Comments on: Do people really need to sleep?

By: Walter

Walter — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 23:28:54 +0000

There is a book – The Sleep Instinct – by Ray Meddis (available through Google Books) which examines ordinary people who need very little or no sleep. His conclusion is that we ‘need’ sleep the way bears need to hibernate, but that we do not need it in the same way that we need to eat.

By: glen

glen — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:19:22 +0000

I worked out after years of lucid dreaming that when i have them i am not really sleeping, many years ago i was in a lucid dream and i could think about the way i breath then a few months ago i was in a lucid dream when i got a phone call and i could listen to it ring as i was in a lucid dream i could make up my mind to bring myself out of of dreaming or just keep on dreaming,.. i did wake up and it felt like i was not sleeping but my mind could keep on dreaming with out sleep.

By: i have better things to do than sleep

i have better things to do than sleep — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 03:46:18 +0000

I agree with Caffeine. I hate sleeping, I can spend that time doing something. Like homework. Lol, but really, I don’t sleep a lot. Much to the opposite of what my ‘rents want.

By: Caffeine

Caffeine — Sat, 17 May 2008 03:00:13 +0000

Sleep is a waste of time and everyone knows it. I love sleep but even I know that you could do so much more with the 8 hours that you waste on sleep.
All humans except ones with sleeping dissorders spend 1/3 of their lives in sleep. So lets say that if your 85, then that means that you spend 28.3 years of your life in constant sleep. 28.3 years of accomplishing nothing.
No one is around on this planet forever, so you should be able to make the most of the time you have and be productive towards your own goals. But if your sleeping you cant do that….

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 23:32:17 +0000

Sleeping is weird.. it’s addictive. when I start taking naps in the middle of the day, I have to break out of them eventually. I could sleep all the time. I’m so lazy I guess or depressed? I sleep like a cat would. So without sleep for me would mean always being too awake in this treacherous world! If I miss sleep at night like have only 5 hours sleep, I get really wacky and can’t think, it’s like I did drugs or something.

By: raghuram

raghuram — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 02:39:46 +0000

i personally feel that we need to have REM dreams to have our life to continue.
i personally feel that a person taking early retirements from his work is facing more health problems than other person who is still trying to continue work,,,,,,,
for me Sleep is not so important but getting REM dreams is important,,,,,,
REM—-> RAPID EYE MOVEMENT
hence i love to have REM dream,,,,,,,,,,

By: Monica

Monica — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 20:23:24 +0000

I love to sleep all day and all nite!

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 17 Oct 2006 21:32:34 +0000

“…could not sleep at night after getting a fever in 1973.”

There’s your answer right there. He probably suffered some sort of brain damage from the fever.

Nowhere does say if he still has to rest sometimes, or if he goes into REM sleep-like stages while still appearing to be awake.

If we just need REM dreams, then I’d still rather be asleep for them.

By: Andy

Andy — Thu, 05 Oct 2006 05:56:53 +0000

Chris said,

March 3, 2006 at 12:59 am

I love sleeping

Hey Chris, how do you know- you sleep right through it all!! (Think about it..)

By: fredoh

fredoh — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 00:43:51 +0000

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