# Do naps refresh you or "zombie-fy" you?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-naps-refresh-you-or-zombie-fy-you/419131>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 14, 2007, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-naps-refresh-you-or-zombie-fy-you/419131 "2007-09-14T00:38:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-naps-refresh-you-or-zombie-fy-you/419131/41 "2007-09-15T04:04:04Z")

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I love me some naps.  
I haven’t taken one in a long time, but I’m rather refreshed after I take them.

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-naps-refresh-you-or-zombie-fy-you/419131/42 "2007-09-15T05:23:36Z")

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One method that helps me not take three hour naps (my preferred length if left to my own devices, and it does zombify me) is to nap with my husband. He’s much more disciplined about power napping than I am, and having someone else get up and go (and tell me to get up) helps me get my lazy ass back out of bed. He power naps almost every day - I think it’s saving his sanity from being a night person working a job that starts at 8:00 am.

The cats, however, do not help. They’ll encourage me to sleep the clock around.

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**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-naps-refresh-you-or-zombie-fy-you/419131/43 "2007-09-15T15:51:48Z")

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Refresh.

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**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\
**Post date:** [September 15, 2007, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-naps-refresh-you-or-zombie-fy-you/419131/44 "2007-09-15T16:18:14Z")

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They fuck me up.

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