How much do you sleep on average?
12% (399 votes)
More than 10 hours a night
14% (486 votes)
9-10 hours a night
18% (622 votes)
8-9 hours a night
24% (826 votes)
7-8 hours a night
15% (520 votes)
6-7 hours a night
9% (327 votes)
5-6 hours a night
8% (288 votes)
Less than 5 hours a night
Total votes: 3468
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Honesetly now. Who gets more than ten hours of sleep in one night?!?!?!?!
who goes 2 sleep 4 more than 10 hours a nite...everybody is either doing something with their lifez!!!!!!
honastly who gets more than 10 hours of sleep? i dont
Just try... it's alot easier than you'd think....
i did becouse i sleep 10 clock and i get more than 10 hour
teens on a weekend usually sleep more than 10 hours.
I usually get less sleep on weekends, and I'm 16.
yeah same here. i never go to sleep early on weekends either.
Little kids do, I suppose. Ah, the innocence of youth.
Babies sleep the most. Old people sleep the least. One theory is that the brain uses sleep to learn, to take all the new impressions acquired during the day and associate them with previous learning. For babies, all impressions are new, and little learning has been accumulated, so the process takes a lot longer.
Innocence?! WHAT innocence?!! Beleve me, kids stay up WAAAYYYYYY later than u know.
I'm 16 and it varies, sometimes less than 5 - sometimes I get 13, depends on what kind of night im having
what no they dont they go to bed around 9
As if kids go to sleep as soon as they go to bed. Do you not remember when you were young?
I sleep more than 10 hrs in the summer and 8 to 9 during school
if i ever meet anyone who sleeps 12 hours a day without a sleeping disorder i'll give them 10 $
seriously, that's like 5/12 0f a day
i agree, if i'm lucky i get 8 hrs
I do, when I sleep its like being stricken with rigor-mortis, because I got a sleep number mattress...lol! oh and I have no life.
I never get more than 6 hours of sleep a night becuz i have too much stuff to do. I am a full time student, mother and wife. That would be wonderful to sleep in until 8 am everyday!!!!
alot of people get more than 10 hours of sleep a night, especially on the weekends.zzzzzz
i do i stay up late and sleep in
people who acctually dont want to drink coffee the next day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You are absolutely true!!! Who does?!?!
Just an FYI - Albert Enstein is said to have slept 10 hours or more a night. He claimed he needed that much rest.
I've heard this before but can never find any evidence for this anecdote. Any one have a source?
Not me for sure and you dont need more than 10 hrs of sleep.
I think there are a lot of cats responding to this poll. More than 10 hours? Wow. I want to sleep 8 hours a night. My actual is less. I find excuse after excuse to stay up past my bedtime...
that's nice but why can't dogs respond? is this poll open to them? if not, that's species-ism! and that's wrong, joe, really wrong!
yea but he never said that dogs cant answer he just said alot of cats answer i hope alot of monkeys answer too tho!!!!!!!!!
Do dogs sleep as much as cats? I was expecting dogs to have responded with sleeping less than cats (in the 8-9 hour range). Anyone and everyone can participate in the polls!
Ok; Here's the deal; Cats really don't sleep a lot, like most people think. Belive me, if u think people sleep to much call 'em sloths. think about it. (Sloths = 12 hours a day at least!)
I have read that cats sleep 15-16 hours a day. I own two cats, and I work at home, so I can observe them closely. That figure seems about right.
Sometimes I even sleep for one stinkin' hour!!!
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I really love sleeping, I'm not gonna lie... I mean there are times when I don't necessarily have to sleep, but it's actually mostly out of boredom.
Sometimes though, it really stinks because I sleep until oh, 4pm, and then I can't fall asleep until 5 in the morning, and then I have to wake up at 9 for work?! That's insane... I hate when that happens. >_O
I don't know what this is for but I have a hard time falling asleep and sleeping and i talk a lot in my sleep!hahahaha but really I do : )
i never sleep
Well you should.
I am much more tired during the day if I get more than six hours of sleep a night. So, normally I don't go to bed until around 2-3 o'clock in the morning and wake up at 7-8 o'clock in the morning.
