FabSwingers.com forum: do we need sleep is it a prerequisite of life?

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

can we exist quite happily without it, i appear to do you?

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By *hezuMan
over a year ago

London

Yes

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By *asmeenTV/TS
over a year ago

STOKE ON TRENT

Yes we need sleep to function etc

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Without doubt we need sleep...vital to a healthy life..trust me, insomnia is the worst thing in the world, all you crave is to sleep...a human body needs downtime...mine used to go a few weeks on 2 hours sleep BUT it would crash n burn and I would sleep for way too many hours in one period..and that was a regular cycle for many years and it's not pleasant

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By *hubaysiWoman
over a year ago

Leeds

"can we exist quite happily without it, i appear to do you?

Nope

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sleep is for the weak

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Without doubt we need sleep...vital to a healthy life..trust me, insomnia is the worst thing in the world, all you crave is to sleep...a human body needs downtime...mine used to go a few weeks on 2 hours sleep BUT it would crash n burn and I would sleep for way too many hours in one period..and that was a regular cycle for many years and it's not pleasant

This

Average 3-4 hours if lucky, but not all at once, usually in hour or so naps.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

There is so much research out there to read, whilst you're not sleeping, that all proves the importance of sleep ... take a look

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By *luebell888Woman
over a year ago

Glasgowish

We all need sleep. The more i get the worse i feel though. I can happily function well on 5hrs.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"There is so much research out there to read, whilst you're not sleeping, that all proves the importance of sleep ... take a look

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im working now, too late

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Im fast asleep now !

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By *asmeenTV/TS
over a year ago

STOKE ON TRENT

"can we exist quite happily without it, i appear to do you?

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So you don't sleep

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By *asmeenTV/TS
over a year ago

STOKE ON TRENT

No sleep = zombie mode

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"can we exist quite happily without it, i appear to do you?

So you don't sleep "
twit twoo

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By *asmeenTV/TS
over a year ago

STOKE ON TRENT

"can we exist quite happily without it, i appear to do you?

So you don't sleep twit twoo

Naught boy x

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"can we exist quite happily without it, i appear to do you?

So you don't sleep twit twoo

Naught boy x"
most definitely

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By *asmeenTV/TS
over a year ago

STOKE ON TRENT

"can we exist quite happily without it, i appear to do you?

So you don't sleep twit twoo

Naught boy xmost definitely

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rest Darling rest

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"can we exist quite happily without it, i appear to do you?

So you don't sleep twit twoo

Naught boy xmost definitely

rest Darling rest

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im at work and petes a slave driver i tell you

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yes we do,though I seem to manage on a couple of hours sleep

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By *nabelle21Woman
over a year ago

B38

"can we exist quite happily without it, i appear to do you?

Ah so some of your musings on here are from being sleep deprivated ..I get it now

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I need sleep and lots of it.

Everyone needs me to have sleep, me without sleep is not pretty, its worse than a hungry me.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I sleep like a log. Must be my clean conscience, haha

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By *nabelle21Woman
over a year ago

B38

"I need sleep and lots of it.

Everyone needs me to have sleep, me without sleep is not pretty, its worse than a hungry me. "

Have a nap and a kit kat...I'm miserable if I've not slept properly

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sleep is always needed, when no sleep i get ratty and nowty

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Italians sleep with the fishes

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I don't get enough. I can go so long on very little but then I become like an irritable child.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If u would like me to murder keep me up 48hrs solid

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

As someone who has suffered with insomnia for nearly 30 years, I can say that we most definitely need sleep.

I actually managed to get a pretty decent nights sleep last night and I feel so much better this morning (compared to yesterday morning)because of it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

There's many medical studies/reports out there that discuss the effects of sleeplessness. Ranging from short term mental health effects, through to fatal consequences.

I feel for anyone who suffers insomnia, it must be so debilitating.

Look after yourselves folks, get the sleep your body and mind absolutely needs.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

As an insomniac myself, it’s so Feckin horrible! Sometimes two to three days and it hurts! But can fall asleep driving home !!

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By *iss.RedWoman
over a year ago

somewhere

I can't function without sleep

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I need about 7 hours a night

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By *partharmonyCouple
over a year ago

Ruislip

There was an experiment I read about involving rats where they deprived them of all sleep and the rats died as a result.

There is also a hereditary illness I have read about in which a person gradually loses the ability to sleep. Eventually they are unable to sleep at all and they die.

So yes, sleep is essential for human life.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

In a similar vein..

why do we dream !

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By *an_LexaCouple
over a year ago

Sunderland

There are some days I’m asleep more than I’m awake

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

If I have a bad night's sleep or very little of it, I'm completely fucked for the day. Of course we need sleep.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We very much need sleep. Otherwise it wouldn’t be a thing we do.

Research on animals shows that they die after a long period without sleep.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Sleep is for the weak "
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i can sleep for a week

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"can we exist quite happily without it, i appear to do you?

Ah so some of your musings on here are from being sleep deprivated ..I get it now

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i'm depraved

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By *ylvie 888Woman
over a year ago

Cleethorpes

I need my 8 hours!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I never get a “decent” night’s sleep as I’m an insomniac, but I’m also a mum, and my oldest child is severely autistic with no sleep pattern, so I can’t rely on anything medicinal to help me as I need to be able to wake should my girls wake, so broken sleep is the norm for me.

I once went 73 hours with no sleep, trying to study in uni as she hadn’t slept. I ended up crying and felt physically sick in a lecture- not good.

When I eventually qualified I was taken aback by the fact that, in the medical profession, we lecture about the need for sleep and it’s holistic benefits, yet don’t seem to care that our staff are often doing erratic work patterns, and as such have erratic sleep patterns, and ignore the physical and psychological impact that can have on them, and as such the potential negative effect upon our patients.

