Is napping bad for you?

[@velily1]

my trouble is it takes me a while to get to sleep unless I have perfect settings, so if I set an alarm for 30 mins then I might still be awake when the alarm goes off

[@Danieloncarevic]

It's like I wrote the comment. I envy the ppl who can fall asleep within 30 seconds from laying in bed.

[@MrCanadianAviator]

Just lay down with the lights off will still give you some rest. It might not be as good as a full 30 min nap, its still better than being up and alert. For me, knowing this actually helped me sleep during naps cause I was less stressed about actually trying to nap. What I do is set the alarm for 20-30 min and just laydown. You'll still feel better at the end so don't stress about needing to fall asleep and just let yourself relax.

[@ummYeaShure]

Literally just did this earlier today, I'm like well I need to get 1:30 hrs of nap, but I don't fall asleep instantly lol. So i set my alarm for 1:50 and I did end up falling asleep somewhere in between. Waiting for the day humans get the panel update where we can just select sleep mode for 30 minutes and thats that. lolol

[@XxskidudekidxX]

@@Danieloncarevic Honestly, don’t even have the goal of falling asleep. I promise you, even 10-20 minutes of just laying still and resting your body can and will make you feel great getting up. Try it. Don’t go into it expecting to sleep, just resting your body and eyes

[@orirune3079]

@@XxskidudekidxX That doesn't work for me at all. It just makes me feel tired and sluggish.

[@TheMrMelodramatic]

So either 20 min nap or a full cycle 90 min nap. No in-between! 😂

[@oximas]

yep

[@Caleepo]

Dude this shit is real I just woke up from a 1 hour sleep, I feel like shit ngl

[@ronja4448]

That explains why I feel refreshed after that 1,5 hour long nap. Anything under that makes me feel like a zombie though.

[@pawpawart]

Maybe 29min nap?

[@julicm19]

Wdym 90 min I sleep for like two hours if I can, and take a shower right after to wake myself up quickly

[@jakequaza3567]

This is why i always set a 20 min timer to nap, otherwise i’ll regret it and feel awful

[@Eddiehoeweleryt]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5jQpYV8fbNpY5o 💨💨💨🔥🔥🔥

[@XxskidudekidxX]

If you ever feel like you’re tired after or didn’t get anything out of the nap, try random intervals for the timer too :) Sometimes I’ll set the timer for 17 minutes or 27 minutes to eek out just a few extra minutes of that sweet rest, depending on how exhausted I am or if I need to really grind out some work on personal projects. It gets really easy to tailor your nap to the day, but I really just keep it below 30 minutes, and usually more than 7 minutes.

[@rickrolled3666]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4fSgZ6Ge8mroqs Its finally here..

[@mashroom2927]

20 min is really a gorgeous choice This year i started setting my timer 30min and I’m regretting it cause i can’t help not going back to sleep, so i end up sleeping 2 hours

[@Thymed]

Takes me 20 minutes to fall asleep

[@danielbickford3458]

So under half an hour or above an hour and a half. Actually one of my teachers in college, I think it was a communications class, noticed that since he had a early afternoon class and most of these students were flagging, in order to make sure that everybody would actually pay attention he legitimately allowed us to take a 10-minute nap.

[@Eddiehoeweleryt]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5jQpYV8fbNpY5o 💨💨💨🔥🔥🔥

[@JulioVargas-ok5st]

Cool

[@Brit96637]

give this man a raise

[@elainemcguire]

And that’s why I love college😂

[@JamesTDG]

That's a good teacher

[@janaspengler4169]

I always nap for around 1.5 hours after my sleep 🙈

[@Eddiehoeweleryt]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5jQpYV8fbNpY5o 💨💨💨🔥🔥🔥

[@billm25]

just say you got up late

[@wokeil]

That's not napping, thats waking up and going back to sleep

[@janaspengler4169]

@@wokeil even if i eat breakfast during the sleeping break 🙃

[@sacredweeds]

3 hours for me 😉

[@worthplayingfor2197]

It shocks me that we know all this yet as a society put 0 effort into teaching people how to wake up at the right time to maximize productivity

[@AddBowIfGirl]

Agree. There are a lot of things like this where scientists will learn and discover and realize things about our species but the powers that be still don’t change how we do things.

