Sleep! .. .. 2 hours? or 8 hours?
410637
I don't think I could do it, as I would be awake at night and nobody else would be. Also, I'd have to fit it around college lessons.
534149
Sleep, "Six hours for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool " Don't vote for the fool who answered this first!
274786
OK, there, time for some sleep now!
54845
This is an interesting one which I think depends on what we THINK we need. Most folk in UK seem to generally consider we need 8 hours or thereabouts. I joined a group once which stated that if you needed more than 4 hours there was something the matter with you. This struck me as quite ridiculous on first hearing it but I gradually realised that our perception and conditioning are an enormous influence. I now KNOW I can manage quite well with 5 or 4 hours but have the capacity to sleep for 12 hours too. I am truly blessed to be able to drop off almost the minute my head touches the pillow.
107035
sleep... I work 3rd shift!!!!
918779
I get about 6 hours on an average night.  I am a light sleeper and I tend to wake up and not be able to fall asleep again.  At my best I get 8-9.  I am a young adult.
430484
Although it’s a common belief that 8 hours of sleep is required for optimal health, a six-year study of more than one million adults ages 30 to 102 has shown that people who get only 6 to 7 hours a night have a lower death rate. Individuals who sleep 8 hours or more, or less than 4 hours a night, were shown to have a significantly increased death rate compared to those who averaged 6 to 7 hours.
1116997
First of all, 10 hours a day is a bit much in the first place.  Average human beings require 8-9 hours per night, and many health professionals warn against less than 7, so I would NOT recommend you sleeping just 6!  However, many, many people sleep 6 hours or even less, despite the dangerous health problems they risk, so it depends on your motives: what could possibly warrant starving yourself of sleep?
128424
11:45 here in NY and I don't go to bed. I stay up all night answering yahoo answers questions. (a few minutes passed by sine you posted your question.) Oops, now it's 11:46! Time flies!!!
1004319
Depends on your age! The average is about eight hours for anyone under the age of 18. Above that is 6-7 hours. But if you feel like you need to sleep longer or shorter lengths, it's all up to you! Some days I sleep for five hours, others almost ten to twelve!
156931
well that all depends on when they have to get up.\n if your child has to be awake at 6 shoot for 9 or so\nPersonally i would give them 8 hours 10 if they have ISTEP or an assesment test. because no one needs more than 10 hours of sleep unless they are bed-ridden or a cat (and even then they dont NEED it)
966286
What is the right amount of sleep?? but most importantly, what are the right hours to sleep?? If you sleep 8 hrs per day but you go to bed at 1 am do not expect that it is the same as iif you had gone for sleep, say at 11 pm . There is evidence that there is an optimum 8 hrs of rest and that is between 10pm and 6 am the next day, since it is during those hrs that our body takes inventory of what is missing and goes about replenishing it. Meaning if you are out and about during those hrs, not only you are not replenishing but you are 'spending' also additional energy/ body resources at a time when your body is not really prepared to do so. Do not expect such advice to be widely disseminated in our electricity frenzied societies, however if you ask any honest phsyician, they will tell you so.\n\nI have been trying lately (the last 2 months or so) to at least prepare for bedtime at 10 pm, and be under the covers by 11pm the latest, during working days. I still feel drained at times, but I also began to feel a little better during other moments. (It also shows a little in my face too)\n\nAnother possibility of your being worn out, is that there may be some health condition that has not fully manifested. A first and easy step would be just some standard blood tests which are failry inexpensive, that will give you some indication of that, (if any exist)\nA third possibility is that we are all under some intense stress ( I hear more and more people complaining of feeling drained) which is putting us down
1122703
its recommended that adults get 7-8 hours of sleep a night hope this answers your question x
1136069
The 8 hour rule is rubbish - it's slightly different for everyone. I need 7.5 hours in order not to feel tired, but I have worked for months on end with about 6 to 7 hours a night.  My brother in comparison has always needed at least 8 hours minimum.\n\nBest way to test is to got to bed slightly earlier for a week or so. If you feel much better and yawn less at work the next day then you probably need that extra time in bed!\nIf you are still knackered then go to bed even earlier - etc.\n\nAnd there is also such thing as too long in bed. Well, there is for me...if I spend more than 10 hours in bed I'm like a zombie for the rest of the day!!
863947
Adult requires a minimum sleep of 6 hours a day, sleeps will seriously effect your health in a very big way, if you do not get enough sleep, your anxienty, stress level will increase with ease, your mind will not think properly and also that your health will deteriorate extremely fast. so please try not to sleep at the minimum of 6 hours, get a healthy 8 to 9 hours. \n\nIn Korea this guy died of being awake for 50 straight hours playing online game. A few cases has happend already. so Take care Cheers
597014
You sleep until your body feels rested. 8-9 hours is normal for some people. Your body may require that much. Sleeping too much is only a problem when it means that you are sick or if it is affecting your life.\n\nLet your body rest.
1088076
8 hours is recommended, but it really depends on each person. Some people can function properly with 5-6 hours and some can not. You should try sleeping less than 8 hours and see how much sleep you need.