How Many Hours A Day Do You Sleep?, Just curious Options

[Panthera]

One of my best friends seems to do well with 5 hours (everyday!). (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohmy.gif) Then, there are my Japanese colleagues who are in the office at all hours. My mom didn't (not sure about nowadays as I don't live with my parents anymore) seem to need much sleep either; she used to go to bed quite late and still woke up much earlier than I did.

Me, I can't function with less than 7 hours. In fact 7 is a push and normally I need 8 to start acting like I have a brain at all. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blush.gif) If I've had a bad week then I simply can't seem to wake up and virtually sleep through the weekend to make up. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)

If only I can sleep less, then I probably have more time to practise (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

[barry-clari]

Somewhere between 7 and 9 hours, usually.

Less than about 6 and half, and I'll know about it...

[Rosemary7391]

5 hours is probably usual for me; I'm fine with 4 usually though. I tend to go to bed a lot earlier than that suggests because my parents go to bed around 10/11 and make me go to bed then as well (Dad can hack my computer and turn it off remotely (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) )

[Alicia Ocean]

Exactly 7 hours. I fall asleep easily and then wake up exactly seven hours later. Yes, I know... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif)

[Maizie]

8 is my usual number for weekdays. If I get 7, I'm usually a bit of a state. If I only get 6 I can muddle through, i.e. getting 6 hours is better than getting 7 hours.
Weekends...I can happily sleep 10 or 11 hours at weekends, and then have an hour nap in the afternoon (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blush.gif)

Having said that...recent changes to medication mean I am (a) sleeping less at weekends; and (b) able to cope if I end up with consecutive days of <8 hours!

[petrat]

I like to have around four and a half hours to feel that I have had a decent night's sleep. If I am really tired I can manage five but then will be wide awake. If I am unwell, which doesn't happen often, i will go to bed and sleep for around twenty-four hours and then be fully mended! This happens about once every couple of years when I catch really heavy colds and am too groggy to do anything.

[Mad Tom]

To be properly healthy and functioning well I need about 6.5 hours.

I can function adequately for several weeks on as little as 3 hours, but at gradually diminishing capacity, ending up feeling and looking awful ... and it takes a week of sleeping 8-9 hours to recover.

If I am doing a lot of physical exercise (running, swimming, heavy manual work) the basic requirement goes up to 7 to 8 hours.

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[Dugazon]

I admit: I notoriously need 9-10 hours. I can just about function with 8, but everything under that makes me feel awful.
Not always possible to get that much sleep though, but if I can, I do (and then my bf has to trick me out of bed with a cup of coffee right under my nose (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blush.gif) ) ...

[Scurra]

About 4 hours, although I'm not quite managing that at the moment. Although, being a stereotypical teenager, I'll happily sleep in whenever possible.

[berfaceno.1]

I enjoy running around naked on hills too much at night to allow myself to sleep all that much!

I average about 5 hours.

[sbhoa]

I need about 9-10 hours in bed but I wake a lot in the night. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
A 4 hour stretch is good going, mostly I wake every 2-3 hours, usually I fall asleep then have fairly vivid dreams which wake me.

[sarah123]

I think I would need about 7-8 hours sleep if i did the same thing every day, but (especially in the holidays) I tend to have a few days of about 4-5 hours, then one or two of 12 hours when I start feeling constantly shattered. Its really not very good, but I find it impossible to settle on anything regular. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)

[BitterSweet]

I think if I'm actually living an active enough lifestyle, I probably only need about 7 and can easily function on less. I go to bed between 12 and 1 and then wake up about 7. What is the problem is getting out of bed when I don't have to. Once I'm out of bed, I'm totally fine.

I was getting really tired about a month ago, and I started sleeping 8-9 hours most nights. I actually found that made it worse, not better. The tiredness turned out to be related to lack of exercise rather than not sleeping enough. Too much time working a desk job made me drowsy. I'm definitely looking forward to studying, and eventually singing teaching - so much less computer time!

[Clariano]

I need about 8-9 hours on a school day (any less and I'll be crabbit and moany for most of it (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) )! At weekends I can happily sleep for 10-11 hours, which is terrible, I know! I'm usually very energetic ALL the time!

[BabyBanana]

I sleep around 3-4-5 am.

wake up like 7-8-9 am.. so don't really need too much =D