[learnin to learn]

I try to sleep 4 hours per night, but i am a deep sleeper and my alarm never wakes me up, so I sleep another 4hours!

[ForensicsGuy]

Too many less than 6 and I'm dead the next morning. More than 8, and I can get up, shower, and need a nap right away. It's amazing.

[paigetheoracle]

The more depressed I am, the longer I sleep. The more enlivened by that 'Eureka!' moment, the less I sleep - ergo, I go.

[Sleeth]

I've been told that you should get at least 10 hours sleep at my age, 15, but I just can't seem to get to sleep at night, I go to bed at around 11, so probably don't get to sleep about 12-1 and wake up at 7-8. I just thought that was normal , so it's not really a big deal compared to some people, like Tormod .

[Tormod]

Originally Posted by Sleeth

I've been told that you should get at least 10 hours sleep at my age, 15, but I just can't seem to get to sleep at night, I go to bed at around 11, so probably don't get to sleep about 12-1 and wake up at 7-8. I just thought that was normal , so it's not really a big deal compared to some people, like Tormod .

At 15 I think 10 hours is too much, but I am not exactly an expert on sleeping hours (as you have understood). I do hope that when I grow old I will have less and less need for sleep...

[Michaelangelica]

The results seem to be forming a Bell Curve. (?)

Some say that meditating means you need to sleep less

[LJP07]

Not finding sleep easy these past few days , however, I put the average over the past year I'd say. 6-8 hours, recently that's been reduced to 3-5 hours of good sleep unfortunately.

[mcewen]

About hours for me on average. I'm thinking of making my New Year Resolution.......to become at early bird rather than a night owl, not long to go, or I'll end up merely be a hen pecked featherless bird brain.
Cheers

Originally Posted by ForensicsGuy

Too many less than 6 and I'm dead the next morning. More than 8, and I can get up, shower, and need a nap right away. It's amazing.

Yup, it's a balance thing - one end of the other is always too heavy.
Cheers

Originally Posted by sun

I sleep 6,
wake up
write in my journal
and go back to sleep for another 2
with the possibility of
writing, again.

- ooo that sounds like a good life - how did you manage to engineer that kind of a 'good life?'
p.s. are those little icon things automatic? Or is there a default if you don't select one? [newbie] Cheers

[wine]

Originally Posted by Michaelangelica

The results seem to be forming a Bell Curve. (?)

Some say that meditating means you need to sleep less

Who says that?
It makes sense, but I've never read anything about it.
When one meditates, one is relaxed and one with many and all.

Does deep meditation yield some minor sleeping effects?

Originally Posted by mcewen

- ooo that sounds like a good life - how did you manage to engineer that kind of a 'good life?'
p.s. are those little icon things automatic? Or is there a default if you don't select one? [newbie] Cheers

This is actually a rhythm that some people exercise to induce lucid dreaming, although I am unaware if Sun knows this or not.

The Five Phases Of Wild - Dream Views Lucid Dreaming Forum

Explains the method.

In fact, I really really wish all of you would try it, as an experiment.
Sleep paralysis is amazing, and if you can maintain awareness down there, you will be . . Surprised.

[gribbon]

I voted 6-8 but it varies greatly throughout the week. Some nights less and some nights more.

Last thing I knew you were online replying to e-mails at 1.00 in the morning!