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Sleep, what's with it nowadays? on Thu Oct 12, 2006 9:43 am

somefatguy

Joined: 17 Jan 2006
Posts: 1187

Oh yes, sleep.
I am in high school and almost every day I hear someone say: "Oh, I'm so tired *yawn, fart*" (Ha ha, they don't actually fart but imagine it for me, you'll laugh)
So I asked some people around as to how much sleep they actually get. And this one girl I spoke with said she hasn't sleeped fully since last Thursday, and it is Thursday today!
I am quite reluctant into believing this though. I just want some answers to this riddle. I think that it seems to be a fad of somesort where kids just say that they are tired and never get sleep.
What's your thoughts on sleep?
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Posted on Thu Oct 12, 2006 10:14 am

EnKi

Joined: 07 Mar 2006
Posts: 39

I sleep 10 hours one day, and 0 hours the next, usually.
I tend to spend a lot more time being awake, and I do see others who get very little sleep also.
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Posted on Thu Oct 12, 2006 1:17 pm

somefatguy

Joined: 17 Jan 2006
Posts: 1187

EnKi wrote:
I sleep 10 hours one day, and 0 hours the next, usually.
I tend to spend a lot more time being awake, and I do see others who get very little sleep also.


See? Why does everyone sleep so little? It's crazy...
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Posted on Thu Oct 12, 2006 2:20 pm

pyroman098

Joined: 13 Jan 2006
Posts: 916

actually..i got sleep problems..usually i'm laying in bed for hours just trying to fall asleep then i finally fall asleep but by then i have to get up in a few hours anyway..i usually end up falling asleep at some point in the day when i get home from school after that..like once i was watching TV and i fell asleep..and another time i was practicing PK under my bed and i fell asleep there, on the floor..lol..so yea, i hardy sleep..i have bags under my eyes too..
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Posted on Thu Oct 12, 2006 3:20 pm

bladeslinger

Joined: 10 Feb 2006
Posts: 1337

somefatguy wrote:
EnKi wrote:
I sleep 10 hours one day, and 0 hours the next, usually.
I tend to spend a lot more time being awake, and I do see others who get very little sleep also.


See? Why does everyone sleep so little? It's crazy...
Maybe because there's no time or you can't sleep? Personally I can't get to sleep unless I'm pretty sleepy which kicks in around 10:30 or 11 at night then it takes about half an hour to get to sleep only to wake up at 6:30 the next morning........I only get a full 8 hours on weekends sometimes......Why are you asking, do you get like 9 or ten hours every night or something?
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Posted on Thu Oct 12, 2006 3:49 pm

Niushirra

Joined: 17 Jan 2006
Posts: 299

I try to get a good amount of sleep or I crash in English and then in Physics. Sometimes I'll get like insomnia in the summer and then I won't sleep at all some nights. It'll just be like half sleep and I'll dream while consious. It's pretty weird. I dunno about other kids though.
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Posted on Thu Oct 12, 2006 4:18 pm

sparkz

Joined: 02 Feb 2006
Posts: 664

dunno.. usually i can't/don't get to sleep untill 2-3 am. usually wake up at about 10:30, a few hours before i start work.
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Posted on Thu Oct 12, 2006 4:46 pm

derricktheone

Joined: 29 Jul 2006
Posts: 356

I get anywhere from 4-8 hours a night. Usually around 6. That girl who said she hasn't slept in a week was either lying or on hardcore drugs. I can't stand when kids think it's "cool" to say they've been awake for so long. She was trying to sound "cool". There's no way she stayed awake that long because she chose to. She's in highschool with you I bet. She'd be sleeping through every class by day 3. Tell her to stop lying Very Happy . Anyways I think noone gets that much sleep because of the type of people you are asking. Everyone's 12-22 give or take. Ask people who are 35-50 and you'll get different results. However it is proven that people overall, are getting less sleep nowadays. A lot of survey's say it's because of the current lifestyle and "they're aren't enough hours in the day". I say it's organization. You'll get enough sleep if you're organized. (I'm not lol)
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Posted on Thu Oct 12, 2006 4:56 pm

somefatguy

Joined: 17 Jan 2006
Posts: 1187

Hmmm, thanks for the responses.
Bladeslinger: I think I get 7 hours. I go to bed at 10:00 P.M. and wake up at 5:50 A.M.

