How many hours of sleep did you get last night?

[Gayandgray]

I think four???

[JDeere]

6, I am slowly fading! I had another stressful day, today.

[Chad]

I got 6 hours of sleep because I was up late watching the Gammy's.

[nycfem]

5+

I had Sunday night anxiety, a "the-day-before-work-after-the-weekend" thing. I also had worked out at the gym, and finished at 6 pm, but my heart rate was still on the higher side.

Sometimes going to the gym, especially if early, can make me tired, but other times, obviously especially on the later side, it can keep me up.

I took Ambien at 11:40 PM because I didn't want to start the week out on too stressful a note.

[Jesse]

Night before last I woke from a bad nightmare and had trouble sleeping afterward, so I only got about 5 or 6 hours in.

Last night however, I slept really well and got 9 hours of sleep. It was nice to not have brain fog all day.

[firegal]

yesterday...... 8 hours...thank you theraflu!

[Gemme]

Last night, I got about 7 hours. I wanted more but it's enough to get me by so I'll take it.

[nycfem]

My Monday night sleep was awful. I was tired from the night before, and sometimes that leads to me eating a big dinner and procrastinating doing my evening tasks, and then it is a cycle that continues during the work week.

It is really bad this week! Last night I slept from -I don't know- maybe 12:30 to 5:45, which equals 5 hrs and 15 minutes.

Then tonight it is 12:40 and I'm still up. My boo and I went out for Valentine's Day and that was extra stimulation after work which, as an introvert, can be a lot for me. And work was one of the most stressful days ever.

Today I dealt with a mean colleague, mentioned by me before on this thread, and somehow it is so upsetting to me. So tonight I stayed up googling how to deal with someone horrible at work. I found some helpful tips but if anyone on the thread has any, you can post and let me know. Her personality type is full force "my way or the high way" / nasty / sabotaging (etc.). And the admin likes her because she knows whose ass to kiss. It's causing me a lot of stress.

On top of that my job itself is very stressful so dealing with someone mean I work with just pushes me over the edge with stress. In my work, I am working with teen moms who are going through such life traumas that extend beyond an MTV version of "Teen moms." Today a girl who had her first baby in 8th grade just had a miscarriage and didn't know she was pregnant, and my emotions and feelings for what she was experiencing were intense.

My work stress causes me to take naps at night instead of sleep. I am able to get some awesome catch up sleep on weekends but the work week itself can be brutal for me. I don't do well without sleep, especially when it becomes cumulative. It's a new job and I am trying so hard but it is a struggle.

Tomorrow is going to be hard on my third night of a "nap" instead of a night of sleep. And it's supposed to snow and rain too. Sometimes I just have to think of surviving the day. That's what my mom taught me.

[candy_coated_bitch]

Tonight two and a half so far. I am up waaaasaay too early, 4:30am. I will try for more soon and report back if it worked!

[Gemme]

Sorry for those who are chasing that elusive deep REM sleep. I did okay last night; about 7 hours again and it's really not enough but it was my fault totally. I got wrapped up in dealing with the phone issue I've been having and then I needed to celebrate my success by watching some telly and then I realized, at 9pm, that I hadn't eaten dinner so I didn't get into bed until about 11pm when I should've kept a better eye on the time and not watched Bones.

But, it's Bones! And it was good and now I see where they are going with the final season and I. Don't. Like. It.

Rage against the machine! <----- says my brain when it was over

Luckily, my exhaustion kicked in and I just slathered some pj on my tooties, hands and lips and went to bed. I think I may have lasted about 10 minutes before sleep found me.

[candy_coated_bitch]

Originally Posted by candy_coated_bitch

Tonight two and a half so far. I am up waaaasaay too early, 4:30am. I will try for more soon and report back if it worked!

I never got back to sleep. Ugh. I'm such a horrible sleeper, always been since childhood.

[nycfem]

I'm so tired I barely have the energy to record my sleep. Last night I think I slept from about 1:30 to 5:45, like 4 hours and 15 minutes!

I am on a work week roll of not sleeping! The good thing is that once I hit Friday which feels so far away right now, I'm off for a whole week for a school vacation. It'll be sleep city!

Then I'll really have to start again to address getting sleep during the work week. The most I can say now is that it seems once I get too little sleep for one night, I can't interrupt the pattern for the rest of the week.

Perhaps I can make an effort to focus on getting a good night's sleep on Sunday night after the break and then see if I can keep it going all week.

[Orema]

Six hours and woke up a lot—that's the norm for me.