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Sleep Rant #1 - Page 2
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sammler
United Kingdom381 Posts
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craz3d
Bulgaria856 Posts
On February 01 2011 03:36 sammler wrote: Pretty sure when I was 13 I had to go to bed at 9, and we got 56k internet when I was 14. You are blessed young man! Yea, I remember those dark 56k days and before that I had to suffer even more with 28.8k  | ||
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[Eternal]Phoenix
United States333 Posts
On February 01 2011 02:41 Liquid`Tyler wrote: Sleeping the proper amount of time is very simple. Just don't use an alarm to wake up. If you wake up naturally from a quiet and dark and comfortable environment, then you've slept the proper amount for that night. If you are sleep deprived, this'll probably be 9 hours or more. If you are caught up on sleep, then this'll be something like 7-9 hours, with the average young person taking about 8 hours. I don't think the average person needs 8 hours of sleep. I'm pretty sure that might apply for someone who's 13 or something, but once you reach adulthood you only need like 6 hours to be well rested, and some people get by just fine with around 4. I know I can function just fine with 6 hours of sleep. 4 hours I can keep up for a few days before it catches up to me. I also don't use alarms to wake up if I can help it, you're right about that. Most people who need an alarm to wake up just don't give themselves enough time to sleep. | ||
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RyanRushia
United States2748 Posts
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Attican
Denmark531 Posts
On February 01 2011 02:43 Chill wrote: Parents blogs are all the same. #1) OP ignores the fact that there is a lot of truth in what his parents say. Yes, shutting the internet off is a little ridiculous. But when choosing between going to bed and getting 8 hours and dicking around on the internet, one is obviously going to give you a higher chance at good grades. #2) OP doesn't talk to parents. Instead of writing this blog, use your mouth to say these words to your parents. You might be right about the majority of parent blogs but Froadac's parents seem to be more crazy/stupid than most shitty parents and prior attempts of rational communication hasn't gone well. | ||
CTStalker
Canada9720 Posts
On February 01 2011 04:17 [Eternal]Phoenix wrote: I don't think the average person needs 8 hours of sleep. I'm pretty sure that might apply for someone who's 13 or something, but once you reach adulthood you only need like 6 hours to be well rested, and some people get by just fine with around 4. I know I can function just fine with 6 hours of sleep. 4 hours I can keep up for a few days before it catches up to me. I also don't use alarms to wake up if I can help it, you're right about that. Most people who need an alarm to wake up just don't give themselves enough time to sleep. studies (EVEN MORE STUDIES LOLOLOL) also show that people who get continually less than 5 hours of sleep per day are at greater risk for heart disease. it doesn't have to be all at once, but you need more than 5 hours boi | ||
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Bergys
Sweden337 Posts
On February 01 2011 02:41 Liquid`Tyler wrote: Sleeping the proper amount of time is very simple. Just don't use an alarm to wake up. If you wake up naturally from a quiet and dark and comfortable environment, then you've slept the proper amount for that night. If you are sleep deprived, this'll probably be 9 hours or more. If you are caught up on sleep, then this'll be something like 7-9 hours, with the average young person taking about 8 hours. I definitely do not agree with this. If I'd never set an alarm I'd sleep for like 10 hours a night atleast. When I'm too lazy to set an alarm I always wake up with an headache from sleeping for too long. (Not just for a day or so, I can sleep 10 hours a night for longer periods, like weeks etc). Sleeping longer doesn't give me any rest either. I get more tired from sleeping 10 hours than from sleeping 8h, maybe because my body gets into ultra-slack mode and gets used to it, I dunno. | ||
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cArn-
Korea (South)824 Posts
On February 01 2011 04:46 Bergys wrote: I definitely do not agree with this. If I'd never set an alarm I'd sleep for like 10 hours a night atleast. When I'm too lazy to set an alarm I always wake up with an headache from sleeping for too long. (Not just for a day or so, I can sleep 10 hours a night for longer periods, like weeks etc). Sleeping longer doesn't give me any rest either. I get more tired from sleeping 10 hours than from sleeping 8h, maybe because my body gets into ultra-slack mode and gets used to it, I dunno. yes, you have to find what the right amount is, which is just when you wake up by yourself. I also feel very very tired when I sleep too much, same when I don't sleep enough, but when you sleep the right amount it feels really really good. It's also very important to sleep at night, sleeping during the day is bad, you won't rest well and sleep more than you would normally do at night because of it | ||
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LSB
United States5171 Posts
Get your homework done faster. That would be one way to play Starcraft. I seriously doubt that homework takes longer than an hour or two if you concentrate. If you want to stay up past 11:00, you can crack your neighbor's wifi, you can pick up reading as a hobby, or you can just play offline games | ||
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Slayer91
Ireland23335 Posts
Honestly worst case scenario you wake up earlier than you need to, more likely you are just trying to squeeze out extra gaming time and hurting the rest of your time by depriving yourself of sleep. | ||
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Froadac
United States6733 Posts