[@acmulhern]

The school system omits many important things: how to live off of a budget, how to cook, how to do your taxes, how to have healthy relationships, how to market yourself, etc.

[@fede1324ee]

We can even track sleep cycles with super cheap wristbands. There should be an app that wakes you up at the right time

[@Snoozysniper]

@@fede1324ee I use the sleep cycle app. i love it

[@acmulhern]

@M. Denz it's not just discipline. I go to bed at a set time every evening, and there are nights when I fall asleep right away and nights where I can't. You can't make yourself fall asleep if you're not tired.

[@im_arya_]

"5-10 min nap" me, who just woke up at midnight : interesting

[@FarhanAmin1994]

Whenever I wake up after an incomplete daytime nap, I do so with a raging headache :'(

[@Eddiehoeweleryt]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5jQpYV8fbNpY5o 💨💨💨🔥🔥🔥

[@kenthan9388]

I almost always wake up from naps w/ a bad headache and my face feeling like it's been in a vice. So I've just stopped napping.

[@FarhanAmin1994]

:'(

[@ulisesorizaga]

Me too! I hate it, It really bugs me out!!!

[@JacquelineUnderwood]

@@kenthan9388 polyphasic sleep doesn't work for everyone and that's okay ❤️ that being said, i get the same if I'm not hydrated enough before sleeping

[@Sk8rToon]

In college they said the trick was to hold your keys out over your bed as you napped. Once you started to go too deep then you would drop your keys which makes a sound & wakes you up. Since your sleep cycle isn’t always 20 minutes on the dot, they swore by this

[@Eddiehoeweleryt]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5jQpYV8fbNpY5o 💨💨💨🔥🔥🔥

[@tehRedRunner]

There are times where I've had micro sleeps that caused me to drop stuff on the floor/my face, seconds long or shorter

[@Narra0002]

Good idea

[@zacharycorona2002]

Can confirm

[@rickrolled3666]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4fSgZ6Ge8mroqs Its finally here..

[@oldsguy354]

One of the old sayings in the Army was "nap early, nap often". I got so good at it, I could nap in the back of a duece and a half on an unimproved road with 20 other troops flopping around me. I will say though, that when that truck stopped for any reason, I would be wide awake.

[@elainemcguire]

So are you telling me my 4 hour naps are alright? Glad to know I’m doing something right😂

[@Tinziielein]

Nooooo :o

[@Coreydarn]

Technically 3 hours naps are good lol

[@TKCH00]

It's either 30 mins or 3 hour naps.

[@ariquemoinulrahid8078]

I think 3 hour 20 mins will just hit the spot

[@Who1cares1who1I1am]

Doing it wrong? Damn, I can't even get sleeping right. Smh.

[@maggotbitch]

I can't even get BEING AWAKE right

[@azukichiu]

I can't get breathing right

[@ShyGuySpirit]

From your description, it sounds like my naps aren't naps. Guess I'll call it daytime bedtime.

[@Mohammed-bd7ql]

Set timer for 30 mins -> overly thinks about napping and can't sleep -> alarm starts off and I didn't fall asleep.

[@MrZzman214]

No bs, I just woke up from a nap and this is the first video on my feed 😂 (40 minutes btw)

[@germanflores7207]

did u wake up ready or tired ?

[@Eddiehoeweleryt]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5jQpYV8fbNpY5o 💨💨💨🔥🔥🔥

[@Eddiehoeweleryt]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5jQpYV8fbNpY5o 💨💨💨🔥🔥🔥

[@MrZzman214]

@@germanflores7207 actually yes.. but I feel good now 👍🏿

[@XxskidudekidxX]

Username checks out 😂

[@thefilipinojoe]