Yep, interesting responses.
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Posted on Thu Oct 12, 2006 5:00 pm

sined911

Joined: 20 Jul 2006
Posts: 198

i dont think very little. i sleep like 4 hours a night but when i get home from school i sleep and hour or two. sometimes i take another nap durring lunch in the student lounge.

The reason why i have trouble sleeping at night is me thinking about all the shit that happens, the things that make me happy and the ones that piss me off. What takes up most of my time is my homework. I have to read 1 packet of 14-19 pages each day and answer questions on a worksheet about it for global. Every monday i have to hand in a current events article and most of the time my math teacher assigns homwork for that day. Since i was out for about a week i missed 4 labs wich i still have to make up and i got a 95 on the last test but a 53 on the one yesterday.

Basicly its SO much bull going on i can't concentrate on sleeping. the sucky part is that most of the time i'm just thinking about it and not realy doing anything to solve my problems
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Posted on Thu Oct 12, 2006 5:06 pm

somefatguy

Joined: 17 Jan 2006
Posts: 1187

Assignments make more sense to keep someone up.
I agree with having to do work. But "Oh, I just can't sleep."
Just sit there quietly and close your eyes and you will fall asleep. You just need patience.
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Posted on Thu Oct 12, 2006 5:47 pm

Jynx493

Joined: 21 Jan 2006
Posts: 178

Agreed, try a sort of meditation while trying to fall asleep. Those constant thoughts will keep you up. So, learn to shut them out.

I personally, like my sleep. I get about 8 hours asleep a day. My friend, however, stay up and walks around town until about 5 in the morning and gets about 2 hrs of sleep. Well, that's mostly because she is emotionally unstable and what, wont get into that.

Blah! I like my SLEEP!
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Posted on Thu Oct 12, 2006 5:51 pm

neveza

Joined: 12 Jan 2006
Posts: 1147

I sleep at 10:00 PM and raise at 3:38 AM, then fall back to sleep, wake up at 4:00 AM, then if I'm not lazy enough, I'll get up...if not, then I'll sleep until 5 AM where I freak out at the fact I just wasted good hour and 30 minutes of my life.
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Posted on Thu Oct 12, 2006 6:15 pm

TruePsion

Joined: 15 Jan 2006
Posts: 118

I usually lose sleep cause of my dorm mate who feels the need to play loud music until 6 AM when I have to wake up in an hour or two. But I'm moving tmrw.
Thought last term I slept from Midnight till 7 PM...WOO!
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Posted on Thu Oct 12, 2006 9:24 pm

bladeslinger

Joined: 10 Feb 2006
Posts: 1337

derricktheone wrote:
I get anywhere from 4-8 hours a night. Usually around 6. That girl who said she hasn't slept in a week was either lying or on hardcore drugs. I can't stand when kids think it's "cool" to say they've been awake for so long. She was trying to sound "cool". There's no way she stayed awake that long because she chose to. She's in highschool with you I bet. She'd be sleeping through every class by day 3. Tell her to stop lying Very Happy . Anyways I think noone gets that much sleep because of the type of people you are asking. Everyone's 12-22 give or take. Ask people who are 35-50 and you'll get different results. However it is proven that people overall, are getting less sleep nowadays. A lot of survey's say it's because of the current lifestyle and "they're aren't enough hours in the day". I say it's organization. You'll get enough sleep if you're organized. (I'm not lol)
It's not always that case if you would actually look into it...a friend of mine has to take a medication to get to sleep in good intervals but he was becoming addicted to it just to sleep so they took him off it.....He remembered sleep Wednesday(it was Thursday) but he meant the week before. It's just a really bad case of an insomnia type thing. Wink
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