Do you nap more these days?

Yes, I like to take a nap after lunch. I sleep between 1-2 hours. (It is getting longer now) I never did when I was younger but now, I cannot sleep more than 5-6 hours a night so I am tired mid-day.
I remembered reading that we will sleep more and more as we are approaching our death. I am starting to panic!😉
 
I've seen "experts" on sleep who've said that if you spend a little time outside in the sun in the morning it helps adjust your body clock to help you sleep better at night. I try to spend at least 5 minutes in the sun in the morning.

My naps on the couch are just dozing off for a few minutes with my head on my arm. It usually refreshes me for the rest of the day. I didn't have one today and Hubs asked me at about 7:30 if I was going to make it through the TV show. :ROFLMAO:
 
seadoug said:
I typically sleep 8-9 hours per night. I go to the gym 5 days a week. That hasn't chanced for the past 6 years. A couple of years ago I never took afternoon naps. Now I find that at around 3:30pm when I'm on the couch and watching TV I drift off. Sometimes the cats are on my lap and they just look startled when I snore and wake myself up!

Anyone else finding naps are more frequent these days?
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Actually quite the opposite. When I taught school, sleep was problematic and a six hour night was pretty much acceptable, but I napped just as soon as I got home - often for just 15-20 minutes. Now I sleep 8.5 to 9.5 or more nearly every night and never nap. I probably could but why mess up my next good night’s sleep?
 
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Rossana said:
Yes, I like to take a nap after lunch. I sleep between 1-2 hours. (It is getting longer now) I never did when I was younger but now, I cannot sleep more than 5-6 hours a night so I am tired mid-day.
I remembered reading that we will sleep more and more as we are approaching our death. I am starting to panic!😉
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Rossana, do you mean that we will generally sleep more as we age? Or sleep more as we actually approach our death? I believe I read that we sleep less as we age.
 
After having worked night shift for over 30 years, I am used to being up at all hours. I rarely sleep over 4 hours straight without having to go to the bathroom. After that, I have a hard time getting back to sleep. Because of that, after finally getting back to sleep, I wake up tired in the morning. I will stir around for a while then take an afternoon nap. When I wake up from my nap, I'm full of vim and vigor and ready to go until who knows how long.
 
At this point getting 8 hours of sleep seems like a pip dream. My cardiologist would like me to, but I can't see it happening. A few years ago 5 or 6 hours seemed to work for me, but now much of my sleep comes in the form of naps. After I got COVID again in February of this year, it seems like I'm napping more and for more hours at a time. Maybe it's just residual tiredness from having such erratic sleep patterns. :unsure:
 
I'm a terrible napper (always have been) -- tend to over sleep and get one of those nap hangovers most of the time.

I don't nap more than I used to - but I do close my eyes while I'm sitting up more than I used to. I remember my Grandma doing that, and me asking if she was asleep. She would say, No dear - just resting my eyes.

I rest my eyes more now days. 🤣
 
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