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Why dont you get any/enough sleep?
i sleep 10 hours each night.
jackson
I sleep from like 11 to11
I dont
I generally get between two and four hours of sleep a night. Insomnia is the devil!
I find it is very hard for me to get 8 hours of sleep with school and early activities of the family. I dont know how anyone would be able to get more than that. The busy lifestyle people have with different things ecpecially when they have kids and kids have school really early in the morning its very difficult for people to get a heathy amount of sleep.
I'm usually a very tired person and when winter comes I'm 5 times tired than I was, when it was summer or spring. I'm always at my boyfriends house I would sleep over but that's a whole other issue, I get about 6 or 9 hours of sleep if I'm lucky, but when I wake up I'm still tired. I don't know what the deal is but "I could sleep for days at a time." as my mom puts it. when I'm not working and I don't need to get up at a certain time I could sleep from 9pm to 5pm into the next day. por favor ayuda me!! what can I do to wake up at a decent time and not feel tired???
i get around 8-10 hrs.i value my sleep!
I think people should get more sleep.
I think that people should get enough sleep to keep them feeling relaxed and happy in the morning.
I think some people need a lot of sleep or they are crabby all day long. They need about 9 plus hours a night.
I like to sleep.
i think people should help the cause for global warming. if people would actually do something about it our world would be a better and safer place!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can't think of anyone who get's 10 hours or more of sleep a night!
i learned in gym class that most people only get 7 hours of sleep a night! which is not even close to what you are supposed to be getting, teens- 9 hours and 15 minutes
Honestly... I don't sleep 7 to 8 hours... I sleep only for 5 to 6 hours only..
Because I'm always busy especially in studying... Then, forget everything i studied...
if you watch tv or you play games in the night and u sleep like 11 or 12 1.00 in the night so u can get more sleep ithink u getting like 6 hour is not enough sleep so if u wanna sleep more than what u sleep now better sleep like 11 or 10
For me its either 5-6 or 6-7. It takes me a while to fall asleep :[
It takes me awhile to fall asleep. Is that a bad thing?!?
do u need more than 4 hours of sleep a night????
ha i always sleep more than 10 hours its pretty easy. I always wake up happy.
where do you find ten hours in a day?
i, like most half-elves, require only four hours of sleep to regain all wizarding spells for the day. if you are debating this issue please consult the latest version of the dungeons and dragons player handbook.
When I have trouble falling asleep, I use a simple meditation technique. I find a dark, quiet room and get as comfortable as possible -- usually lying flat on my back. I close my eyes and imagine a giant number "1" floating in a black, empty void. Then, as I breathe, I count: "one...one...one..." This has the effect of emptying the brain of distracting thoughts, and relaxing the body so you can drift off.
Some people use a similar technique of self-hypnosis. Again, lying comfortably in a dark, quiet room, slowly relax each part of your body. Starting with the toes, tell yourself "my toes are relaxed...the muscles have let go...the weight drops away..." Repeat that two or three times, then move on to the feet, the ankles, and so on. Again, the monotony of the exercise relaxes botht the body and the brain.
Weird, this must be a somewhat common meditation technique Gene. I was taught a very similar method in junior high by my English teacher (yes, I went to a bit of a unique grade school). But we pictured the big number floating in the middle of a peaceful forest scene and combined it with the body relaxing method.
because i work too much
I go to bed late!
i think that the only reason we die is because we acsept it as an inevitability
my mom sleeps for 10 and a half hours in the day time
i belive that there are many people dont sleep
i don't get much sleep
Let's say an average teenager goes to bed around midnight on a school night. If they wake up at six for school, well... that's brutal. If said teenager goes to bed at midnight sometime in the summer and wakes up at noon, that's twelve hours we're talking here! schools seriously start too soon... I get up around six to get ready and all.
Um... then try going to bed around 10?
I'm a vampire. I don't sleep at night, I sleep in the day. Seriously, the sun is lame. I can't understand what's so great about it.
I went to art school.
Sleep is highly overrated!
I think it is 8-9 hours!
Sleep... I wish I could sleep! (No one understands how hard it is to be 13.) Your little brother gets a trumpet and suddenly you're stumbling about like the living dead.
