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Post by bc2ca on Dec 29, 2014 20:03:51 GMT
She doesn't have a husband or children, she gets up at a normal hour. It worries me because she just doesn't seem to have any interest in anything anymore and I see the napping as a symptom of that. That is a classic sign of depression and different from someone who just likes to have a daily nap. A friend diagnosed with breast cancer last year said she should have gone to the Dr months earlier when she started napping every afternoon as soon as she got home from work. No other symptons except she needed to sleep for about an hour before getting dinner started. We know not to call my dad between 1 & 3 because he naps daily and has since he retired 25+ years ago. His nap can be anything from 30 minutes to the full 2 hours. At first it drove my mom insane because everything had to be scheduled around his nap, but she just got in the habit of going out in the afternoon.
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Post by tania7424 on Dec 29, 2014 20:14:41 GMT
She doesn't have a husband or children, she gets up at a normal hour. It worries me because she just doesn't seem to have any interest in anything anymore and I see the napping as a symptom of that. That is a classic sign of depression and different from someone who just likes to have a daily nap. A friend diagnosed with breast cancer last year said she should have gone to the Dr months earlier when she started napping every afternoon as soon as she got home from work. No other symptons except she needed to sleep for about an hour before getting dinner started. We know not to call my dad between 1 & 3 because he naps daily and has since he retired 25+ years ago. His nap can be anything from 30 minutes to the full 2 hours. At first it drove my mom insane because everything had to be scheduled around his nap, but she just got in the habit of going out in the afternoon. That was one of the only symptoms when I had kidney cancer. I could barely stay awake. Going upstairs to get my baby out of the crib after his nap required superhuman effort. But, yes, I nap. DS2 goes to preschool in the afternoons, and there are many when I come home, set the alarm on my phone, turn on the tv and fall asleep for an hour. I'm up until 11:30 or 12 so I actually spend time with DH when he gets home at 8, and I'm up at 6:30 to have some quiet time to myself before my kids get up. That hour is what gets me through school pickups, homework, housework, dinner and bed some days.
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Post by Nink on Dec 29, 2014 20:42:09 GMT
When I'm at work I could easily take a long nap in the afternoon and spend a fair amount of time wishing I could, but on the days I'm not working a nap in the afternoon never even occurs to me.
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Post by penny on Dec 29, 2014 20:48:38 GMT
When I can. I love napping. I think I could deal well with living in Italy. Siesta is such a civilized concept to me. Sleep is viewed differently in different cultures - siestas as an example... Your brain is active when you sleep, so while you may not be doing anything physically (you know, except for all the physical stuff that our bodies do when we are asleep), sleep is when memories are filed, when concepts 'settle' into thought processes, etc... I think it's a very 24/7-always-on type society that views sleep as a flaw or waste... If someone can nap (not neglecting their responsibilities), and needs it (not drinking or taking drugs or otherwise forcing it to happen), then they're listening to their body and taking care of it... Without knowing her medical situation, I'd also be careful assuming it's a waste of time... She might not be getting the quality of sleep she needs at night or she might be ill and not wanting to share it with you...
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2014 20:48:54 GMT
When I was pregnant I had an AM nap and a PM nap and went to bed at 9 pm every night without fail.
I never nap now. I won't sleep at night otherwise!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2014 20:50:17 GMT
I am in the don't understand napping camp. To me it seems like such a waste of time if it is more than 30 minutes, maybe an hour at the most unless you are very sleep deprived, physically illl, have depression or other mental health issues. To me it is very sad to sleep your life away. Someone once said you will have plenty of time to rest when you are dead. I am going to do my best to be awake during my life. No judgement, just opinion. I'm sure you won't mind if I call you at 2 am while I'm up doing laundry or paying bills or even just vegging in front of the TV. After all, you are sleeping your life away while other people are up and about. My body clock is a night owl. I rarely go to bed before 1 or 2. There's no point because that's when I'm the most productive. Then I'm up again at 4 for a half hour or so to see my husband off to work. And then again at 8 because that is when the dog wants to be fed and go outside. I generally slowly start my day and become fully functional by 9 or 10. I'm hardly sleeping my life away even if I do take the occasional nap. I just sleep different hours than you do. (Thank heavens that DH only has 2 more days on that schedule and decided to go back to working afternoons so his schedule will better match my natural body clock)
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Post by Dori~Mama~Bear on Dec 29, 2014 20:57:54 GMT
It depends on how much is going on for the day. I have taken afternoon naps on the weekend. I have taken afternoon naps when I didn't sleep well the night before. Since I have been having issues with my back I have found that I can sleep easily in the afternoons.
I don't normally take afternoon naps when I don't have back problems or and ill.
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Post by mimima on Dec 29, 2014 21:07:01 GMT
I often nap.