I think staying awake regardless of having a “tired brain” or worse, “an exhausted brain” is bad. Meaning, if you don’t take a nap when you’re sleepy and consequently have to push yourself to stay awake later on when you’re really tired, I think this is mentally unhealthy. I’m no scientist, but I’m well aware that we are animals, just like cats and dogs, and the natural instinct of all animals is to go to sleep whenever they’re tired. Because we are more intelligent beings, we’re able to reason and override our natural desires to take a nap or sleep. I don’t know much about the consequences of sleep deprivation, but one can be sure that they’re not just in harms way when not getting enough sleep at night, but also when operating with a “tired brain” when they needed a nap and didn’t take one. To conclude, I will state that surely not all humans require naps. Not all humans experience fatigue in the later hours of the day. For those who are fresh, regardless of the time of day, certainly a nap is non-consequential. It’s certainly important though for others, such as me, ha ha, at 59, a cancer survivor with ongoing health issues. A nap for me is huge.

[@Stkツ]

I always end up having “naps” that end up for hours lmaoo

[@MrCOLBSTAH]

Oh that's why like a 20 minute power nap feels pretty good

[@Phane02]

Biphasic sleeper here, I do two sleep cycles of an average of 3 hours each. Once at around 8-9pm and again at 5-6am, this for me feels way better and well rested; I still get 6 hours of sleep but broken into two segments. Otherwise I won't conk out normally until 4am trying to cram it all at once and usually wake up tired.

[@mewheni195]

i would recommend you add an hour or two because you need atleast 7-8 hours, not forcing though

[@crazydragy4233]

@@mewheni195 They could not doe. Some people can genuinely sleep less than 7 hours naturally...

[@conscioussapphire6534]

Hey, I'm curious to know, did u do a priming phase to ease into such a routine? Cause I tried doing this for a while but 3 hours sleep is too little for me, like I'll feel very exhausted to last till the next 3 hours segment. How did u overcome this problem?

[@jonbacon6664]

@@conscioussapphire6534 just commenting so I can see response as I’ve always wondered this !

[@CompletelyWild04]

Bro I wish I could do that. I have to do a solid 10-12 hours of solid sleep just to wake up feeling good. Any less than that and I wake up tired. Which is unfortunately every day because I am unable to get 10-12 hours of sleep, but when I do I feel AMAZING. I get a solid 8 hours of sleep regularly which should be enough but man it is NOT.

[@nghtmar3gamer128]

That explains a lot I remember passing out in my reading class in middle school and I was only sleep for 10-15 minutes and woke up and I felt great xD

[@willowheart6590]

Me: *goes to sleep for 10 minutes ish* Seconds later: *impossibly tired*

[@m.k.9572]

For some reason I always wake up feeling sick after taking a (probably too long) nap

[@GlorifiedGremlin]

What about those absurd 3 hour naps that have you waking up feeling super weird and not even knowing what day it is?

[@CompletelyWild04]

This is me every time I try to nap for 20 minutes lol.

[@ShanellPetersonOfficial]

This is so helpful. Thank you!!

[@Uglipeanutz]

Whenever I take a nap, I wake up with a disgusting headache, feeling of pressure in my head, numbness in my face, and I feel dizzy and disoriented for the rest of the day.

[@robotboytrbmobile4945]

Also, naps could disturb your inner clock sleep cicle, meaning that the body starts to make meletonin (the sleep hormone) later than usual. Leading to you not being sleepy when you should be.

[@devoncampbell1718]

Im just always in deep sleep. I once literally slept through a chainsaw going right beside my tent. I don't wake up for nothing.

[@camu_michh]

wait keep telling

[@emilyniedbala]

There are also studies though that have said that napping may not be helpful for certain people and most of the studies that give us this 20-30min nap ideal are done with people who are generally inclined to nap - SciShow has a great video on this that really hit home for me as someone who can’t nap usually

[@SaiyanMode01]

So like 20 minute nap is good enough?

[@ApoMelon]

Yup. Drink a cup of coffee or tea before your nap too!

[@10willybilly]

@@ApoMelon Coffee?

