I have a knowledge issue that would probably be solved easily by Googling it, but I'd rather post it here and see how others feel. Is time spent napping as beneficial as time spent sleeping at night? For example, if I slept for 5 hours at night, then took a 1 hour nap later that day, would I be getting the same benefits as sleeping 6 hours that night? That 5+1 schedule has been my sleeping pattern most of this school year, and it works nicely for me because when I come home from school I'm in no mental state to do homework, so I make my time productive by napping instead. But, as a result of this, the rest of my activities and responsibilities get pushed back, and I go to sleep later that night.
I know different people respond to naps in different ways. Do you feel an hour napping is worth an hour of sleep at night?
I'm very anti-nap. Naps disorient me, leaving me sleepier and groggier than before. They are scientifically proven to disrupt your circadian rhythms of sleeping at night. Even if you only sleep 5 hours per night, you will be more well-rested if you go to sleep at night rather than both night and day. I only nap when I am ill or under the influence of jet lag.
ReplyDeleteI personally think that naps are acceptable to some people if they can get up from them and continue on with their day with full determination and force of nature. I will only nap when I am truly exhausted from the week/day/month/lifetime and either accidently fall sleep sitting up trying to accomplish some sorts of homework or when I lay down to relax for ten minutes on a stressful day and just "conk" out for 20 minutes. This has happened on a few occasional but I'd still prefer to sleep when I'm dead. So in total, sleep is overrated, I'll do it later, or as the procrastinators union says Lets unite.... tomorrow.
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