Do you feel good or bad when you wake up from a nap?

Clint Eastwood

I just woke up from a nap and i feel like crap. Less tired, sure, but a stifling headache and a stiff neck. Not worth it. I must vote that naps suck.

Quetzi

Bad bad not good

I don't nap because napping makes me feel bad

Clint Eastwood

Bad bad not good

I was so tired though. I foolishly thought, oh, this time will be different. Wrong. Wrong!

Psykoma

Bad bad not good

I've almost never not regretted a nap.

DarkPrimus

It's so difficult for me to actually take a nap as in I actually fall asleep

pooka

depends. 20 minutes and i'm good. long naps are tiring.

Clint Eastwood

Bad bad not good

See a nice lovely 20min sounds good but it usually takes me about 20min to fall asleep in the first place so frankly i just don't think i can make that work is the thing.

OmnipotentBagel

I basically can't fall asleep if my body knows it's daytime.

Raijin Quickfoot

If I actually try to take a nap I wake up feeling like shit but still ultimately feel better than I did without the nap.

Quetzi

Bad bad not good

OmnipotentBagel wrote: »

I basically can't fall asleep if my body knows it's daytime.

Yeah like I also have this going for me, most of the time. I'm bad at napping both because I'm bad at doing it and also because it makes me feel bad.

LaOs

Feels good man

I'm like an old man--I can fall asleep easily anytime, anywhere. I love naps.

worksintheory

Bad bad not good

I feel bad all the time, nap or not.

Poorochondriac

Bad bad not good

I think I've had one good nap ever

Naps can kiss my butt

I ain't afraid to say it

OmnipotentBagel

That said, I've modified my understanding of napping in recent years and find that a solid 20 minutes or so of non-sleep relaxation time can be pretty invigorating. Like, turning off the lights, lying down and just doing nothing for 20 minutes.

LaOs

Feels good man

Yeah, my fiance has trouble falling asleep, so doesn't usually nap well/successfully, but I reminded her the other day that even just laying there, relaxing, and doing nothing is good, too. Like, don't stress about not actually falling asleep. The simple act of physically resting is beneficial even if you're still awake.

Joolander

It’s more about where I nap than anything else

Duke 2.0

Bad bad not good

Sub hour nap: fantastic, feel great

Three hour you can’t tell if it’s morning or sunset anymore naps: terrible, may as well have wasted that day

Centipede Damascus

Bad bad not good

Every time I think "I'll just take a little nap, I'm so sleepy" I wake up thinking "you idiot, asshole, moron. what have you done to me."

bowen

Feels good man

If I wake up naturally from a nap? Feel amazing and refreshed.

If I set an alarm or am woken up from a nap forcefully? I feel worse than if I had just stayed awake.

Zonugal

Feels good man

In college I used to get maybe one nap a quarter.

Now, in my late twenties & working with students, I nap 2-3 times a week. Usually from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.

BahamutZERO

Feels good man

if I get tired and just sort of naturally fall asleep and take a nap I usually feel refreshed afterwards, but it also fucks up my sleep pattern for a couple days which is annoying
I can't force myself to take a nap on purpose, it just doesn't work

crwth

the worst nap is when you’ve been day drinking and then you go home and fall asleep and then wake up and it’s like 7:30 at night and you’re hungover

but usually for me naps are good

IronKnuckle's Ghost

I feel great immediately after the nap, and terrible three hours after I was supposed to be asleep at night because the nap has destroyed my sleep schedule.

Kane Red Robe

Feels good man

I love naps. If it were up to me I'd move 2-4 hours of sleep time from the evening to the early afternoon. I'd function a lot better on an 8-4-8-4 hour schedule than the standard 16-8.

LaOs

Feels good man

Kayne Red Robe wrote: »

I love naps. If it were up to me I'd move 2-4 hours of sleep time from the evening to the early afternoon. I'd function a lot better on an 8-4-8-4 hour schedule than the standard 16-8.

I end up doing something like a 7down-10up-2down-5up sort of thing, although sometimes the after work nap goes to 3 hours. It can also be impacted by weeknight sports and activities. (And the weekend is just a free-for-all whatever happens goes sort of thing.)

Lindsay Lohan

Feels good man

If I nap in the morning, like before noon I crash for an hour or so, it's awesome. Afternoon naps make me wake up feeling stupider than normal.

3cl1ps3

Bad bad not good

I always feel sick to my stomach for hours if I nap in the middle of the day.

Bucketman

My sleep schedule is constantly fucked due to working 4 midnights every week followed by three days off where I need to be awake at normal person hours, so naps are my saving grace

jgeis

I'm like 50/50 on whether a nap helps or hurts my sleepiness situation.

Darmak

Bad bad not good

Naps usually make me feel bad. I also can't take a small nap. If I fall asleep, I don't wake up for 6-12 hours.

mcp

Bad bad not good

I never nap.

I barely have any free time, so I'm not going to spend it unconscious.

Quetzi

Bad bad not good

The few times I've been semi-successful at napping I used the following nap hack:

1. Drink 2+ shots of espresso.
2. Set an alarm for twenty to thirty minutes from now.
3. Fall asleep immediately because you are extremely tired.
4. Wake up when your alarm goes off and also because you need to pee and also oh hey all that caffeine kicked in this is great.

MulysaSempronius

Bad bad not good

I love taking naps so much. But I never wake up feeling good or refreshed. I just feel tired and wanting more nap. It's almost always better to get caffeine and force myself awake. But when I can,I am taking naps...

PLA

I am a nap.

DJ Eebs

Feels good man

this really needs a third option, because there's definitely a sweet spot

Henroid

I've woken up feeling each way so I dunno.

godmode

Depends: on a plane, it’s usually a bad nap. At home, it’s almost always a good nap. I need a poll option for my specific situation!

DJ Eebs

Feels good man

I mean, I never wake up immediately refreshed, but I usually feel much better after a quick nap, just in general. I might not be alert for a while, but I'll be able to function

Bedlam

Bad bad not good

Almost always bad. I wake up feeling kind of sick and dizzy and wanting to go back to sleep but then I toss and turn cause I feel terrible. And its always harder to get to sleep at the correct time because my body thinks Im done sleeping even though my brain is tired.

Best scenario for me is just going to bed a little earlier and hoping I sleep through the night.

BahamutZERO

Feels good man

The Geebs That Knows Everything About Animorphs wrote: »

this really needs a third option, because there's definitely a sweet spot

a metamorphosis option for those who would say they wake up from naps and find that they have turned into a bug

BahamutZERO

Feels good man

a rip van winkle option for when you take a nap and one hundred years passed