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Post by tallgirl on Dec 29, 2014 21:50:21 GMT
I get up at 5 several days a week. On those days I have been known to sneak home on my lunch hour for a half hour nap before going back to the office. I live less than ten minutes away from my office, and I rarely get to go to bed before 10-11 at night. A half hour of sleep at lunch is enough to take the edge off and get me through the day.
A few years ago, I tried getting by on less sleep than I really need. I wound up getting run down, didn't fully recover from a cold I caught, and was then diagnosed with pneumonia. It was a valuable lesson about taking care of myself and ensuring that I get enough sleep.
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Post by cyndijane on Dec 29, 2014 22:32:51 GMT
Left to my own schedule without worrying about time, I'd sleep in four hour increments and be awake in roughly five hour increments. Over a 24 hour period I'd end up with about nine hours of sleep. But you might judge me for my "napping" which wouldn't be napping just part of my sleep rhythm. You say she goes to bed at nine. But kind of glossed over when she gets up. If she gets up with an early rising husband or child at 5 am then takes a 2 hour nap she is still in the window of what is considered a healthy amount of sleep for an adult. This. A two hour nap each afternoon would allow me to naturally be both the early bird and the night owl. I love getting up at 4-4:30 each morning, it's my best time of the day for thinking and getting mental work done. However, if I'm not asleep before 8pm, I'm wide awake until 11pm, maybe midnight. It's just how my body operates naturally. Which is crazy frustrating, since there's no way I could swing that in my current life. But a nap from 2-4p would make that 11p-4am perfect.
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Post by KelleeM on Dec 29, 2014 22:41:01 GMT
I do when I can. I typically am up by 5:00 every day. I would love to sleep in but that just never happens. I leave for work at 6:00 and get home around 4:30. By 8:00 or so I'm ready for bed. I'm exhausted right now. If I'm home on a weekend afternoon with no plans I will take a nap for an hour or so. I really enjoy naps. For many years I would nap on my afternoon break (everyone takes breaks at the same time) at work....I would just put my head down on my desk (cushioned by my arm) and sleep for 10 or 15 minutes. Those few minutes were refreshing! I do sometimes wake from longer naps feeling icky but most of the time I feel good!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 29, 2014 22:41:24 GMT
I was never able to nap. I've always worked full time, but even when I was unemployed for about 8 months, I never took a nap. I'm not saying I made good use of my time, but napping just wasn't one of the ways I spent it.
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Post by monklady123 on Dec 29, 2014 23:32:24 GMT
I love naps! Sadly I don't get the chance to take one often because for me prime nap time is about 1:00 or so. But if I'm subbing I don't get home till 3:30 or 4:00 and then have to make dinner, etc. Plus that's too late. If I do a hospital shift I usually choose the overnight (8:00 pm - 8:00 am) or the 8:00 am-2:00 weekend shift. If I get called in the middle of the night, or even if I have to be in the ER or ICU until 11:00 or so I always take a nap the next day. For the 8-2 shift, by the time I get home adrenaline and the time means no nap. But, left to my own devices I'd get up by 5:00 every morning, do serious work in the morning, eat lunch, take a nap (no more than an hour), then go do grocery shopping or something like that. Without a nap I'm ready for bed by 8:30 or 9:00 at the latest. (so don't ask me why I sign up for those overnight shifts, lol) A nap with a cozy blanket on a cold day with no one else home.... aaaahhhh.... The dog always joins me on the bed and it's very cozy. eta: For whoever it was who was concerned we nappers are "sleeping our life away", I can assure you we are not. When I worked in Burkina Faso (West Africa) we had off every day from 12:00-3:00. Every day. Lunch, sleep during the hottest part of the day, then a "shower" (that's in quotes because I had no real shower, it was a bucket), and back to work feeling totally refreshed. Very civilized.
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Post by scrappysurfer on Dec 30, 2014 0:51:03 GMT
My DH is 43 and works the evening shift as a server in a high end restaurant. He used to require 2-3 hour naps just to make it through his shift but then would be up until 2-3 in the morning with insomnia, and wake up around 11am. He literally was sleeping his life away.
Then he was diagnosed with diabetes. Started taking medication, and greatly reduced his sugar intake. Now his sleep schedule is "normal", he rarely naps or sleeps late, and has more energy than he knows what to do with!
I love naps too but I only take them on days I'm working, I work 7p-7a as a nurse and would never make it through the next get without a good 4 hour nap before my shift. But that sit is completely different.
