# I just took a 5 hour nap! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 11, 2011, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-took-a-5-hour-nap/595890 "2011-09-11T00:50:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2011, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-took-a-5-hour-nap/595890/1 "2011-09-11T00:50:49Z")
I got up early today, then had a friend come over. We went shooting at an outdoor gun range (something I haven’t done in a good 10 years). It was such a nice, dry and bright day. I got home, watched Netflix (Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, with the audio out of sink, and really just a bad movie anyway, but I couldn’t pull away) and then got in bed for a nap. I don’t know what it was; my bed smelled so great and inviting, my pillows were so cool and comfortable. Anyway, I slept 5 hours. I awoke with the room dark and the ceiling fan slowly spinning. I haven’t napped that well in ages. I really feel good. Pretty mundane, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Marconi\_N.Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marconi_N.Cheese)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2011, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-took-a-5-hour-nap/595890/2 "2011-09-11T01:02:45Z")
A 30 minute nap is mundane, a 5 hour nap is epic! I try to limit my naps to 30 min. or less or I have trouble falling asleep later that night. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2011, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-took-a-5-hour-nap/595890/3 "2011-09-11T01:08:36Z")
I can never nap. ☹ It’s hard for me to get to sleep as it is, even at night. Does waking up this morning and then saying to heck with it, rolling over and going BACK to sleep for another 4 hours count? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2011, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-took-a-5-hour-nap/595890/4 "2011-09-11T01:20:58Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > I can never nap. ☹ It’s hard for me to get to sleep as it is, even at night. > > Does waking up this morning and then saying to heck with it, rolling over and going BACK to sleep for another 4 hours count? 😛 I get sleep issues off and on where I sleep maybe 2 hours, then wake, then sleep maybe 45 minutes, then wake again. I’ve been dealing with that for a few months now. This nap really was epic and in no way mundane, thanks MNC for pointing that out! Funny how good you can feel after sleep and forget your issues. ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2011, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-took-a-5-hour-nap/595890/5 "2011-09-11T01:25:24Z")
I’ve done that before. My longest was 6 hours, and I remember exactly when it was because I awoke to discover that Jon Lester had thrown a no-hitter and I’d missed it. I generally don’t even bother napping unless I can get in 2 solid hours because my naps are so long. It feels awesome, doesn’t it? Though then being up until 5:30am as a consequence isn’t so great. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2011, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-took-a-5-hour-nap/595890/6 "2011-09-11T02:35:28Z")
I think once you get past four hours, it’s not a nap anymore. It’s just sleeping. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2011, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-took-a-5-hour-nap/595890/7 "2011-09-11T08:36:50Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > I think once you get past four hours, it’s not a nap anymore. It’s just sleeping. So my 25 hour nap last month wasn’t a nap? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2011, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-took-a-5-hour-nap/595890/8 "2011-09-11T10:56:40Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > I think once you get past four hours, it’s not a nap anymore. It’s just sleeping. As I was going to say. Last night I went to bed at 12:30AM, and got up at 5:30AM. I just called it a night’s sleep. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2011, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-took-a-5-hour-nap/595890/9 "2011-09-11T11:29:11Z")
I once had a 14 hour afternoon nap upon arriving in London from Australia. We laid down for a “quick” nap, intending to get up later for a meal and a first London night out before bed. However we didn’t wake until 7 am the next day. As it turned out it was the right thing to do - no jet lag and straight into the new time zone. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2011, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-took-a-5-hour-nap/595890/10 "2011-09-11T12:49:06Z")
Did you wake up in a bathtub full of ice? Do you still have your kidney? ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2011, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-took-a-5-hour-nap/595890/11 "2011-09-11T13:05:17Z")
Are you sure you weren’t gassed by burglars? ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2011, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-took-a-5-hour-nap/595890/12 "2011-09-11T14:52:28Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Are you sure you weren’t gassed by burglars? And consequently burgled by gassers? ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-took-a-5-hour-nap/595890/13 "2011-09-11T19:10:39Z")
Did you drink that 5 Hour Energy Drain drink? That stuff is awes…zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2011, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-took-a-5-hour-nap/595890/14 "2011-09-11T22:29:27Z")
As others have said, 5 hours of consecutive sleep is not what I’d call a nap; it’s a normal amount of time to sleep out of 24 hours. I might be biased because I went to bed at 2am last night and got up at 6am. I am not tired and will not go to bed until 11 or midnight tonight. Not an abnormal schedule for me, although I prefer to get 6 or 7 hours of sleep (but not 8). ---
**Author:** ![akennett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee59a6/32.png) [@akennett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akennett)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-took-a-5-hour-nap/595890/15 "2011-09-12T01:01:35Z")
Long naps are great. This morning, I woke after about 8 hours of sleep. Did some light work for an hour or two, then I felt really tired. So, I ended up going back to bed for a nap…I woke at 4:30 this afternoon! I ended up with about 14 hours of sleep in a period of 16 hours, and I was in REM for so much of that last nap that my dreams just kept getting stranger and stranger. Sometimes you body just really needs to crash. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-took-a-5-hour-nap/595890/16 "2011-09-12T15:49:49Z")
A 5-hour nap would mess up my nighttime sleep schedule. Once I took a nap on Saturday afternoon and woke up at 7:00. Only it was half-light outside and I couldn’t figure out if it was 7 AM or PM, it was a weird feeling. It was PM. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-took-a-5-hour-nap/595890/17 "2011-09-12T20:00:03Z")
And who naps in bed? You’re supposed to nap on a couch in front of the TV, or in a hammock. Or on the floor. But not in bed. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-took-a-5-hour-nap/595890/18 "2011-09-12T20:09:21Z")
I never can seem to nap for a short period. Every time I lay down in the middle of the day to get a little shuteye, I wind up sleeping for 3-4 hours. ---
**Author:** ![Arrendajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-took-a-5-hour-nap/595890/19 "2011-09-12T20:24:40Z")
5 hours is a typical night’s sleep for me. I can’t imagine napping that long. And if you’re in bed, it’s called going to bed, not napping. YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![sparky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-took-a-5-hour-nap/595890/20 "2011-09-12T20:51:10Z")
> [@Arrendajo](#): > > 5 hours is a typical night’s sleep for me. I can’t imagine napping that long. And if you’re in bed, it’s called going to bed, not napping. YMMV. _noun 4. a brief period of sleep, especially one taken during daytime: Has the baby had her nap?_ [dictionary,com](http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/nap) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-took-a-5-hour-nap/595890.md?page=2)