Exactly how much sleep do you need in a day?

[Marvin]

Hi All,

The amount of sleep a person needs actually depends on the age and amount of physical and mental activity a person engages to. For example, a child who does not perform any exhausting task and undergoing a period of rapid growth needs 16 to 18 hours of sleep.

The same thing applies to youngsters who are experiencing the biological challenges of puberty. More often than not they require at least 9 hours of sleep every night for that matter. Adults, on the other hand, requires 7 to 8 hours of sleep a day but changes if one engages to a vigorous activity which requires too much physical strength. From this figures alone, we can see that sleep necessity varies from person to person.

Marvin.

[Marvin]

Hi all, some more information about sleep,

After the first stage has ended, which is a transitional stage between waking and sleeping, the second stage, begins. Many researchers see this second stage as the actual beginning of sleep. The third and fourth stages are often referred to together as the stage of deep-sleep.

After a renewed transitional phase between waking and sleeping, there follows a totally new sleep quality, the so-called REM phase (dream-phase). Then a new cycle begins. In one night, this cycle is repeated four or five times.

The deepest sleep phases occur in the first two sleep cycles. In contrast, the REM phases become longer with each succeeding cycle. Stages one through four (non-REM sleep) make up approximately 70 to 80% of the whole sleeping period; REM sleep accounts for about twenty to thirty percent.

Roughly every ninety minutes a REM phase occurs which lasts twenty minutes on average but increases in length throughout the night. Deep sleep and REM sleep demonstrate a counteractive duration.

After the first stage of falling asleep, sleep is deeper and therefore it is more difficult to awaken a person. Physical regeneration occurs mainly during the first stage. Towards the end of the night, dreams and soul-spiritual regeneration are at the forefront.

Marvin.

[Marvin]

Hello everyone I am adding this helpful sleep test to this post which will help you to know whether you have sleep disorder or not at the same time not in any sleep clinic but in your home.

If you are curious as to what your sleep requirements are, even though you do have any sleeping problems, then you can conduct your own private experiment, best carried out on a holiday, when you are not pressured for time, stressed, or unable to establish a fixed routine.

The procedure is simple. It is designed to pinpoint what time you would wake if you could respond only to your own requirements. Go to bed at the same time every night for two weeks, keeping a note of how long it took you to fall asleep and what time you woke up.

Do not use an alarm clock. This test is designed to establish at what time you would wake naturally. Expect to sleep longer than usual the first few days or so. Your body may need a while to make up the deficit if you have been working hard or sleeping less than you should.

An overall pattern should emerge after two weeks, and you can work out more correctly what time you should be going to bed and how much sleep you actually require.

According, you can then adjust your sleeping habits. For suppose, if it takes one and a half hours to fall asleep, then it could a problem of circadian rhythm. In such case, give up trying to defeat your biological clock and delay your bedtime consequently.

Marvin.

[sandip260382]

Hey Marvin,
I too thinks like you amount of sleep depends on the particular . But sad to inform you, after retirement in last year, i am having horrible insomnia. From that time upto now, i could not have any peaceful night. Whenever I try to sleep, my financial handicaps due to premature retirement covers up my mind .I tried hard to overcome this crisis, but without any success. Can anyone tell me what can i do?

[Marvin]

Hello Sandip,

One important cause of sleep problems in older people is lack of nutrients and minerals. Lack of nutrients and magnesium disturbs your sleep. Magnesium, calcium and other nutrients have health advantages which includes calmer nervous system, strong immune system and improved digestion.

When it comes to your problem, it is your financial problems...thinking about them while you sleep is not going to stop those problems....bed room's use is to sleep and sex not to think or watch TV. When you enter into the bed room, the next thing you have to do is sleep...if you get enough sleep then it wont be hard for you to think about your financial problem in the day time and you can also fix them. When you think fresh with a fresh mind then you will find ways to fix problems...

Marvin.

[BellaVega]

While I'm familiar with the amount of sleep being 7-8 hours, what I wonder is what does 7-8 hours actually mean? I sleep for 7-8 hours but I wake up several times in the night. Should sleep also be rated on the quality of the sleep and the time of sleep?

[Claudine]

I depends from individual to individual.

I sleep for about 9 hours and I feel good.

Sometimes, when I don't get that much, I find myself a bit less active in my daytime activities.

The ideal time could be from 7 to 8 hour but it depends.