[@Eddiehoeweleryt]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5jQpYV8fbNpY5o 💨💨💨🔥🔥🔥

[@chasemccrary955]

@@10willybilly yeah, so you have trouble falling asleep, duhhh

[@XxskidudekidxX]

@@ApoMelon Haha! I didn’t know any else did this. The secret for a super nap

[@rachelh7926]

I rarely nap because it takes me forever to fall asleep and when I napped in college I couldn't fall asleep at my normal bed time.

[@raynlaze1339]

I thought the title said: "Is Snapping bad for you?" xD

[@oximas]

lol ya half the universe would evaporate if you did so

[@professorx3060]

Yes if you snap half the population away

[@ranua9327]

Hello from Spain. Here it is said that there are two types of siesta (nap): 1. Salvador Dalí style: take a dessert spoon with your finger. When you start to fall asleep you will relax your fingers, the spoon will fall and the noise will wake you up: time to resume tgw day. 2. Camilo José Cela style: put your pijama on and go to bed 😂

[@hunzhurte]

"You need to nap for the right amount of time" _doesnt tell me the right amount of time_

[@nikam4167]

Right!

[@bethany5882]

It's kind of given to you via the context. Longer than ten minutes but less than 30, or more than an hour and a half

[@thesnow_princess3608]

Less then 30m so 20-25 is perfect or if you miss that mark 1.5 h he said

[@mandomaxx]

I'm not a caffeine drinker but if I need to take a *brief* nap, I usually drink a cup of warm black tea shortly before my nap. It takes about 20 min to feel the physiological effects of the drug. When that moment comes, nap time is over.

[@06Nyx]

Saw this as I woke up from a nap, like 20 min. I feel good lol

[@bi.fruitsalad]

That works!! Tried it. Slept for 20-30 min I was feeling refreshed. The times where I slept for more than an 40 min - and hour was the ones where I ended up sleeping for hours and hours and would wake up from confusion 😭😭

[@robotbuno]

how dare you for telling me when and how long i should sleep! I sleep whenever, wherever I want!!

[@kathrynnance7434]

I typically don’t nap, but when I do, I tend to put in earplugs and wear my eye mask like I do every night. Sometimes I don’t sleep, but I’ve found doing this does make it easier for me to nap. Plus I don’t hear my dogs very loud snoring in the background.

[@pay4739]

needed this. thank you, Mitch!

[@Kyimeoketo97]

You’ll know your friend is in deep sleep if it’s followed by REM which is rapid eye movement. If woken up during REM sleep that’s the time your body is repairing itself so you will feel more tired and exhausted

[@thorisomolefe2276]

My naps are full blown sleep sessions lmao

[@Templarfreak]

and for the record studies show we are actually biphasic creatures. we are meant to sleep in two separate periods through the same span of 24 hours, once for about 6 to 8 hours and once for about 90 minutes sometime in the middle of the day. this is why many cultures also have such a period specifically dedicated for doing this, and why you may feel a "crash" anywhere from around 2 to 5PM.

[@omawasthi1]

Please change or add WHY YOU FEEL TIRED EVEN AFTER SLEEPING it would be helpful for viewérs.

[@areyoukiddingme6741]

A little late to this video but I have recently changed my whole diet and no longer need to nap. I eat super clean now and am not tired all the time, almost no sugar, super low sodium (trying for zero of both). I eat a lot of raw veg and replaced meat protein with eggs, etc. (I still eat some meat and fish). It has made a world of difference in my life. Just a thought. I used to sleep all afternoon, every afternoon and sometimes straight though to the evening.

[@hrperformance]

I've just cut out knaps because I ALWAYS go to stage 3 haha But I might try a 30 min timer in the future! Thanks 👍🏽

[@geraldd500]

This is actually very helpful and looking back I would normally have about 30 minute naps when I was working 12 hour nights.

[@FerdinandTutorials]

I will share this with my audience. It’s informative 🎉

[@glkmee22]

Gosh. His face is so relaxing to look at.

[@lottaraatikainen3942]

I remember one army training camp where I was beginning to be dead tired of having had so little sleep for so many days and being cold most of the time (it was winter) since I was so tired. Then came a day when it was our squad's turn to train first aid which happened in the sports hall of a nearby barracks. It was a blessing to be inside for a while but the best part came when our trainer looked at his watch after he'd taken us through the program and said we were ahead of time and there was a good twenty minutes for us to nap if we wanted. We immediately lay down on the wooden floor and went to sleep. It was almost a miracle how much better I felt after that short sleep in a warm house.

