ever since going to college, i've really come to appreciate power napping. for me, 30-40 minute naps are amazing. if i were lacking sleep the night before, i would wake up feeling quite quite refreshed. on the other hand, sleeping for 60-90 minutes makes me feel groggy when i wake up (sleep inertia)

i've also found that going for a 10-15 "nap" is quite helpful as well, though I wouldn't really call it a nap, because sometimes I hear the alarm while I'm in a half thinking/half dreaming state. The only difference is that the effects of the "nap" last for a much shorter duration, say 1.5-2.5 hours than the normal power nap.

infinity21

Canada6683 Posts

April 23 2007 11:14 GMT

#23

I want to learn how to do this o.O
I guess I'll practice during the summer ^^

LxRogue

United States1415 Posts

April 23 2007 11:26 GMT

#24

That would be pretty nice to get 6 hours of sleep in the 90 minute break i have between classes tommorow!

Million

United States559 Posts

April 23 2007 11:29 GMT

#25

put a pillow on ur desk instead of using ur arms helps a great deal. also for me if i sleep on bed i can never get a nap since i can nvr get up after 1/2 hours, bed is just too comfy to leave.

Kennigit

Canada19447 Posts

April 23 2007 11:34 GMT

#26

As a wise man once said, "sleep is for the weak, just drink red bull". Actually, nm that was me that said that

funkie

Venezuela9374 Posts

April 23 2007 11:34 GMT

#27

I do it when I'm too full of shit for school, and have to get things done, I take power naps. when Normal schedule I take normal naps.

;P but yes, I can do this.

ManaBlue

Canada10458 Posts

April 23 2007 11:38 GMT

#28

I find it pretty cool that you can get "better at it" by "practicing". o_0 It's sleep for goodness sake!

I always feel like shit if I take a little nap, so I guess that's due to my lack of practice?

evanthebouncy!

United States12796 Posts

April 23 2007 11:42 GMT

#29

I do it all the time. I can fall asleep anywhere any time. Even if I am fully awake. Just give me some boredom and I'll go right to submission :D
Yeah it really refreshes you. For me it isn't as crazy as zomg 5 + hours of sleep gained, not completely. But for the following 2 hours at least you can remain quite active with out being drowsy. I normally nap for 15 minutes intervals, but it is crusial that you actually fall asleep, as in going into REM.
If you do not fully fall asleep you will not feel refreshed. Even if you fell asleep for just precious 2 minutes it is well worth a 10 minutes nap.

evanthebouncy!

United States12796 Posts

April 23 2007 11:43 GMT

#30

On April 23 2007 20:14 infinity21 wrote:
I want to learn how to do this o.O
I guess I'll practice during the summer ^^

You don't really practice... just... just fall asleep in class.

LuMiX

China5757 Posts

April 23 2007 11:43 GMT

#31

Ah, I had an experience like this. I didn't sleep at night the day I was going back home, so I was in my cousins car and I dozed off during the ride. I wake up and felt amazingly AWAKE so I was like how long was I sleeping? He said only about 15-20 minutes. So, I guess I have experienced this first hand aye? =D

yisun518

Canada480 Posts

April 23 2007 11:44 GMT

#32

i power nap quite often when i lack a lot of sleep and still go to lectures.

suicideZERG

14 Posts

April 23 2007 11:45 GMT

#33

The difficult part is actually falling asleep, since you might lie there for like 30 minutes trying to fall asleep.

Powersleeping is just sleeping for 20minutes, set your alarm clock. you will wake up very tired, but don't let it get to you. Go dump your head in ice water. And you will be completely refreshed.

Dendra

Croatia801 Posts

April 23 2007 11:46 GMT

#34

i often set alarm 30/20min before i need to wake up and then set the alarm again to like 1-2min before i have to wake up, or not set alarm at all, those precious 20+ minutes seem to last longer than the previous 5+ hours of sleep.

Cambium

United States16368 Posts

April 23 2007 11:48 GMT

#35

If I don't sleep for more than seven hours (I don't usually), I feel like throwing up -_-;;

semioldguy

United States7488 Posts

April 23 2007 11:49 GMT

#36

I rarely get more than 4 hours of sleep on any given night and almost always make time once or twice in the day to sleep for about 20-30 minutes. I am rarely tired at any time during the day and rather like my sleeping schedule, I've been on it for about 3 years now.

fusionsdf

Canada15390 Posts

April 23 2007 11:56 GMT

#37

On April 23 2007 20:38 ManaBlue wrote:
I find it pretty cool that you can get "better at it" by "practicing". o_0 It's sleep for goodness sake!

I always feel like shit if I take a little nap, so I guess that's due to my lack of practice?

I can generally fall to a rest state within 30seconds to a minute and full sleep within a couple minutes.

evanthebouncy!

United States12796 Posts

April 23 2007 12:06 GMT

#38

Although I normally sleep asap I get sleepy...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free-running_sleep
there :p

uvaer

Norway157 Posts

April 23 2007 12:12 GMT

#39

I don't know how any of you guys take these powernaps, but all I know is that I've tried and have never succeeded. If I have to nap, I need at least 2 hours , and that still does nothing for me, I guess due to 'sleep inertia'

evanthebouncy!

United States12796 Posts

April 23 2007 12:16 GMT

#40

On April 23 2007 21:12 uvaer wrote:
I don't know how any of you guys take these powernaps, but all I know is that I've tried and have never succeeded. If I have to nap, I need at least 2 hours , and that still does nothing for me, I guess due to 'sleep inertia'

You are just not tired enough to use it haha... 2 hours of nap is healthy. I learned how to nap from being tired :p