#1
Posted: 10/27/04 at 5:13pm
I just realized that I do it (I never knew it had a name) and then I heard it's unhealthy. Does anyone know anything about this?
Power Napping- is it safe?
#2
Posted: 10/27/04 at 5:17pm
Never power-nap while driving.
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#4
Posted: 10/27/04 at 5:19pm
Now, what exactly is "Power Napping"? How is it different than regular napping?
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
#5
Posted: 10/27/04 at 5:22pm
It supposed to be a very brief (like 10-30 minute) crash nap.
I don't think it's safe, but it should help keep you awake.
I don't think it's safe, but it should help keep you awake.
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#6
Posted: 10/27/04 at 5:24pm
power napping is napping with the full intent of only being asleep long enough to rejuvenate your "livelyhood". In other words, sleeping long enough to wake you up. As we know, during sleep most of your bodily systems shut down temporarily due to not being used. According to some doctors (ones I've asked about it) power-napping causes those systems to shut down even though you don't have the intent of staying asleep long enough to need them to. Which confuses them and could possibly cause them to not function properly upon your waking.
"Applause begets applause in the theatre, as laughter begets laughter and tears beget tears."
CLAYTON HAMILTON, "Theory of the Theatre"
"I think theater ought to be theatrical ... you know, shuffling the pack in different ways so that it's -- there's always some kind of ambush involved in the experience. You're being ambushed by an unexpected word, or by an elephant falling out of the cupboard, whatever it is."
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#7
Posted: 10/27/04 at 5:25pm
Really? So that's why... but I feel fine after ten minutes of closing my eyes.
#8
Posted: 10/27/04 at 5:25pm
That's ridiculous. I dare any of you to wake me up after I've been asleep for only 10 minutes than we'll talk about dangerous.
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
#9
Posted: 10/27/04 at 5:27pm
hey I'm only giving you what I know.
*makes note not to wake up Matt*
*makes note not to wake up Matt*
"Applause begets applause in the theatre, as laughter begets laughter and tears beget tears."
CLAYTON HAMILTON, "Theory of the Theatre"
"I think theater ought to be theatrical ... you know, shuffling the pack in different ways so that it's -- there's always some kind of ambush involved in the experience. You're being ambushed by an unexpected word, or by an elephant falling out of the cupboard, whatever it is."
TOM STOPPARD
#10
Posted: 10/27/04 at 5:30pm
I agree with Matt_G, I don't believe in power napping. I generally nap for 2 hours when I get home from campus before I do anything else.
And hang on, when did you win the discus?
#11
Posted: 10/27/04 at 5:32pm
and this is the reason I don't nap at all.
"Applause begets applause in the theatre, as laughter begets laughter and tears beget tears."
CLAYTON HAMILTON, "Theory of the Theatre"
"I think theater ought to be theatrical ... you know, shuffling the pack in different ways so that it's -- there's always some kind of ambush involved in the experience. You're being ambushed by an unexpected word, or by an elephant falling out of the cupboard, whatever it is."
TOM STOPPARD
#12
Posted: 10/27/04 at 5:32pm
I get like five/five and a half hours of sleep at night and then I crash sometime during the afternoon. I close my eyes and I'm out, sort of, for ten minutes and then I'm fine.
So that's not ok? I'm lost.
So that's not ok? I'm lost.
#13
Posted: 10/27/04 at 5:36pm
Oh, it's okay. My mom has done that since she was in high school. My friend Megan does it every day too, actually most people I know do. I've never heard that was bad.
And hang on, when did you win the discus?
#14
Posted: 10/27/04 at 5:39pm
Years ago when I was in the Navy I was in school to operate nuclear reactors. It was an impossibally hard academic schedule. I usually only got 3 to 4 hours of sleep a day.
Back then, when we had a break, I would 'power nap' for ten minutes, but that was due to sleep deprivation and extreme caffeine addiction, so it was not good.
God, I used to be a caffiene freak. We would crush no-doze and snort it. NOT reccomended!
