Is a 15 minute nap timed from when you close your eyes, or from when you fall asleep?
QuestionThis might sound stupid, but apparently you're meant to have either a 15 minute nap or a 90 minute nap. That doesn't make much sense to me, because some people take longer to fall asleep. I'm probably in bed for about 15 minutes before I doze off.
So when I go for a nap, how do I know what time to set the alarm for?
I've never been able to take a quick nap. If I try for a fifteen minute nap, I set my alarm for an hour. Then I try to fall asleep for forty six to fifty minutes, get annoyed and shut off the alarm.
Then again, it's always taken me an hour or more to fall asleep at night. I'm so incredibly jealous of people who can just fall asleep when they're tired.
Same. According to my parents I've been that way since I was a kid. What do you mean, add 7 minutes to fall asleep? You mean 47, right? My mother and brother close their eyes and they're out. I wish I could.
If I need to take an X minute nap, to me that means I need to be moving in X minutes. Closing my eyes or falling asleep doesn't really come into it.
I have an alarm for 27.5 minutes. NASA has postulated that 26 minutes is the sweet spot for a power nap: long enough for your brain to actually slow down, but not so long that you drop too far into deeper sleep.
I'm one of those annoying people who can simply close their eyes and nap, and when I go to bed I close my eyes and go to sleep. It drives everybody in my family bonkers.
I would seriously consider giving up a limb if I could trade it to sleep that well. I take 45 minutes to 2 hours to fall asleep, and sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night for an hour or more as well.
Is it sleep when you're not asleep?
I think that's just called resting. It's only sleep if it comes from the sleepy region of fairyland.
Here's the trick: you don't have to sleep to nap. Lying down with your eyes closed and your mind less active is mentally restorative even if you never drop into deep sleep. That means you can't lie down and anxiety spiral for 15 minutes and expect to feel refreshed, but if you can let your mind idle while your body rests, you'll feel at least a little better when you get up.
The 15 to 30 covers 15 minutes of nap plus 0 to 15 minutes getting there. Pro tip: have a strong coffee, then go take a nap. The coffee kicks in right as the nap ends.
I went to take a nap the other day and fell asleep for seven hours. Quick naps do not exist for me.
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