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How do you guys time this? Whether napping or sleeping it often takes me at least 30 mins to even fall asleep lol (sometimes longer). I will say though that I d

by cclogg 13y ago

How do you guys time this? Whether napping or sleeping it often takes me at least 30 mins to even fall asleep lol (sometimes longer). I will say though that I do get a good 9 hours sleep 95% of nights, so I haven't often felt a need to nap.

jstalin 13y ago
I was thinking the same. It takes me 30-40 minutes to fall asleep. When they are referring to a nap in these studies, does it mean full-blown sleep?
- kozlovsky 13y ago
  This post has a good explanation and some advises: http://danieltenner.com/post/32895447025/0017-how-to-nap-html http://danieltenner.com/post/32895447025/0017-how-to-nap-htm...
gregwebs 13y ago
I assume I will start napping (sometimes it doesn't seem well defined when a nap truly starts) pretty immediately. After 3 minutes I am going to give up. Napping is a skill that takes practice, you need to get your body accustomed to falling asleep quickly and consider giving up after 5 minutes. Probably only try it on days when you don't get 9 hours of sleep. Consider intentionally getting less sleep on a weekend day and trying to nap then. Timing a nap after eating a large meal helps me a lot, along with a caffeine let-down.
RBerenguel 13y ago
I wrote a bash script (and somewhat later, a Javascript version) where you press a key and when you release it the timer starts, effectively getting you to sleep just 15 (or whatever) minutes. Also prevented taking more than a set amount of minutes between falling asleep and sleeping. It works pretty well, as long as you sleep close enough to a real keyboard (for Bash) or an iOS device (haven't tested the JS solution in other than Mobile Safari)
sanoli 13y ago
Me too. 30 mins minimum, unless I'm very, very tired. The comments below seem to indicate this can be trained though. I hope it's true and I hope I'll have the discipline to train myself. Falling asleep fast would be great. Usually I listen to some boring audio lecture at night and it helps.
bryanlarsen 13y ago
kozlovsky has better advice in a link, but I learned during a period of intense sleep deprivation. Enlisted military personnel are famous for their ability to nap anytime anywhere; this is a skill that is trained into them through sleep deprivation during boot camp. Edit: I didn't mean to imply that I'm a soldier, I'm not.
chully 13y ago
Try breathing like a sleeping person does for five minutes.

by cclogg 13y ago

jstalin 13y ago

I was thinking the same. It takes me 30-40 minutes to fall asleep. When they are referring to a nap in these studies, does it mean full-blown sleep?

kozlovsky 13y ago
This post has a good explanation and some advises: http://danieltenner.com/post/32895447025/0017-how-to-nap-html http://danieltenner.com/post/32895447025/0017-how-to-nap-htm...

gregwebs 13y ago

I assume I will start napping (sometimes it doesn't seem well defined when a nap truly starts) pretty immediately. After 3 minutes I am going to give up. Napping is a skill that takes practice, you need to get your body accustomed to falling asleep quickly and consider giving up after 5 minutes. Probably only try it on days when you don't get 9 hours of sleep. Consider intentionally getting less sleep on a weekend day and trying to nap then. Timing a nap after eating a large meal helps me a lot, along with a caffeine let-down.

RBerenguel 13y ago

I wrote a bash script (and somewhat later, a Javascript version) where you press a key and when you release it the timer starts, effectively getting you to sleep just 15 (or whatever) minutes. Also prevented taking more than a set amount of minutes between falling asleep and sleeping. It works pretty well, as long as you sleep close enough to a real keyboard (for Bash) or an iOS device (haven't tested the JS solution in other than Mobile Safari)

sanoli 13y ago

Me too. 30 mins minimum, unless I'm very, very tired. The comments below seem to indicate this can be trained though. I hope it's true and I hope I'll have the discipline to train myself. Falling asleep fast would be great. Usually I listen to some boring audio lecture at night and it helps.

bryanlarsen 13y ago

kozlovsky has better advice in a link, but I learned during a period of intense sleep deprivation. Enlisted military personnel are famous for their ability to nap anytime anywhere; this is a skill that is trained into them through sleep deprivation during boot camp. Edit: I didn't mean to imply that I'm a soldier, I'm not.

chully 13y ago

Try breathing like a sleeping person does for five minutes.