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How many hours do you sleep?
0-4 12%  12%  [ 7 ]
4-6 19%  19%  [ 11 ]
6-7 18%  18%  [ 10 ]
7-9 14%  14%  [ 8 ]
9-10 7%  7%  [ 4 ]
10+ 4%  4%  [ 2 ]
It varies a lot 26%  26%  [ 15 ]
Total votes : 57

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14 Oct 2010, 3:04 pm

How many hours do you sleep for each 24 hour day?


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14 Oct 2010, 3:10 pm

I can sleep long on weekends, sometimes 9 hours. I have had trouble sleeping lately.....alot of my mind.



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14 Oct 2010, 3:22 pm

mostly around 4-6 hours, The odd time, I can get 1 hour sleep ONLY. My brain just wont shut off.

Longest i been up was 42 hours with out being tired.



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14 Oct 2010, 3:23 pm

^^Yaye greetings SteelMaiden. I believe I often enjoy sleeping for approximately eight to ten hours. I believe that the pixies within my head become very tired if I sleep for less than eight hours.

I believe that when I am blessed by my University, I sleep for approximately eight to nine hours. However, if University is sleeping, then I believe that I sleep for approximately nine to ten hours. I am very sorry for being silly.


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14 Oct 2010, 5:06 pm

Nominally, about six hours. In practice, I usually take more than an hour to fall asleep and my sleep is usually quite broken, so I have chosen the zero-to-four option. On a weekend I'll sleep for much longer, but still quite broken.


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14 Oct 2010, 5:09 pm

I get 6 to 7 hours of sleep every night.


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14 Oct 2010, 5:44 pm

7 is optimal
6 is decent
8 leave me a little groggy
9+ leaves me groggy rest of the day


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14 Oct 2010, 6:37 pm

I rarely get a good night sleep. Especially now that I have a laptop. There is much research to be done.



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14 Oct 2010, 8:13 pm

QuelOround wrote:
I rarely get a good night sleep. Especially now that I have a laptop. There is much research to be done.


Me too. But it doesn't really matter because I have hardly any commitments that would prevent me from sleeping whenever it catches up to me. So I can just catch a nap whenever.



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14 Oct 2010, 8:36 pm

I usually sleep 6-7 hours.


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14 Oct 2010, 10:14 pm

Probably around 7-8 hours. I can't really make myself sleep before midnight though so if I have to get up earlier than 7 am several days in a row the sleep deprivation starts becoming noticeable. I don't know how to deal with it because no matter how tired I am my biological clock wont let me sleep earlier than midnight.



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14 Oct 2010, 10:18 pm

My hours of sleep at night vary greatly, to be honest. The average per week, however, is probably about 5-6 hours. Then I take a few naps during the day a few days a week... so... an average of about 6? 6.5?



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14 Oct 2010, 10:55 pm

Usually 4-5.... stupid insomnia :(



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15 Oct 2010, 12:03 am

Thanks for the replies

My antipsychotics knock me out cold, so I'd say 7 hours during the university week, and 8-9 hours on the weekend

I used to have severe insomnia before I ever got treated, so I used to sleep 4 hours a night for two years without problem. I miss those days


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15 Oct 2010, 4:33 am

Anywhere between not at all and 4 hours a night.



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15 Oct 2010, 5:08 am

My sleeping time varies by day,temperature and activity.