Been there. Done that. Got the T-shirt.
i sleep 7-8 hours a day its not good to sleep lesser then 9 hours but i do.......
i sleep 12 hours
yeah right. how can people sleep that much?? im a teen and i barley sleep at alllllll. not.
It would be wonderful to get 10 hours of sleep
hahahaha nice one whoever said sleeping is overrated ;DDD! ur right who needs to grow... a world full of mini me`s would prevent overcrowding in india and other! u and me should start the program for a better place. ok for anyone who took that seriously... chill.
Actually I can sleep like seven hours a night, not more...
I can't stop thinking about the future, and so I don't sleep at all any more. Like, what if there are mutants, and the rest of us will be left behind, or eaten? Or what if people stop eating altogether? I couldn't deal with that!
Or what about snakes?
In the future, it seems like things will be a lot thirstier - I've seen the movies. But what if we aren't thirsty for water? I'm lactose-intolerant. And, if the future were a big party, just with flying cars instead of regular cars, would I even be invited?
How can anyone sleep, with the future so close at hand?
Just doing my best,
Geoffrey
Who has time for more than 6 hours? I wantyour life if you do!!!
i sleep at least 12 hrs. a night
who do you think would have more than 10 hours sleep!!!!!!!!
Teengers and sloths.
i think an old man would have mor than 10 hours of sleep
were all sloths
I need at least 11 hours of sleep and i hate it. Most people are lucky that they need less and I happen to be one of the unlucky ones. I have always been suffering from having to wake up at 7am to get ready for school and i dont get enough sleep and become depressed and unable to enjoy life. I try to sleep at 10 pm but i cant because im always awake until after midnight. My biological clock seems to be screwed up. School starts too early. The general saying that people need 8 hours of sleep causes us long sleepers to feel left out and struggle with having to get up early in the morning to work. I dont like being different and I wish I was like most people. I hate being depressed...
Whoever gets less than 5 hours of sleep is a crazy maniac who is sleep deprived.
i get about 9 hours of sleep.
5 hours or less on occasions.
i get very little sleep because i read in bed for a very long time... sometimes i read past midnight
HOW CAN ANYONE HVE ENOUGH TIME TO GET MORE THAN TEN HOURS OF SLEEP A NIGHT
I basically get like, 7 ~ 9 (9 max) hrs a nite,,,0,
i wish i can get MORE
I sure wish I could get more sleep than I do,because when wake up in the morning i'm exhausted. So I wish I could get at least 2 more hours.
Try doing more physical activities becase studies show the more active you are the more energy people seem to have.
i like 2 sleep 10 hours a day, thank u very much
Shorten school hours duh
The quality of comments posted on this and other threads tells me that the school day is too short as it is.
And keep off my lawn.
i am like 11 and i can only sleep like 8 or less hours.
i am 7 and i need lots of sleep!
I am lucky if even get 5 hours of sleep each night it is myspace that got me hooked on staying up late.
My body wakes me after 7 hours of sleep. Not always does this work, but most of the time. Though I normally get about 4 hours or so of sleep. The weekends seem to be when I get more sleep. But that might be becuae on weekends I don't have to work.
my name is mike strauss and i get mostly 6-8 hours a nite and i get tons of energy go okemos and if you go to okemos post a comment
i dont sleep much
why should anyone else
Adults don't need it as much. takecare of your body and everythingshould be fine!!
8 hours ;]
less than 4 hour aa night
I like to sleep nine hours per night. This resets the circadiam rythem disruption. llep
I sleep 6 to 8 hours a night average. If i get less then 5 hours these days I think it takes about 2 nights of GOOD sleep to get over it u_u. Until then I feel slightly groggy, clumsy, and make more mistakes in general throughout the day.
