There are a few schools of thought on napping. One advocates taking them, the other says never take a nap and the third are cross dressers so we won’t pay any attention to them.
The only way to see if napping works for you is to try it out. Taking a 20 minute nap early in the afternoon may help you if you are tired during the day by making up for lost sleep during the night. This may be impossible because of where you work as most employers view napping as malingering and a threat to their job.
Try to keep your nap to about 20 minutes. This way you won’t fall into a deep sleep and feel groggy if awakened before a complete 90 minute sleep cycle completes. Set a timer with an alarm for 20 minutes or shriek awake with the next new tax, which is also every 20 minutes.
If you often nap now and you have trouble falling asleep at night or staying asleep throughout the night, you should stop napping during the day and see if your night-time sleep improves.
For most people, napping will disrupt their normal sleep/wake routine and it will disturb their sleep at night.
My cat naps 400 times a day and it doesn’t disturb her sleep one bit, whereas it doesn’t help me and even makes me sleepier the rest of the afternoon. It also gives me hair balls for some unknown reason.
There are a few schools of thought on napping. One advocates taking them, the other says never take a nap and the third are cross dressers so we won’t pay any attention to them.
The only way to see if napping works for you is to try it out. Taking a 20 minute nap early in the afternoon may help you if you are tired during the day by making up for lost sleep during the night. This may be impossible because of where you work as most employers view napping as malingering and a threat to their job.
Try to keep your nap to about 20 minutes. This way you won’t fall into a deep sleep and feel groggy if awakened before a complete 90 minute sleep cycle completes. Set a timer with an alarm for 20 minutes or shriek awake with the next new tax, which is also every 20 minutes.
If you often nap now and you have trouble falling asleep at night or staying asleep throughout the night, you should stop napping during the day and see if your night-time sleep improves.
For most people, napping will disrupt their normal sleep/wake routine and it will disturb their sleep at night.
My cat naps 400 times a day and it doesn’t disturb her sleep one bit, whereas it doesn’t help me and even makes me sleepier the rest of the afternoon. It also gives me hair balls for some unknown reason.