Sleep and you!

[schmevil]

As a dedicated non-sleeper with just about every sleep-related dysfunction known to man, I'm ridiculously interested in sleep.

Tell me all your secrets about your sleeping patterns. Or just fill out this poll!

[Poll #1333570]

Comments

[crimsonquills.livejournal.com]

I should note that while I'm pretty sure I normally get 7-8 hours of sleep, I really need 8.5-9 hours. My designated bedtime is 8.5 hours before my alarm is set...but it usually takes me at least half an hour to drop off (that's normal; I don't consider it "trouble getting to sleep"...trouble is when it takes me four hour O.o), so I'm only actually getting 7-8. I really should be going to bed at 9 or 9:30, but it's hard enough to get to bed by 10pm. :-(

[tammylee.livejournal.com]

I also lucid dream and have episodes of sleep paralysis.
XD

[lasultrix.livejournal.com]

I put 'often' for nightmares, despite the fact that they're completely related to RL. RL not stressful: nary a nightmare in sight. RL stressful, which it has been for the past year: frequent nightmares.

I used to joke with my ex about how he was such a lazy bastard in the mornings, but recently I realised that he actually has a serious sleep problem. He says it generally takes him about 90 minutes to get to sleep. When he leaves college and hits a 9-5 job, he's going to have to try to do something about that.

[kay-taylor.livejournal.com]

When I'm stressed at work, I have hideous problems sleeping: in particular, racing-thumping-heart and racing-thumping-thoughts when I'm trying to get to sleep, and then suddenly becoming WIDE AWAKE several times a night. I always remember my dreams, which are frequently nightmares, and often weird "recurring location" lucid-type dreams in which I'm in a place (a completely imaginary place!) which I know my way around and could describe perfectly - and draw a map of - once I wake up. I have about 5 locations I know very well (a couple of towns, a landscape, a wood...) and I've never heard of anyone else experiencing this. Of course, it makes running away from nightmare monsters all the easier, as I know where everything is!

[ratboy-krycek.livejournal.com]

I actually stay up for a couple of days at a time, and have a little recovery time. I don't know which time zone I'm living in.