So does anybody else REALLY suck at napping?

[Phosphor Glow]

Okay, so I tried really hard to fall asleep last night...and unfortunately that happened to fail. So I basically decide that I'm just gonna stay up all day...after about 8 there's really no point in sleeping.

But at about noon I started to get REALLY tired. I could barely keep my eyes open...so I decided I was gonna take a nap. I had my alarm set for 2...so I wasn't going to be very long...I hate sleeping for a long time in the afternoon, it just makes me feel bad for some reason.

But I end up waking up, looking at the clock and realizing it's 4:30. I have no idea if my alarm ever went off or not, it has a bad habit of doing the latter...but in any case I really suck at napping.

...no, I don't know what the point of this was, either.

[The Raven]

I'm nocturnal by nature, so I am the same way.

[kunswwfmark]

I'm really good at napping. In fact, it's about 6pm here, and I'm kind of tired, so I think I'll sleep for an hour or so.

[The Line]

I usually can't nap. And when I do, I wake up with a headache and a tinny taste in my mouth.

[Chris Decker-The Wild Rover]

oh man, napping is one of my favorite things to do

[Dr. T is an alien]

tristememoire said:

Okay, so I tried really hard to fall asleep last night...and unfortunately that happened to fail. So I basically decide that I'm just gonna stay up all day...after about 8 there's really no point in sleeping.

But at about noon I started to get REALLY tired. I could barely keep my eyes open...so I decided I was gonna take a nap. I had my alarm set for 2...so I wasn't going to be very long...I hate sleeping for a long time in the afternoon, it just makes me feel bad for some reason.

But I end up waking up, looking at the clock and realizing it's 4:30. I have no idea if my alarm ever went off or not, it has a bad habit of doing the latter...but in any case I really suck at napping.

...no, I don't know what the point of this was, either.

You might have avoided this by getting to sleep the night before. Roll over and wake up your girlfriend for a quick one (mind you, SHE won't be able to sleep afterwards), or if that isn't going to happen, well, you know.

[Phosphor Glow]

thebluedevil said:

I usually can't nap. And when I do, I wake up with a headache and a tinny taste in my mouth.

Same damn thing happens to me. As a matter of fact I'm feeling like that right now...terrible taste in my mouth and my head is beginning to hurt. Dunno why it's always that way, but it is.

[jcdenton]

I can go 3 hours when I nap, thats about it

[The Line]

tristememoire said:

thebluedevil said:

I usually can't nap. And when I do, I wake up with a headache and a tinny taste in my mouth.

Same damn thing happens to me. As a matter of fact I'm feeling like that right now...terrible taste in my mouth and my head is beginning to hurt. Dunno why it's always that way, but it is.

thats weird. I've described this to a lot of people, and no one else seems to have no idea what I am talking about. I am glad I am not alone.

[The Raven]

I have the same problem Andy.

[The Line]

And for all these years I thought I was alone.

[ThePhantom86]

This is one thing you get better at when you get older. I used to not be able to take a nap when I was younger, I'm 26 now. Naps can be good but I only take them when I don't have to go to work because I don't want to be late.

['Foretold' Joker]

I don't nap, I sleep!!

[Phosphor Glow]

Hm. I think I've actually gotten WORSE at them over the years. A few years back I could actually nap and not feel like crap, and I wouldn't sleep for any longer than about an hour and a half, sometimes two. Now I can't do it to save my life...I apparently sleep right through alarms, or the TV mysteriously turning on, or various other crap that happens. Hell, I have this terrible habit of flipping the switch on my alarm in my sleep, instead of hitting snooze...so that doesn't help matters. I really need to move my clock across the room or something.

[G✇JI☈A]

I have trouble napping as well.

I find if you watch some TV that usaully helps you get the ZZZs. Dosen't matter what you put on.

[Phosphor Glow]

haha...sometimes that works for me, but pretty rarely. Tried it last night and it didn't do much for me...tried listening to music...nothin'. Dunno, guess it was just a horrible night for sleeping.

[Bill.]

I always feel tired at school, even if I do get 8 hours of sleep.

[Shy Guy]

me and napping are like....

canadians and hockey. we just go together, and we go together great.

[iwchater]

drtompki said:

tristememoire said:

Okay, so I tried really hard to fall asleep last night...and unfortunately that happened to fail. So I basically decide that I'm just gonna stay up all day...after about 8 there's really no point in sleeping.

But at about noon I started to get REALLY tired. I could barely keep my eyes open...so I decided I was gonna take a nap. I had my alarm set for 2...so I wasn't going to be very long...I hate sleeping for a long time in the afternoon, it just makes me feel bad for some reason.

But I end up waking up, looking at the clock and realizing it's 4:30. I have no idea if my alarm ever went off or not, it has a bad habit of doing the latter...but in any case I really suck at napping.

...no, I don't know what the point of this was, either.

You might have avoided this by getting to sleep the night before. Roll over and wake up your girlfriend for a quick one (mind you, SHE won't be able to sleep afterwards), or if that isn't going to happen, well, you know.

QFT

[Phosphor Glow]

raptorjesus543 said:

I always feel tired at school, even if I do get 8 hours of sleep.

I was the same way when I was in school...no matter how much sleep I got, I still managed to get spectacularly tired in one or two classes every day. To this day I have no idea why.