[@Efflorescentey]

Thank you… last video I saw you tried to come at my naps and I wasn’t impressed. Naps are an art form and when perfected they’re 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

[@danischi4080]

He's talking about this like I would be hearing my alarm go off. I don't

[@ThisIsRedRoyal]

Okay but genuine question: What if you sleep for, let's say 20 mins, wake up, sleep again for 20 mins. Would that reset the cycle each time? Would I be less tired every time I wake up?

[@HENSONnOZ]

I remember when they did a long form version of this topic. It's why I try for those 20 min naps till this day.

[@AJ-Palermo]

Oh great, I probably entered deep sleep when I fell asleep in English class today

[@Grey0730]

“One more hour mom, I’m not in a good sleep phase!”

[@zalamboi]

Do video on acne plz

[@rainn4791]

It takes me like 90 minutes to get into stage two without distractions

[@stephanieiuliano1654]

I like the 20 or thirty minutes power nap on KZbin. I feel quite refreshed.

[@volksg3698]

Wow! very helpful !

[@CyanZone69]

I ALWAYS WAKE UP ON STAGE 1

[@Afol_d_Hulter]

So basically i take a nap when my head hurts. The second i woke up, the pain is more severe. But then goes away

[@thesnow_princess3608]

If I have a headace and go to sleep I wake up needing to throw up then my headace goes away. :)

[@forest44953]

That makes sense why I woke up more refreshed when I took naps before performances during my school’s most recent musical (I was in the pit orchestra) I would nap for a half hour and wake up feeling better Now if I could just do that every time, life would be great

[@sweetpea31821]

And take 1.5hr naps between 1-3 in the afternoon as to not affect your sleep routine!

[@average4098]

Always wondered about the "why" behind short naps.

[@veronicasmyth3830]

Thank You Hon.

[@doodleguy5936]

This is true. I take naps whenever I get the chance during highschool. Fortunately for me I can fall asleep if I want to under 5 mins (probably due to fatigue from school work), and naturally waking up 10/15 mins after, I'm ready for the next class. And it wasn't just me, but most of my classmates did the same

[@reveluvly]

I got this trick from my vocal teacher and it has been LIFE changing. 20 or 90 minutes is the only amount I nap for and it’s so much better

[@Male_Parent]

Ah that's why under 30 minutes is the sweet spot for power naps.

[@ashleysears8154]

Your just solved a question I didn’t even know I had!! When I would be on long car rides, I’d start to drift off and for a fraction of a second, I couldn’t hear. Now I know why that happens! It’s my brain getting rid of unnecessary noise

[@zsan157]

My problem is I always wake up to early, and once I’m up I’m up

[@jhsevs]

I realize my ADHD brain works differently and this doesn’t apply to me as much. For example, if I take a nap, I can feel either completely exhausted afterwards or feel fine, but I may or may mot have destroyed my sleep schedule for the next two weeks

[@jhsevs]

If I lay down with the lights off and rest but not sleep, I usually lay there for hours almost-sleeping, then I accidentally fall asleep and can sleep for like 9 hours. Or 1.5. And when I wake up, I have no idea what time or year or dimension it is. I often take a guess at what time it is before looking at my phone, sometimes I’m spot on, other times I’m like 12 hours off lol

[@therealventures]

That was literally me yesterday 😂 had to drink coffee after an almost 1-2 hour nap

[@walrusrequiem]

This is why that 5m nap after you wake up feels heavenly

[@XxskidudekidxX]

Right? After my 6th the worry about being late to work is usually enough to get me up.

