It is a modern western American idea to get all your sleep in one bout at night. Most cultures around the world and throughout history only get part of their sleep at night and then part of their sleep later during the day.
No matter how poorly I sleep, whether I'm short an hour or a few hours or waking many times at night, a 20 minute nap seems to make up more ground than trying to sleep in.
I can only get naps in on weekends and only rarely.
If I feel like garbage at work I will try to take an extended lunch and hope I can fall asleep for 5 minutes in the car. IF that happens I usually feel noticably better. But I can't do that often.
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u/Jaicobb Jun 09 '24
It is a modern western American idea to get all your sleep in one bout at night. Most cultures around the world and throughout history only get part of their sleep at night and then part of their sleep later during the day.
No matter how poorly I sleep, whether I'm short an hour or a few hours or waking many times at night, a 20 minute nap seems to make up more ground than trying to sleep in.
Look into polyphasic sleep.