. Not just "maybe" - definitely. Ranging in severity, of course, some people it's just minor things but can be bigger things like cardiovascular issues, especially as we all get older :worry:.

But yeah it has recently been confirmed; there is no "some people get by fine on less". The damage is being done whether you feel it or not.

Obviously this is "over the long term" - some times in life it's unavoidable that you'll get less sleep. Illness, young kids etc. but it's not meant to be permanent.

And I say that without judgement as someone who rarely gets more than 6h sleep a night due to being a carer for a child with disabilities. I am well aware that one day I'll simply wake up and have a stroke or something :joker:.


Yes I’ve seen all those stats myself ..

Trouble is there’s not a great deal most of us can do about it I guess


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[user104658]

I did also go through a period of acute "proper" insomnia in 2nd year Uni (age 21). I was getting maybe 2 hours of disrupted sleep a night ... was exhausted - just could not sleep. I can appreciate that insomnia is absolutely awful. I've had a couple of other minor bouts that lasted a couple of weeks, but nothing like that... it was genuinely about 2h sleep a night for well over 2 months D:.

[Niamh.]

I would hate insomnia it sounds awful. I love sleeping more than most things :laugh: 9 hours is my optimal. Anything less than 7 and I can't function properly during the day at all

[Vanessa]

I'm up very early for work. But I can't sleep until 11 :laugh:

[arista]

I'm up very early for work. But I can't sleep until 11 :laugh:

You are Amazing

[AnnieK]

I normally get around 6.5 hours a night.....since having my son I actually can't sleep much later than 6am (he was a good sleeper but never slept past 6am no matter what time he went to bed - now he sleeps till at least 10am at weekend but I love the peace I get whilst he has a lie in).

[bots]

Some times i sleep, some times i don't. The key is to not get stressed out about it, then it will resolve itself naturally

[Vanessa]

Not working tomorrow, so I can stay up a bit.

[Kate!]

Not working tomorrow, so I can stay up a bit.

I'll probably be up as well Ness.

[Maru]

I normally get around 6.5 hours a night.....since having my son I actually can't sleep much later than 6am (he was a good sleeper but never slept past 6am no matter what time he went to bed - now he sleeps till at least 10am at weekend but I love the peace I get whilst he has a lie in).

:love: That makes such a difference

[Maru]

booo wrong thread

[rusticgal]

I would hate insomnia it sounds awful. I love sleeping more than most things :laugh: 9 hours is my optimal. Anything less than 7 and I can't function properly during the day at all


I’m the same…years of shift work had me getting up at silly hours and I love my sleep. I now hate an alarm going off forcing me out of bed…9 hours sleep every night is perfect for me…any less I feel cheated :laugh:

[Niamh.]

I’m the same…years of shift work had me getting up at silly hours and I love my sleep. I now hate an alarm going off forcing me out of bed…9 hours sleep every night is perfect for me…any less I feel cheated [emoji23]:lovedup:

[AnnieK]

:love: That makes such a difference

It really does. He would always sleep through the night as a little one but was an early riser so my body clock adapted to that. Now he is a teenager, he loves his bed :love:

[Nicky91]

i usually go to bed around 23:00 (unless Lets Dance is on, then i'll watch that until 23:30, or with new years eve, somewhere after midnight)


i get out of bed like 8:00 or sometimes when groceries come depends on how late in the morning sometimes 7:00 or 7:30

[Cherie]

I would hate insomnia it sounds awful. I love sleeping more than most things :laugh: 9 hours is my optimal. Anything less than 7 and I can't function properly during the day at all

same, on the odd occasion I can't get to sleep I hate it

[rusticgal]

same, on the odd occasion I can't get to sleep I hate it

Once my head hits the pillow, I'm off :sleep: The only time I struggled to get to sleep was when I was on an Early shift and had to be up at 3am...

[Mystic Mock]

Scientifically proven that less than 7 hours a night regularly for adults results in health issues. Not just "maybe" - definitely. Ranging in severity, of course, some people it's just minor things but can be bigger things like cardiovascular issues, especially as we all get older :worry:.

But yeah it has recently been confirmed; there is no "some people get by fine on less". The damage is being done whether you feel it or not.

Obviously this is "over the long term" - some times in life it's unavoidable that you'll get less sleep. Illness, young kids etc. but it's not meant to be permanent.

And I say that without judgement as someone who rarely gets more than 6h sleep a night due to being a carer for a child with disabilities. I am well aware that one day I'll simply wake up and have a stroke or something :joker:.

You'd regularly have to be getting **** sleep for those health issues to appear I would imagine.

I hope anyway.:joker:

[arista]

Scientifically proven that less than 7 hours a night regularly for adults results in health issues. Not just "maybe" - definitely. Ranging in severity, of course, some people it's just minor things but can be bigger things like cardiovascular issues, especially as we all get older :worry:.

But yeah it has recently been confirmed; there is no "some people get by fine on less". The damage is being done whether you feel it or not.

Obviously this is "over the long term" - some times in life it's unavoidable that you'll get less sleep. Illness, young kids etc. but it's not meant to be permanent.

And I say that without judgement as someone who rarely gets more than 6h sleep a night due to being a carer for a child with disabilities. I am well aware that one day I'll simply wake up and have a stroke or something :joker:.


Look SB.
I have shifts

The answer is to nap while putting on the parliament HD channel

[bots]

in a similar way to the way your body tells you that you need to eat, it tells you when you need to sleep, but you need to avoid environments that can stimulate and hide what the body really needs