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Post by Grom Pea on Dec 30, 2014 0:52:27 GMT
Oh man I wish we could be napping today but ds is having none of it! Before I had ds one of my favorite weekend activities was going to the boat and napping while dh worked on the boat. Dh agreed that it's the best place for a nap, all cozy in bed with a sea breeze from the window. Other than when I'm pregnant I'm an awesome sleeper and love to catch a nap. Those days I might stay up later being productive too but in general I need 9 hours a day to be at my mental peak. Often if I did not nap in the afternoon I'd fall asleep watching TV, so it's not like I wasn't "wasting"my time in whatever way you think that nappers are wasting their time :-)
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Post by scrapmaven on Dec 30, 2014 0:53:27 GMT
Don't assume that your friend is OK. Some of us are really good at hiding our illness when we want to. If I don't know you well enough I can be mighty perky, though I am that ill. 2 hour naps are sometimes unavoidable in my condition, but I wish I could get 8 hours of sleep and wake up feeling great all day. Still, some healthy people need naps or just plain enjoy them? So what? I don't go skiing, but certainly don't begrudge those people who do. Some people love to nap. So what?
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Post by AussieMeg on Dec 30, 2014 0:53:29 GMT
No way, napping is (IMO) such a waste of time. I would much rather spend that time doing fun stuff, and yes, that includes Pea-ing. I find that I actually feel worse if I have a nap – my body prefers to have my sleep in one big block.
Even when my kids were newborns I never took a nap. All the “experts” said to sleep while the baby sleeps, but to me it was a waste of my precious time and I managed to get by just fine without napping.
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Post by melanell on Dec 30, 2014 1:09:13 GMT
Really? I can think of countless situations in which I would say "I wouldn't do that", and I wouldn't be judging at all. Not one iota of judgment. Heck, it might be more like one iota of wistfulness because it might be something I wish I could/would do. (Skydiving anyone? ) Even if it is something I don't want to do, it still doesn't mean it has to be a judgement just because I wouldn't do it. Two nights from now huge numbers of people will celebrate NYE in Times Square. I wouldn't do it. But I certainly don't judge anyone for doing it. Why would I? I'm glad they're having a great time. I just prefer my great time to come with warmth and a place to pee. I judge people who purposely attempt to hurt others in some way. I don't judge people just for doing things that I don't choose to do. And I am sure many people feel the same.
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Post by luvnlifelady on Dec 30, 2014 1:19:01 GMT
I like to nap when time permits (I'm 49). Nothing feels so good as a nap (or not much does anyway). I have a 5 hour layover every work day in San Diego waiting for my young client to get out of school (I get paid for some of that time but not all). I sometimes just sit in my car and snooze or listen to Satellite radio. So relaxing.
I haven't slept well in a long time and naps seem to fill the void.
If I am home on break or weekends, I still like to nap but time doesn't usually permit that.
DH is an early bird but also is often found napping in the afternoons if he can on weekends.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2014 2:13:24 GMT
I think naps are one the greatest pleasures on earth and take one almost everyday. Sometimes as short as 15 minutes, other times as long as 2 hours. Depends on what my body/mind needs.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 30, 2014 3:45:56 GMT
Dh loves his naps. Almost every weekend he takes one, even after sleeping for nearly 10 hours. He blames the beagle who will curl up next to him as soon as he lays down.
Me? I can't nap. I have not napped since my youngest was a baby. If I fall asleep during the day, I'm up all night. I do pretty well on 6 hours of sleep.
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Post by jackietex on Dec 30, 2014 4:34:01 GMT
Yes, I usually get a good long nap every day. My body has a weird natural schedule and in my current season of life I'm okay with just going with it. I go to sleep between 2 and 4 in the morning, wake my son at 7 and drive him to school at 8:00. I usually take a nap around 9, and wake up about two and a half hours later. When I'm due for iron infusions I also need an afternoon nap. It is screwed up, and I don't use the rest of my time that wisely, but it's all okay.
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Post by pynke on Dec 30, 2014 7:42:46 GMT
I had a therapist who suggested I rest/nap around 2-3pm. She said it had to do with the circadian rhythm. If I do nap I find myself awake until 2 in the morning
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Post by PEArfect on Dec 30, 2014 8:03:38 GMT
I guess it's the two hours everyday that gets me, I would feel awful if I did that. Like constantly having the worlds worst hangover. I said I was being judgy, I fully own that but I have a fear of looking back at my life and feeling it was just wasted doing nothing. That's on me I know. I can relate to this. Especially after watching two people very close to me die from debilitating illnesses. They wanted nothing more than to be active and go about their day. One of my mottos is 'move because you can!' That doesn't mean that I don't have my lazy, unmotivated days. I do, but I always strive to be active and productive.
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Post by hannahruth on Dec 30, 2014 13:04:59 GMT
In a word - Yes. I am retired, keep terrible hours and find that to see me through the day I need to nap.
DH and I are empty nesters, grandparents to 3 beautiful little ones and figure that if it is a nap that is needed then that is okay. I don't run my life around a nap time but to me it is fine.
Sometimes there are medical situations that need a nap to get through - I don't judge anyone on how they live their life.
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