On February 01 2011 02:43 Chill wrote: Parents blogs are all the same. #1) OP ignores the fact that there is a lot of truth in what his parents say. Yes, shutting the internet off is a little ridiculous. But when choosing between going to bed and getting 8 hours and dicking around on the internet, one is obviously going to give you a higher chance at good grades. #2) OP doesn't talk to parents. Instead of writing this blog, use your mouth to say these words to your parents. Errr there is a ton of truth that getting an adequate amount of sleep is important I know they think they are helping me by making me get more sleep I currently am getting 8+ hours of sleep. I admit that I probably need more sleep than I would like to admit but because most of mr friends get less than me and seem to function fine coupled with the fact I never stay up late make<8 hours of sleep mythical. I probably wouldn't care if I knew what functioning on too little sleep was like. Regarding point two I had a long talk with them last night and I wrote. This when I woke up an hour before I needed to and my parents were still asleep. @Tyler yep sleep is important I'll try waking without an alarm I've had one for10 years. I'm 16 I was going to go down this path when writing it, but didn’t because I didn’t want to be late for school. But I think it needs to be addressed to elucidate the situation. When I work hard, study hard, etc, I can have my homework done by 9-9:30. And then bassoon so I can have everything done by 10. But my parents get super agitated if I do anything other than study. And they go to bed at 10:30. So I feel like I’m told I can only do anything gaming related after my parents sleep, and there is very little time between 10:30 and 11:00. | ||
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Bereft
United States1007 Posts
On February 01 2011 04:46 Bergys wrote: I definitely do not agree with this. If I'd never set an alarm I'd sleep for like 10 hours a night atleast. When I'm too lazy to set an alarm I always wake up with an headache from sleeping for too long. (Not just for a day or so, I can sleep 10 hours a night for longer periods, like weeks etc). Sleeping longer doesn't give me any rest either. I get more tired from sleeping 10 hours than from sleeping 8h, maybe because my body gets into ultra-slack mode and gets used to it, I dunno. Agreed -- I never sleep without setting an alarm, because I could easily sleep 10-11 hours and wake up feeling like shit :/. | ||
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tryummm
774 Posts
a) That assumes you are sleeping monophasically b) That is an average, which varies person to person c) Most people are incredibly stressed and aren't even doing the things they want to do, which makes them require additional sleep than people who take charge of their attitudes.. d) The studies never include how many people attempted to alter their sleeping habits prior to the study. | ||
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Torte de Lini
Germany38463 Posts
No idea why getting a lot of sleep is something that makes you unhappy. It sounds to me like you are poorly managing your time moreso than "not enough time in the day to get 8 hours of sleep". It's not 8 hours for everyone, but depending on the age, the recommended time of sleep varies from 5 (?) to like 9. I get about 11 hours of sleep on a good day. Lack of sleep can and will be a cause of your poor grades. It may not be a primary one, but denying it didn't play a single role in your own poor grades is silly. Lastly, I think you have your priorities mixed. You're moaning about being forced to sleep and not being able to dawdle and wander all over the internet. Best of luck. I remember the days where staying up all night was awesome and I was king! Now, I can barely last past 1-2 ): | ||
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iamho
United States3345 Posts
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Froadac
United States6733 Posts
On February 01 2011 09:38 Torte de Lini wrote: Normal time to sleep is around 10:30, 11. I have no idea why you are frustrated. No idea why getting a lot of sleep is something that makes you unhappy. It sounds to me like you are poorly managing your time moreso than "not enough time in the day to get 8 hours of sleep". It's not 8 hours for everyone, but depending on the age, the recommended time of sleep varies from 5 (?) to like 9. I get about 11 hours of sleep on a good day. Lack of sleep can and will be a cause of your poor grades. It may not be a primary one, but denying it didn't play a single role in your own poor grades is silly. Lastly, I think you have your priorities mixed. You're moaning about being forced to sleep and not being able to dawdle and wander all over the internet. Best of luck. I remember the days where staying up all night was awesome and I was king! Now, I can barely last past 1-2 ): I think much of what you are saying has been explained by me in http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=189217¤tpage=2#31 My grades are good, just not ridiculously good | ||
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Kashmir
New Zealand178 Posts
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Thratur
Canada917 Posts
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micronesia
United States24495 Posts
1) Everyone is different. You need to figure out what works for you, and the younger you are the less your parents will let you figure this out. 2) Not everyone can manage without an alarm as a method for determining how much sleep they need; it varies from person to person. 3) 8 hours is not a must but is a good goal while you are still growing up. You don't need to get up until 7:30am which isn't bad at all... therefore you can go to bed at ~11:15-11:30 and still have time to get 8 hours of sleep. It sounds like you should negotiate that you'll go to bed at 11:15. You most likely don't need more than 8 hours of sleep. 4) The average person (give it a few years for yourself) needs ~6.5 hours of sleep. If you ever get too little sleep one night it is easier to make it up the next night because your sleep becomes more efficient/dense when you are a bit sleep deprived. Just return to your 8 hours a night and you should be fine. If you want to stay up later than 11:30pm on week nights then your parents have a right to tell you you shouldn't. | ||
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vinn
Australia112 Posts
After I finished school I started sleeping for about 12 hours a night >_> It was probably a mix of being sleep deprived, the stress from school, and the freedom of being able to sleep for as long as I wanted. But for a while I didn't get out of the habit. I've now cut it down to ~10 hours! XD I've been trying to have a more normal sleep pattern, because 12 hrs a night is obv ridiculous. But after being in the pattern for a while, 8 hours becomes painfully not enough, let alone 6.5 hours (as micronesia says is average) School is all about being super busy and not having enough time.. but if you're 16, it's only going to get worse? ah.. you'll figure it out! glgl  | ||
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