How much sleep do you require

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Just wondering how many hours at night, naps, whatever. I never get enough sleep, even after 12 hours...

Bonus to add in dreams. I dream work stress!

Funny when you said "12 hours", cuz I'm the same way, the most I've ever slept was 12 hours and I still felt extremely drowsy throughout the day.

I can function with 5 hours, but I would prefer more sleep.

Tim

10 hours is enough for me. Anything less and I am literally falling off chairs in the middle of the day as I am so tired.
If I were given the chance, I could sleep for 16 hours...I have done that a few times. Once even slept for 21 hours.

Mine seems more time-of-day oriented. I'm wide awake at 5:30 or 6am, regardless of how tired I was or what time I went to bed. Similarly, I get sleepy right after lunch, regardless of whether I'm fatigued or not.

One of those odd AS routine things, I guess.

I don't need much sleep, I can usually function with just 4-5 hours.
I like sleeping though.

12+

During school and primary training, I functioned well on 5 hours a night. 6 or 7 was a nice treat.

During advanced and formal training, I began getting 8 hours a night. I functioned just as well, but my body got used to getting 8 a night, so if some night I went back to my old 5 or 6, I felt awful the next day.

I have figured out that I will be unable to fall asleep until I have been awake twice as long as I slept the night before. So any sleep in excess of 8 hours puts me dangerously close to throwing my sleep cycle out of phase. I try to limit it to just over 7 hours so that I have a lot of flexibility, since my schedule can vary tremendously (I might need to show at 0500 on Monday and Tuesday, then show at noon Wednesday and Thursday, then at 0800 on Friday). All workdays are 12 hours for me regardless of showtime.

According to the Army, the human body can survive indefinitely on 3 hours a night, assuming it is otherwise well fed and hydrated. That's just the body; the brain will necessarily deteriorate if subjected to these conditions. But according to the Air Force, I need 12 hours of rest including 8 uninterrupted hours of opportunity for sleep, if I am to be permitted to fly the next day.

Sleep. Man, what a tricky proposition. Takes careful planning for to have an effective week.

I need much more sleep than I get. I can't remember the last time I woke up "naturally", that is, just waking up by myself.

I've gone for 14 hours sleeping straight before. 12 hours straight is actually fairly common and I do that a lot on weekends and holidays.

But most nights, 5-7 hours

only about 4-5 hours.

I don't have time for more.

About 5 hours is right for me

I need 6 hours. Working second shift means I can wake up naturally, without an alarm. So I get between 6 and 9 hours of sleep usually.

Something like 9-10 hours. If don't sleep that much, which happens more often than not during week, I'll get sleepy in the evening.

I normally sleep about 8-9 hours which is about rite 4 me.

Ideally ten hours because then I don't wake up with puffy eyes.

I would say 6-8 but have functioned on far less and far more in the past and deal with it better now.