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- From: crwhite@eos.ncsu.edu (CHRISTOPHER RYAN WHITE )
- Subject: Re: qty of sleep/mild depression
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.005548.23534@ncsu.edu>
- Sender: news@ncsu.edu (USENET News System)
- Organization: North Carolina State University
- References: <1992Nov17.164814.907@crd.ge.com>
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 00:55:48 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov17.164814.907@crd.ge.com>, ebstokes@maxwell.crd.ge.com (Ed Stokes) writes:
- |> I have found that I become mildly depressed if
- |> I get "too much" sleep. For me, "too much" seems to be anything
- |> over an average of seven hours per night. If I get into a
- |> cycle of sleeping eight or more hours per night, then I
- |> find that all I want to do is sleep.
- |>
- |> Whereas if I get into the habit of staying up until ~1:00 AM
- |> every night (and getting up at 7:00 AM), I feel much better.
- |>
- |> So, my optimum amount of sleep seems to be six hours.
- |> This seems contrary to "conventional wisdom". Is anyone
- |> else like this ?
- |>
- |> ebstokes@crd.ge.com
-
- I am the same way. During the week when I don't get a lot of sleep, I
- seem much more active than compared to the weekends, where I get a lot of
- sleep and feel lazy the whole weekend. I always wondered why I was like that?
- If anybody thinks that they have an idea, then email me or post an article to
- the group.
-
- Chris White email: crwhite@eos.ncsu.edu
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