How many hours of sleep do you need to feel good and refreshed?  Do you feel tired much of the time?
476572
I need 8 hours of sleep to wake refreshed. And I still feel tired most of the time.
712312
yeah in the sun during the day you have a couple then you lay down for a while and you wake up grabbing your pants swearing and cursing thinking you're late for work. Its not til after your shower you realise you've got about twelve hours before you got to clock on.....................\nso now you are fully refreshed, all caught up on your sleep what  do you do all night?!?!??
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.
183671
i know it's lame, but try sleeping a little earlier. if you're not staying up for something important, sleeping earlier will help. make sure you're getting enough sleep for you. it's not necessarily 8 hours, but however long your body needs, that could be 6. you can feel tired if you get too much sleep. try waking up at the same time every morning to regulate you sleep cycle. make sure you're comfortable while you're sleeping. and try not drinking caffeine from late afternoon and at night so you don't have problems sleeping.
922226
Eight hours of a restful night and 10 hours in the bed if you wake up one to two times in the middle of the night............The sounder you sleep the less slept you need................Even six is good if you have a peaceful nights sleep.........................
367620
The mind requires time to refresh.  Nine hours for a school aged child gives the body and the mind enough time to relax.  I think that everyone should get at least that much rest.  Try it for a week yourself, you'll be amazed at how much better you feel during the day!
1087084
it isn't until we have had 4 hours interrupt sleep, that our minds can unwind....{ we must attain REM state of sleep...to process}\n\nthe body can go for days...\n\nbut the mind can not...\nso get it at least 5...and you will feel refreshed..
1133904
Don't worry about the number of hours you're sleeping; think about how you feel in the morning, as well as how easily you get tired as the day goes on.  If you're comfortable with your level of energy, then that's the right amount of sleep for you.  And of course, it can change depending on how physically & mentally active you are.  In addition, the average person needs less sleep as they get older.
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.
877354
Eight hours is plenty of sleep.  Most teenagers get MUCH less than that, but for most adults and teenagers, the recommended amount is 8-10, I think, and it varies from person to person.\n\nGetting too little sleep, of course, leaves you tired through the day.  However, it is possible to get too much sleep (although that seems IMPOSSIBLE to those of us who are sleep deprived), and that can leave you feeling groggy and wishing you had more.\n\nIf you're waking up feeling rested, you're probably just fine.  You may want to talk to your doctor (or a trainer, if you have one) to make sure, or if you are waking up still feeling tired.
869703
Do you get a regular 8 hours sleep a night?\nAnd drink 2 litres of water a day?\nEat a load of leafy greens?\nMeditate or just take time out?
833717
its technically impossible to catch up on your sleep -- what you lost you lost.  you sleep more out of exhaustion.  try to add some more sleep into your week on a regular basis.  it a best to sleep 8-9 hours on a regular schedule and deviate as little as possible. people that tell you less than 8 are nuts. you need sleep. you will look better and feel better when you get enough sleep.
643641
It depends how many hours you need - people vary mostly between 6 and 9 hours.\n\nIf you are getting all you as an individual need you will not get depressed, fat or otherwise - well at least not from sleep deprivation!\n\nYou wont get older faster but if you are sleep deprived it might feel that way!!
291656
everybody is different. I found out that some people can get by with 6 hours while others need 10 (average 8.) I'm in the 10 hour range, so I have to sleep around 10-10:30.
553757
drink more water, your body needs about 4 liters a day.  make sure your exercising, go for walks/runs/bike rides/swim, this will make you a little more tired, and get yourself on a sleeping schedule if this is possible with your life.  You need 8 hours of sleep a night for your body to be healthy and function correctly.  Give yourself some down time for 45 minutes before bed, don't eat or work out for a few hours before sleep.  Perhaps find some sort of aromatherapy that will help you get to sleep or take a hot bath.  You just need to be more relaxed.  Hope this helps.
102194
For most adults, yes.  I think a lot of people sleep too much, either because they are avoiding life, or because they are wearing themselves out in the daytime.  Did you know, by the way, that if you nap in short segments, you need less total sleep time?  Try taking a nap soon after dinner, for an hour or two, and then stay up until you are really sleepy.  Even if you have to get up to an alarm clock in the wee small hours of the morning, you will probably be more refreshed than if you went to bed approximately 7 to 8 hours before the alarm is due to go off.\n\nRemember, too, that wake/sleep cycles are as individual as everything else about human beings.  We can learn something from the ways of others, but ultimately we must each find what makes us feel the best.  Life is an experiment, and you are your own guinea pig.
899029
if you go sleep at 9 pm, and wake up at 6 am, you are getting 9 hours of sleep, which is plenty. If you are still feeling tired, think about why. Are you eating healthy food? enough iron? enough excercise?