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By *lderamDarkMan
over a year ago

Bromsgrove

Over time with my job my body has got used to functioning on 3 to 4 hours sleep but it does say that the less sleep you get the night before the less enthusiastic you are the next day

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
over a year ago

Central

We're not fully clear what sleep is all about but it seems that we need it to be healthy, as well as to support learning and memory.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"I never get a “decent” night’s sleep as I’m an insomniac, but I’m also a mum, and my oldest child is severely autistic with no sleep pattern, so I can’t rely on anything medicinal to help me as I need to be able to wake should my girls wake, so broken sleep is the norm for me.

I once went 73 hours with no sleep, trying to study in uni as she hadn’t slept. I ended up crying and felt physically sick in a lecture- not good.

Sleep is a fundamental need, but one we all neglect at times xx I need sleep, but struggle to get it, hence often running on nervous energy, then hitting a wall and feeling overtired and emotional x Viv x"
ive had similar but i find that working physically hard really helps me anyway, i still only need a few hours to function properly

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"ive had similar but i find that working physically hard really helps me anyway, i still only need a few hours to function properly" ...

You think you function properly because you're used to little sleep but the fact is you're not functioning properly and it's harmful to your health ... says she awake at 4.52

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

""ive had similar but i find that working physically hard really helps me anyway, i still only need a few hours to function properly" ...

You think you function properly because you're used to little sleep but the fact is you're not functioning properly and it's harmful to your health ... says she awake at 4.52

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i function fine im happy even at 3.30am

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I once went 73 hours with no sleep, trying to study in uni as she hadn’t slept. I ended up crying and felt physically sick in a lecture- not good.

Sleep is a fundamental need, but one we all neglect at times xx I need sleep, but struggle to get it, hence often running on nervous energy, then hitting a wall and feeling overtired and emotional x Viv xive had similar but i find that working physically hard really helps me anyway, i still only need a few hours to function properly

Haha, maybe that’s where I’m going wrong. In the couple of hours respite I get a day I should get a job as a lumberjack or something

I’m obviously joking, I only get an hour on a Thursday, and I would hate the footwear, haha. If it works for you then it’s all good, but it’s still something I’d be concerned about. Our bodies need rest and sleep, look after you and make sure you have reserves for if the time comes that you do hit that wall. Recovery time for people who run on empty, if they become ill, can take longer x Viv x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We definitely need sleep. I don't function at my best unless I get a good 7-8 hours. I can get by with less as a one-off, but I'll be miserable and scatty and I'll probably fall asleep at my desk

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By *rumpyMcFuckNuggetMan
over a year ago

Den of Iniquity

I never get enough as I have a dog that fidgets all fuckin night.

Most of the time I nod off whils

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By *pursChick aka ShortieWoman
over a year ago

On a mooch

Your body needs to recover somehow. I find I’m needing less and less... 2-4 hours is my norm these days

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By *amissCouple
over a year ago

chelmsford

About 6 hours does me nowadays. As long as it is quality sleep, I'm fine with that

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

EVERYBODY sleeps at some point.

You'd die without it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

God yes. I’m useless without my 8 hours

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I love sleep! naps, more naps then sleep at night,

one of the best things about being on sabbatical

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By *evil_u_knowMan
over a year ago

city

You die without sleep.

There is a condition you can get where you wont sleep, you will never sleep again, and it kills you. There is no cure for it.

It starts something similar to insomnia, but insomniacs often "micro sleep" they dont actually know they are sleeping. They can crash their car thinking they were awake the whole time. Micros sleep feels like a heavy blink.

With people with the condition it starts like this, their sleep goes down to zero, it then goes to micro sleeps, it then stops.

This period can only ever last a few months. However the person you know will be gone within a week.

They will become irritable, they will become agitated, their whole behavior will change. They will literally tell you non stop that they are exhausted. They will feel drained all the time.

They then progress into total madness.

The death of these people has never been witnessed by anyone. Everyone found with it has reached a point where they have stood up and walked off. Just stand up, walk off and are found dead somewhere.

It must be a very hard thing to see a loved one go through.

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By *hatYorkLadMan
over a year ago

York

I've gone over 48 hours with no sleep many times with the military, things start getting weird like hallucinating people in the trees through your night sight or hearing radio beeps and chatter that isn't there. I sleep like a log when I get back from exercise though!

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By *ibblingnewtWoman
over a year ago

by the sea

We need sleep to have our dreams and for our beauty

And on the medical side it gives our hearts a rest, brain activity lowers and we make a chemical called gama that soothes us, our body goes into repair each night, the old saying is a baby needs sleep to grow is actually true, cells multiple better die to the various chemicals released when body is resting, our body temperature drops when sleeping we must have all have woken up very cold during the night this is all energy saving for replenishing our whole being body and mind

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"About 6 hours does me nowadays. As long as it is quality sleep, I'm fine with that

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when i fall asleep in the M&S restaurant i feel ive had a quality sleep

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By *amissCouple
over a year ago

chelmsford

"About 6 hours does me nowadays. As long as it is quality sleep, I'm fine with that

when i fall asleep in the M&S restaurant i feel ive had a quality sleep

Haha

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By *lex46TV/TS
over a year ago

Near Wells

I need sleep and lots of it, at least 7 or 8 hours.

My job is quite physical and involves long hours, I never have trouble sleeping and struggle to get up in the morning.

When I'm short of sleep, my body aches, my brain feels like exploding and I'm the worst person to be around with

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

for me sleeping has always been a waste of life ive always got up early all my life, got my kids up early as long as i was allowed to and got out and did things max sleep for me is 5 hours and have Always had a constant happy mood

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