Very interesting article on sleep

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16964783

 

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Hi DG

 

Thanks for posting this article - it is most interesting.

 

 

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Thank You 

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DG,

 

I just posted about this article today, of course not realizing that you had already done so.  Thank you--it's a great article.

 

Mal

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I agree.  It was very interesting.  I sleep like this so it was quite an eye opener for me.  Still doesn't help with the fact that I have a job.  My body just gets up about 4 or 5 and I start my day that early.  Good thing is on the weekends I am usually able to go back to sleep after this first awakening.  So I live for the weekends!

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DG,

 

I don't know if you read my initial post or not, but I've been purposely keeping myself up later so I can sleep in one stretch like I thought we are supposed to.  I get really sleepy around 10:00 pm and instead of allowing myself to sleep for a few hours like I naturally would, I stay up until after midnight and then I have trouble falling asleep or I just keep waking up. 

 

If it were up to me I'd sleep from 10:00 to 1:00, get up for 2-3 hours, then sleep again from 3:30 to 7:00.  I'm 53 years old, so I don't feel like I need a full eight hours anymore.  Six to 7 hours is probably enough for me.

 

Mal

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Yea on the weekends I stay up until i am sleepy which is about 1 am.  So then I sleep until about 7-8 am.  On the weekdays I wake up so darn early that I have to force myself to bed about 10 pm.  I am fighting myself and it backfires most nights.  I agree with you, I am 37 and I don't really need 8 hours either.  If I could just get a couple more on the weeknights I would be good to go.