After waking up from a nap, whenever im walking to my next class I cant seem to keep my eyes open so I blink a lot...I assume I look retarded when I do this -_-;; haha

comabreaded

United States2166 Posts

April 23 2007 12:49 GMT

#44

At my old job I would power nap a lot. I would eat my lunch in the break room then just fall asleep for 15-20 minutes. I did it so often that people stopped thinking it was weird. It made a huge difference for me. I would feel WAY more refreshed afterwards. I only took a power nap when I had less than 5 hours of sleep, sometimes 6.

rpf

United States2705 Posts

April 23 2007 13:02 GMT

#45

On April 23 2007 20:56 fusionsdf wrote:

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

That's defined as a sleep disorder. It should take roughly 15 minutes for a healthy person to fall asleep.

mel_ee

2448 Posts

April 23 2007 16:02 GMT

#46

DAMNIT. i just tried taking a 15 min power nap and now its 3 hours later. GG WOW

do not try the thread topic!

omgbnetsux

United States3749 Posts

April 23 2007 16:05 GMT

#47

I would die without naps.

ZaplinG

United States3818 Posts

April 23 2007 16:13 GMT

#48

I napped twice earlier today to offset the 5 hours of sleep i got the night before (i normally get 10-12h a day)

Works like a charm - learned it in highschool, of course

yaoherm50

United States109 Posts

April 23 2007 16:36 GMT

#49

I pull off like 1 hour naps every few days and when I wake up, it feels like I just slept all night

LastWish

2015 Posts

April 23 2007 16:49 GMT

#50

Usually in bus when I travel short distances(~20-30 minutes).
I sit, and I feel tired then my eyes get more and more tired...
I try not to fall asleep but eventually take a power nap for 2-5 minutes.

The feeling is like reboot yourself, your muscles and nerves get a fresh start you feel very relaxed and confortable (though the effect slowly runs out and eventally you will have to take a normal sleep).

funkie

Venezuela9376 Posts

April 23 2007 16:52 GMT

#51

On April 24 2007 01:49 LastWish wrote:
Usually in bus when I travel short distances(~20-30 minutes).
I sit, and I feel tired then my eyes get more and more tired...
I try not to fall asleep but eventually take a power nap for 2-5 minutes.

The feeling is like reboot yourself, your muscles and nerves get a fresh start you feel very relaxed and confortable (though the effect slowly runs out and eventally you will have to take a normal sleep).

I usually get that a lot. I'm in University, my dad takes me there everyday at 6:30am or so, every time we go there's high traffic and I sleep for a bit. By the time we get to the University, I feel like I have rested more in those 20-30mins of sleep than in the whole night. ;o.

niteReloaded

Croatia5282 Posts

April 23 2007 19:15 GMT

#52

i practice this like 10 hours a day, each day and i suck. ^_^

FirstBorn

Romania3955 Posts

April 23 2007 19:37 GMT

#53

On April 23 2007 21:16 decafchicken wrote:
School is ridiculously convenient for said power napping.

uvaer

Norway157 Posts

April 23 2007 19:52 GMT

#54

even when I went to high school, I would fall asleep in class for 30 minutes, wake up, feel groggy, walk to my next class and just fall asleep again, I would never feel refreshed..just more tired

gameguard

Korea (South)2132 Posts

April 23 2007 19:59 GMT

#55

i try to power nap to get some rest during all nighters.... but then i end up sleeping for like 6 hours and wake up 30 min before the exam. Happens every fukin time =/

Nyovne

Netherlands19135 Posts

April 23 2007 20:19 GMT

#56

Eco challenge races, where you have to walk for 300 km, bike for 200, cano/raft for 400 etc always have their participant teams live off powernaps for the duration of the race. All they do is sleep for 25 min / 60 min a day and continue. A well trained and conditioned body that has experience with this kind of depravation can restore itself in 30/45 min give or take. The part of you that needs major rebooting each day is your mental state/psyche.

Needless to say you will be physically exhausted after a week of that but mentally you'll be at less then 10% brain capacity and living/racing purely on training and instinct. Was really interesting to watch some info on that on the Discovery Channel.

born-to-porn

Denmark400 Posts

April 23 2007 22:51 GMT

#57

I nap all the time, but whenever I wake up again the only thing I feel like doing is to go back to sleep again.

Enki

United States2548 Posts

April 23 2007 22:56 GMT

#58

I don 't even see how people can power nap, whenever I take a nap no matter when im out for like 2 hours ~_~

Bub

United States3518 Posts

April 23 2007 23:15 GMT

#59

Since recently I've been made it pretty much routine to do this pretty much daily in the comfy big backseat of my ol pontiac either during my breaks / or / lunch.. depends on how hungry i feel.
I can't seem to fall asleep as easy on an empty stomach as i can on a full one

I seriously need to start eating breakfast again

teh leet newb

United States1999 Posts

April 24 2007 09:19 GMT

#60

My friend who wants to be a professional pianist sleeps 2 hours during the daytime and practices the whole night. He still seems pretty healthy and alert. It's so weird.