Back then, when we had a break, I would 'power nap' for ten minutes, but that was due to sleep deprivation and extreme caffeine addiction, so it was not good.
God, I used to be a caffiene freak. We would crush no-doze and snort it. NOT reccomended!
#15
Posted: 10/27/04 at 5:43pm
ok...power-napping, not recommended. That's all I can say.
"Applause begets applause in the theatre, as laughter begets laughter and tears beget tears."
CLAYTON HAMILTON, "Theory of the Theatre"
"I think theater ought to be theatrical ... you know, shuffling the pack in different ways so that it's -- there's always some kind of ambush involved in the experience. You're being ambushed by an unexpected word, or by an elephant falling out of the cupboard, whatever it is."
TOM STOPPARD
#16
Posted: 10/27/04 at 5:47pm
....especially on a nuclear reactor.
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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"The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
#17
Posted: 10/27/04 at 5:47pm
It probably isn't good to do OFTEN... I've definitely taken up the practice since starting college, though. If I'm nodding off in one class and ten minutes is all I've got til the next one, sleeping make me feel awake again.
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#18
Posted: 10/27/04 at 5:49pm
Is Rodney actually Homer Simpson?
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
[http://margochanning.broadwayworld.com/]
"The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
#19
Posted: 10/27/04 at 5:50pm
I still say its fine, it gets me through everything.
And hang on, when did you win the discus?
#20
Posted: 10/27/04 at 5:51pm
"Years ago when I was in the Navy I was in school to operate nuclear reactors"
"But my life would be nothing without the nucleon plant!"
-Homer Simpson
"But my life would be nothing without the nucleon plant!"
-Homer Simpson
"Noah, someday we'll talk again. But there's things we'll never say. That sorrow deep inside you. It inside me, too. And it never go away. You be okay. You'll learn how to lose things..."
#21
Posted: 10/27/04 at 5:51pm
thankfully, a bunch of high up Navy guys caught hell over the way that school is run a number of years ago and it has changed a lot.
#22
Posted: 10/27/04 at 5:55pm
bts...you can say it's fine. the doctors tend to disagree. *shrugs*
I don't suppose it's life threatening, so continue to do it if you must.
I don't suppose it's life threatening, so continue to do it if you must.
"Applause begets applause in the theatre, as laughter begets laughter and tears beget tears."
CLAYTON HAMILTON, "Theory of the Theatre"
"I think theater ought to be theatrical ... you know, shuffling the pack in different ways so that it's -- there's always some kind of ambush involved in the experience. You're being ambushed by an unexpected word, or by an elephant falling out of the cupboard, whatever it is."
TOM STOPPARD
#23
Posted: 10/27/04 at 5:57pm
It's fine in that it's effective. You'll feel more alert, etc.
Is it *healthy*? Well, no.
It's a matter of priorities.
Is it *healthy*? Well, no.
It's a matter of priorities.
"It's not always about you!!!" (But if you think I'm referring to you anyway, then I probably am.)
"Good luck returning my ass!" - Wilhemina Slater
"This is my breakfast, lunch and f***ing dinner right here. I'm not even f***in' joking." - Colin Farrell
"Good luck returning my ass!" - Wilhemina Slater
"This is my breakfast, lunch and f***ing dinner right here. I'm not even f***in' joking." - Colin Farrell
#24
Posted: 10/27/04 at 6:00pm
Doctors can say it isn't all they want, I don't power nap, I long term 2 hour nap. If I didn't I'd never make it through a day on the amount of sleep I'd otherwise be able to get.
And hang on, when did you win the discus?
#25
Posted: 10/27/04 at 6:01pm
hehe...sorry bts. I knew what I meant, I just said it wrong.
"Applause begets applause in the theatre, as laughter begets laughter and tears beget tears."
CLAYTON HAMILTON, "Theory of the Theatre"
"I think theater ought to be theatrical ... you know, shuffling the pack in different ways so that it's -- there's always some kind of ambush involved in the experience. You're being ambushed by an unexpected word, or by an elephant falling out of the cupboard, whatever it is."
TOM STOPPARD
