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Causes of oversleeping?
Self | 20 July 2007 | tlj18

Posted on 07/20/2007 2:09:28 PM PDT by tlj18

I have a question for you all. I'm kind of curious. I have a tendancy to sleep for very long periods of time when I don't set my alarm or sleep through my alarm. I will almost always sleep for around 12 hours without an alarm. I can get up no problem without the alarm. Normal people might sleep for 8 hours. Two nights ago I slept for about 15 hours, although I was up for 34 hours before that (that has made this whole week hard to keep track of what happened in what day :-) ). Yesterday I was up for 15 hours, then slept for 11 hours. Yeah, 34 hours is a lot, but still that amount of sleep is typical, unfortunately. I have enormous resistance to seek medical help, considering my occupation (Soldier) and my aspirations (U.S. Army Special Forces). I suppose it could be stress-related. I'm somewhat vulnerable to stress, but I will get the mission accomplished, no matter the stress level or other intervening stuff.

Any ideas?


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To: agrace

Well, though, I must admit that I am more of a night person than a morning person. In the morning, I may have faster reaction times, but in the evening, I can think much clearer.


81 posted on 07/20/2007 8:35:55 PM PDT by tlj18 (There's soldiers - and then there are soldiers. Many may be the former - but don't let it be you!!!)
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To: tlj18

Do you work in the Power trades?


82 posted on 07/20/2007 8:39:12 PM PDT by Little Bill (Welcome to the Newly Socialist State of New Hampshire)
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To: janereinheimer

True, although external cues (daylight, temperature changes, birds making noise, etc.) are a natural part of our sleep/wake cycle system, so I don’t know that the results one gets when they’re removed provide any reliable information about what amount of sleep is “natural”. And of course, at the turn of the century, the vast majority of people were still spending most of their day engaged in fairly vigorous manual labor of one sort of another, and quite possible needed more sleep than if they’d been leading a less physically demanding life.

One thing that is certainly natural is to sleep more in the winter (i.e. when nights are longer), and less in the summer. That is a factor that’s been pretty much wiped out by the combination of convenient electric lighting everywhere, and work and school schedules which are fixed year-round.


83 posted on 07/20/2007 9:04:54 PM PDT by GovernmentShrinker
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To: Little Bill

Power trades?


84 posted on 07/20/2007 9:44:07 PM PDT by tlj18 (There's soldiers - and then there are soldiers. Many may be the former - but don't let it be you!!!)
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To: Orange1998

Scared the crap out of my wife who had never seen me curl up into a fetal position because of pain...


85 posted on 07/20/2007 10:45:47 PM PDT by Walkingfeather (u)
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To: tlj18; Thinkin' Gal; aculeus

If you work your a@@ off for about ten hours a day this problem will subside.


86 posted on 07/20/2007 10:53:40 PM PDT by Lijahsbubbe
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To: tlj18

bflr


87 posted on 07/20/2007 10:55:09 PM PDT by Captainpaintball
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To: tlj18

OOps. Big mistake. Saw that you are a soldier. Withdraw my comment. Hope you find relief.


88 posted on 07/20/2007 10:56:16 PM PDT by Lijahsbubbe
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To: tlj18
I recently moved into a new house and got this luxury queen bed with 400 count combed cotton sheets and you can't blast me awake with an F5 twister.

Make sure you sleep uncomfortably. Like where your ribs hurt and your knees jam up and your arm falls asleep . I used to be able to get up early before I fell into this despicable bliss.

89 posted on 07/20/2007 11:17:40 PM PDT by txhurl
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To: txflake

I recently got a new pillow top mattress, firm underneath and some high count cotton sheets (1000 count from Sam’s club) FABULOUS sleeping now.


90 posted on 07/21/2007 10:27:50 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: tlj18

I always dream in color (peas in a pod, no?). Flight dreams are the best. Although I do really enjoy underwater dreams. Remember you are in control in your dreams. When you forget that they become nightmares. You might find at times that you are partially awake when you start to take control. Just relax, take control and enjoy the show. Please fell free to laugh at my analogy, but I liken it to the Matrix. You are the One.


91 posted on 07/21/2007 1:59:43 PM PDT by gaemes
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To: processing please hold
Thanks for the laugh. :)

Don't mention it. I would have responded sooner, but I just woke up.

92 posted on 07/22/2007 3:28:32 PM PDT by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911)
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To: Ditter
I went out last night with a few of my civilian friends, and two of the three said that without an alarm, they will normally sleep 12+ hours. So is probably is somewhat natural for me! As long as I have an alarm, I'm OK. Since I joined the military, I've gotten used to sleeping just 5-6 hours a night, and sometimes less (as a civilian, I would usually get at least 7 hours a night). It was easy to get away with minimal sleep during Basic Training, since you were moving around and doing stuff all the time, sluggishness would get you yelled out, put in the front leaning rest, etc.

Although, I had a generally intellectual AIT, so you got sleepier a lot more. Some people would take caffeine pills and the like. I strongly resisted energy drinks until the very end (Full Throttle was my specialty). But I quit it on the very last day of school, and won't touch it again unless I have to (I mean, really have to). If you sit down in front of a computer dispassionately for many, many hours, the sleep monster will get you. Guaranteed. Especially when concentrating on what you're doing is counterproductive (i.e., copying Morse Code)...

93 posted on 07/27/2007 1:51:52 PM PDT by tlj18 (There's soldiers - and then there are soldiers. Many may be the former - but don't let it be you!!!)
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