I remember "sleep overs" as a kid resulting in maybe 2 hrs sleep if I was lucky and the next day I felt fine and hyper as ever. *sigh*
i get a lot of sleep these days and i like it ok
i sleep a whole lottttttttttttttttttttttttttt duhhhhhh i love sleeping
I am bairly every tired duuring the day and do not need more sleep
(10 hours of sleep)
ummmmm i usally get 10 to 11 hours a day or im tired
Usually I get around 8-9 hrs to sleep
I usually get around 7-8 hours of sleep
I usually get 13 hrs of sleep
i usually get 10 hours of sleep
On school nights...6 hours.
weekends?.....8 hours
i usally sleep 9-10 hours it gives you alot of energey
People need to get more sleep. I think it would really help them at school and at their job. I mean, who likes being tired anyways? I think you should get at least 8 hours of sleep every night.
hunny you spelt energy wrong
I suppose it would be cruel to point out the irony...
Why do people feel the need to point out spelling errors? As a blog administrator I'll never figure that out - especially, as the case is here, the person pointing out the mistake more often than not make as typo themselves. People sure do love to point out other's mistakes. I wonder if there is a scientific reason why...
i agree
i sleep about 8 hrs. a night!!!!! (go to bed at 10, get up at 6) that's just how i operate
You peoples are crazy whoever sleeps more than 10 hrs
When I was working I got up at 6 and went to bed at 12. Long commute, 3 kids, lots to do! Once I retired I worried I would be awake at 6 every day! Adapted real quick though -- now get up at 8:30 or so.
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I'm a junior in high school and I get so much homework during the week (plus add in procrastination time) that I rarely go to bed before 12:30....and i get up at 6 in the morning. Because of school I have to get up way too early in the morning on school days and go to bed way too late. I positively hate schoolwork; it gives me no time to have a life!
About the sleeping more than 10 hours, I sleep 12+ hours on weekends. All the tiredness during the week makes it so I have to use weekends to catch up on sleep!
5 and less, I would get up at 10:00am in the morning.
I try to get at least 8 hrs of sleep a night. I think that is the perfect amount for a person in their 30s.....
lulz 12+
When I was in my hometown, I usually slept 7 pm to 6 in the morning and I felt energetic but now I that I am in Seoul; I have to go with the water and sleep barely 6 hours a night. In the morning, I feel like I wanna go to bed again............I'M TiReDdddddddd...........
Turns out that both too little sleep and too much sleep are bad for you.
To quote the Bare Naked Ladies:
I don't know about people whe get ten hours of sleep every night, but I switch between 3 to 5 hours and then randomly some nights I fall asleep and wake up 10 to 11 hours later. It all depends. During school, I sleep 9 or more hourson weekedns and far less on weekdays...
I totaly agree. Schools need to give us more time to sleep. My brain doesnt wake up untill about 10, so my morning class grades suffer at no fault of mine. Schools need to consider kids' needs.
The job of schools is to provide students with what they need to be productive adult members of society. Part of that is learning how to be awake, alert and functioning by 7 am. You're not going to have much luck holding down a job if school coddles you and reinforces your bad habits.
And keep off my lawn.
Um...I like to think that I'm occasionally a productive adult member of society. (OK, not very adult, but...) I wasn't ever an awake, alert, and functioning person by 7am until after I became a parent. Other members of my household might argue that I wasn't functional in the morning even then. The day my kids could get their own breakfast was a great day. My point is that there are plenty of jobs for which early rising is a must. There are also plenty for which your work hours are less important. And there is no way I would have learned something like, say, calculus if I'd had to take the class at 7am.
Calculus starts at 8:45 (or, at least, asymptotically approaches that point). 7:00 is when you need to get up in order to have breakfast, get dressed and catch the bus.
since i babysit and then work and then braid hair and cook and clean etc..then that pretty much narrows down my sleep hours to about 5 hours a night and probably one hour during the day
i only get about 7 hours of sleep because of all the homework we get.
African queen...you need to stop braiding hair and get on with your life
I'm 15, and I usually 3-4 hours a night on the weekdays. I usually get more on the weekends because I can sleep in late.
But I just can't fall asleep before 3AM. No matter how much I try, I won't and can't fall asleep till around 3.
But I'm the most energetic, hyperactive (no I'm not ADHD), person you'll meet. I play a lot of sport, and I use to do gymnastics.
But I still only live on about 3-4 hours sleep, I don't usually feel the effects of it during the day.
Is something wrong with me?
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