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Well some of us can't nap. I just lay there with my eyes closed for 20, 30 or even 40 minutes never coming remotely near unconsciousness.
by Aloisius 13y ago
Well some of us can't nap. I just lay there with my eyes closed for 20, 30 or even 40 minutes never coming remotely near unconsciousness.
- rjbwork 13y agoThis is okay too. Just relax and don't think about anything in particular for a while.
- jebblue 13y agoI end up thinking about how I'm not supposed to be thinking about anything.
- jacalata 13y agoI have this problem and I count - straight '1,2,3' doesn't take enough focus so I do fizzbuzz or powers of two. It's quite calming.
- fragsworth 13y agoYeah, and it's not very relaxing.
- nickpinkston 13y agoLikewise, I just go to sleep early and wake up naturally at 7.
- pavel_lishin 13y agoIt's worse for me. I fall asleep, then wake up groggy, often times with a headache. Every once in awhile I achieve the perfect nap - and that's usually in a noisy place, very well lit - and after it, I barely feel like I was really "asleep" - not the same way that I feel after I sleep in a dark room under a blanket.
- thomasahle 13y agoHave you considered if you're waking up in the middle of a cycle? Maybe you could experiment with the length of the nap and/or cycle detecting apps or gear.
- surement 13y agoThis is important. I've found that 22.5 x 2^k min for any reasonable k has me waking up feeling refreshed.
- recuter 13y agoWait, what? These numbers seem off.. k = 1 => 45 minutes k = 2 => 1.5 hours k = 3 => 3 hours k = 4 => 6 hours k = 5 => 12 hours
- surement 13y agoThat's exactly it (except that k=5 is not reasonable). The REM periods get longer and longer as you sleep; that is, the "cycles" do not have the same period. Edit: also, k=0 is valid, and what most people have been advocating here (as 20 minutes).
- pavel_lishin 13y agoProbably. But I find it difficult to will myself to go to sleep, so I can't use a timer; I guess I could try using something on my phone