How Much Sleep Do You Get Per Night on Average?

Deathbydefault · Oct 11, 2016

Debater Slayer said:
How much sleep do you get per night on average?

If possible, mentioning your age would be helpful as well to compare the average amount of sleep people here get per night with their age in mind.

Thanks!

Around 4 hours. I'm 19.

Shem Ben Noah · Oct 11, 2016

Fun fact: before electricity, folk would sleep for four hours or so then get up and do things. Then sleep again after a while. Eight hours of sleep, but not all at once. It's only recently we sleep like we do all at once, thanks to artificial light delaying that first sleep cycle. I try to get back to the old ways now. I'm 60-ish.

Gyrannon · Oct 11, 2016

I'm 31 (32 in a few months) and for my sleep... Honestly its random.
Sometimes I'll sleep for 5 hours, others 7 hours, even go as long as 17 hours.

It mostly depends on how active my mind is prior to me going to sleep, if very active, I'll be awake in 5 (or less) to 8 hours. If I was extremely bored & had very lil to do, then I'll be down for 10 to 15+ hours. Also how long I stayed up also helps with the extra sleep bit.

Also, my sleep schedule is constantly changing - I never go to sleep at the same hour & I never wake at the same hour, my internal clock is always going a few hours ahead every night (most times of my life I'm a night person). And I've tried to keep a specific schedule, never works out.

Oh an just in case, longest I ever stayed up without really noticing til I started to count from the last time I slept: 96 hours (even done this with my eating habits, forgetting to eat for that long).

Wirey · Oct 11, 2016

Until my mid 30's I slept 2-3 hours a night, but now I do 5-6 a night most nights. I've been treated for sleep disorders my entire life. Last night I only did 2. I'm 49, going on 12.

Wirey · Oct 11, 2016

Ana.J said:
I'm 24 and I have around 8 hours of sleep daily. Get up early (around 6 am)

You could have fried me up some bacon if you were up that early! Thanks for nothing!

Revoltingest · Oct 11, 2016

Wirey said:
You could have fried me up some bacon if you were up that early! Thanks for nothing!

And it's certified low in dolphin meat!

Smart_Guy · Oct 13, 2016

I'm 34 and my average is 6-7 hours. I love sleeping and sometimes I sleep for 9-10 hours. Sometimes nothing forces me to wake up other than prayers and natural calls.

Kilgore Trout · Oct 13, 2016

Debater Slayer said:
How much sleep do you get per night on average?

On average, I don't get enough sleep, which is never balanced by the rare times that I get too much sleep.

I'm not young, but not old.

Wirey · Oct 13, 2016

Kilgore Trout said:
On average, I don't get enough sleep, which is never balanced by the rare times that I get too much sleep.

I'm not young, but not old.

He asked how much you sleep, not your life story.

Kilgore Trout · Oct 13, 2016

Wirey said:
He asked how much you sleep, not your life story.

Here, take one of these:

You're welcome.

YmirGF · Oct 13, 2016

Midol is for kids....
I've never been disappointed with this wonder
Parental guidance to reveal the image... please
regards

Penumbra · Oct 13, 2016

I get maybe 7 hours on a given weekday and 8 hours on a given weekend, and I wake up before my alarm goes off.

I'm 28.

Gyrannon · Oct 13, 2016

Kilgore Trout said:
I'm not young, but not old.

You're only as old as you act.
Try me: I'm 31, my fiancee is 45, yet most times she has more energy in her body than I do.

beenherebeforeagain · Oct 13, 2016

Gyrannon said:
You're only as old as you act.
Try me: I'm 31, my fiancee is 45, yet most times she has more energy in her body than I do.

If that's true, then I'm only about 14, at most....

Penumbra · Oct 13, 2016

Gyrannon said:
You're only as old as you act.
Try me: I'm 31, my fiancee is 45, yet most times she has more energy in her body than I do.

beenherebeforeagain said:
If that's true, then I'm only about 14, at most....

You can calculate your biological age totally unscientifically: http://www.biological-age.com/

Turns out I'm 3 years old, biologically.

beenherebeforeagain · Oct 13, 2016

Penumbra said:
You can calculate your biological age totally unscientifically: http://www.biological-age.com/

Turns out I'm 3 years old, biologically.

Here's what I got at the link:
"Well done your Biological Age is 48. Congratulations! You knocked 5 years off your age!

I'm 58...I think you can see a problem with their conclusion...

Smart_Guy · Oct 13, 2016

Uh-oh... if what you guys makes any sense to me, then I haven't been born yet

Gyrannon · Oct 13, 2016

Penumbra said:
You can calculate your biological age totally unscientifically: http://www.biological-age.com/

Turns out I'm 3 years old, biologically.

HA! No change, 31 and they said it like it's a bad thing lol

Politesse · Oct 14, 2016

I aim for about 8 hours a night. If it is less, and it sometimes is, I take a quick nap in the afternoon. I am 30.

suncowiam · Oct 15, 2016

I get 6-8 hours. I'm 41.

I wish I was @YmirGF and slept 2-4 hours. Sleep is overrated.

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