Posted by Spector on January 5, 2006, at 2:53:02
In reply to Re: I do but not voluntarily, posted by lynn971 on January 1, 2006, at 20:36:42
I agree that that was an ugly thing to say. In my regular life before I was in the illness that I am in right now, I really needed 8 to 9 hours a night. I remember some people telling me that that six hours or whatever was enough for anyone. That's crazy. For some people it may be enough, but for many getting that little means chronic exhaustion. Telling someone that they are going to "sleep their life away," is ridiculous especially if they are so tired that they can't enjoy being awake anyway. AND, if you can actually feel refreshed after a nap, that's great, I think. Of course, I understand the desire to need less sleep. And it's hard to know why we are tired sometimes. But I actually envy people who are able to take naps and feel refreshed. If I can manage to take a nap (in my regular life -- totally impossible now with the terror), I almost always wake groggy for hours.
Nomi
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