[@Haru-rs2su]

I read that as Is Rapping Good or Bad and I was so invested

[@mintjxlly]

this is why I put on an hour of silence split by vine booms

[@linkiepai]

My naps take usually around 1,5h to 2h, waking up naturally, and most of the time I feel awful

[@insert_artist_here532]

Oh that explains a lot (as someone who frequently falls asleep on the couch)

[@AlessiaJonsen]

What if you fall in a deep sleep for three hours after school

[@Gman1024]

Great topic that everyone can contribute much to, so here's my two cents. I use to take 20 minute naps in my car after eating my lunch for the three years I worked at a particular job, my last ten minutes of the hour lunch to walk back in, wash up, go to the bathroom, etc., and it was the perfect amount of time for me. People use to comment on how much energy I had every day, and of course being young helped. It was decades ago, but I never remember having to set my watch. After that, and as I got older, I can't take naps now, cause always feeling so exhausted and not sleeping well at night can have me conking out and sleeping for too long and when I wake, feel worse than I did before. Unfortunately, one thing I'm horrible at in life is sleeping. And more unfortunately, I think it's the same for a lot of people. I hate taking pills, which adds to my problem, but I know others who take too many pills and have issues because of it. I have a friend who goes to sleep every night on his back, sleeps through the night and is well rested, so I know it can be done. But no matter what methods I try, can't get it right. Oh well, time for my nap, I'm terribly busy. 😊

[@marleymorningstar3671]

It's also important to remember that the amount of time each person takes to enter into each of the different phases of sleep and the duration of time spent in each phase is different for everyone therefore the optimal amount of time for a nap varies. Personally find I function best when I sleep 5-6 hours at night and take an hour nap about 1 or 2 times a week.

[@sederquest]

Anything after 20mins is hardcore sleep

[@nobodycares4321]

That'd why my naps are always around 2 hours. Just enough to get me back in the game.

[@ariannasearway]

It’s so true! I fell asleep after… not important. Anyway, I slept for around 27 minutes, when I woke up it felt like I had been asleep for a while, I was super surprised to see it had been under 30 minutes.

[@abitofpaprika]

I always wake up from a nap feeling great. 2 hours is perfect!!

[@yukionna3299]

Also, the time it takes u to fall asleep varies depending on how tired you are and the timing of each stage varies for everyone. I think these times are averages so u kind of have to experiment in how long your own maps should be but other than that 20 min is the accepted average and a good place to start.

[@shelbytidwell5718]

Thank you. It has been way too long to finally find an answer to why I feel like crap when I nap

[@LemonOfLethargy]

Found this right before a nap

[@trippremix6815]

10-15 naps have always been the go to, feel like i took a energy drink once i wake up

[@arinrxn]

"you're doing it wrong" damn even sleeping needs some skill and practice

[@sophiel3590]

I wish we could save these videos like on Instagram/Tiktok...

[@sugarcandykiddycat1986]

I can't control my maps! I just wake up whenever

[@Lucy-fn9rj]

that’s why if you pull over because you’re too tired to drive safely, it’s recommended that you sleep for at least ~1-1.5 hours before driving again!

[@siyaroloma6031]

Me: takes a 30 minute nap that turns to 3 hours then doesn't remember what day it is after🙃😊

[@moonlightblue9196]

sometimes I feel good and refreshed after a few seconds of nap

[@ellionnaplays4846]

I took a nap, I woke up feeling a little annoyed but not groggy, after 1 hr and 20 I was able to complete a paper, and some smaller assignments. The words were just flowing out of me!!

[@bronzejourney5784]

Also that you have to have a very relaxed environment to comfortably take naps, or you never concentrate enough to be able to even start sleeping. Due to day-time being more loud than night-time generally. If you are living in a city, for example, kiss good naps goodbye. Unless you have a room designated specifically for napping. I have a professor, he said once that he is using his "out of comission" drum room as nap room, he lives right near a highway, so even just sleeping at night is impossible for him.

[@milomateer6565]

26 minutes is my gold

[@Chief.Energy.Officer]

thank you 🧡

[@hahabearseathoney]

hour and a half naps are so good because you feel like youve been asleep for 8 hours

[@theflowerhead]

As someone with bipolar insomnia, sometimes I gotta sleep when I can get it. When my adrenaline kicks in hard I can stay up 24-72hrs with 0 sleep. Cool vid, I like the educational shorts.