What does a good night sleep mean to you?

I sleep well in a cool (not cold) room while bundled up in my blankets. And I need about 6 and ¾s hours. More or less and I am a bit tired all day long. But since I have to get up for work at 4:20. and I am usually in bed a bit after ten, it’s hard. And on the weekend I usually sleep a full 8 if I don;t set my alarm for something.

I like to sleep in a cold room. Even in winter I turn the heat off at night and often crack the window,

I like covers not at all heavy on my feet, but all bundled up under my chin.

I usually sleep about seven hours with one interruption when the dogs get us up.

I don’t like to have “heavy” dreams, but light dreams are OK.

I am a morning person and awake totally right away.

Something I have not enjoyed in a long time!

I feel better with 9 or 10 hours sleep rather than 8. I like being warm, but not overheated. I hate being woke up by an alarm clock – I feel great if I wake up in the morning on my own. I have to have the covers over my arms and shoulder. I sleep on my side. I do switch sides several times through the night, but that doesn’t seem to wake me up. I also switch between having my legs bent and stretched out. Now that I am older, the thing that is most likely to give me a bad night’s sleep is eating too much, too late, or having caffeine too close to bedtime.

I don’t remember what a good night sleep feels like. The dreams I have disrupt the possibility.

At least eight, usually nine.

I watch tv until I’m tired, while listening to my husband and little dog snore together.

For me, I like cuddling in blankets but I get hot easily too, so one comforter in a 55 degree room.

I don’t deviate unless it’s to add a two hour nap on a lazy weekend day.

A cold room; soft, clean sheets and a cozy blanket; a bit of “white noise;” a cat curled comfortably into the bend of my knees. Before I roll onto my right side (where I’ll remain througout the night), I stretch a bit and then relax into the sheets, a process I call “making my muscles sing.”

If all goes as planned, I’ll dream vividly and awaken after six or seven hours of uninterrupted sleep. If I happen to awaken after three or four hours, I’m hopeful to be able to relax back into the sheets for round two.

I almost always awaken ahead of my alarm clock.

As long as I get more than 3 hours of sleep I’m good, my brain can’t seem to shut up when I’m trying to sleep so it makes it difficult to get some sleep.
I love my room to be cold at night so I can comfortably bundle up and cuddle my pillows.
I always enjoy plenty of bizarre dreams, they’re just fun even if they are terrifying.
There also must be some sort noise such as my air filter or a clock ticking or something. If it’s too silent, I get bothered by that static sounds in my ears..

I need so many hours, at least 9, or I feel like death. I wish I could be rested on two hours.

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Seven hours is about right for me, but that only really works really well if I am sleeping at 11/11:30 and getting up at 7/7:30. That’s kind of the sweet spot for me. I have trouble going to bed earlier because I need time to wind down from the day. I hate the alarm clock!

I like the room cool (my husband says cold) and I like it dark and quiet. I like to read or watch tv before I sleep and almost never have trouble falling or staying asleep. I have pretty vivid dreams, but I enjoy them and they don’t interfere with my sleep. Even if I have a nightmare and wake up screaming, I can rarely stay awake long enough to explain what happened to my husband.

I also never fall asleep when I don’t want to (like watching tv, reading a book or during a meeting).

When I was reading my baby book, my mom wrote at about 8 days old, “Asleep at 10:00 pm, up at 5:30 am.” There is also an entry where she writes that she contacted the doctor because I wasn’t waking up in the middle of the night for feedings, and he said “count your blessings.” I guess I have never had a problem with sleep!

At least 6–7 hours, no bad dreams and no sudden awakening from ambulance sirens, barking dogs or the telephone. Sadly, such nights are getting rarer and rarer.

When I wake up and feel like I have had a sleep, whether that is after 6–8hours longer, or shorter. If my jaw doesn’t ache when I wake or I don’t have pins and needles in my hands will usually mean I have rested at some point.

A good night’s sleep is the difference between a calm, good-natured me and an irritable, impatient me. And that makes days a lot different for the people around me.

I used to go to sleep at eleven and get up at seven, and feel tired. I can get around 9 or 10 hours sleep and still feel like crawling back into bed. For me, I find it best to break up my sleep schedule. I fall asleep at around midnight, and wake up after about five or six hours sleep. Then I have a nap at about four o’ clock in the afternoon, and wake up after an hour. For some reason, I just feel so much more awake and alert if I break up my schedule, even if it means getting less sleep collectively than sleeping straight from 11pm-7am.

So the majority like a cold room and are daytime sleepers, averaging 6 hours of sleep.

So many stories. It is nice to know we all share some common struggles, though we may face them alone.

Thanks for contributing.

When I was in the service, I was either too cold, too hot, on an uncomfortable surface, or too on edge to really sleep at all.
Since I came back to civilization, I like to get a solid 8 hours. Not too cold, not too hot.
And I don’t like it if I can’t get it.

A full, uninterrupted 8–10 hours, in my own bed, snuggled under my warm covers, but with the ceiling fan blowing cool air over my face. Anything else, and I feel like a zombie.

For me, a good night’s sleep comes after an exhausting day. I like going to bed early and knowing that I don’t have to get up early. I like the temperature in my room to be a little bit cooler while I’m falling asleep but my blankets to be warm. I like waking up to a warm room, with the lighting not too bright, just enough to let my eyes adjust to the day. I also usually get a better night’s sleep when I fall asleep happy because I wake up feeling refreshed. The best nights of sleep are when I have very interesting dreams that I can remember the next day.

For me, right now, it means all the children sleep through the night and I get to sleep for 6 hours without interruptions.

A good nights sleep means everything, I love bedtime and it’s coming up soon for me right now. :-)
I sleep on average, a solid 8 hours and sometimes 9 if I am extra tired.
I turn the heat down to about 60 at night and sleep in the raw under a heavenly microfleece blanket with another quilted blanket and a comforter on top in my extra warm and comfy memory foam mattress.
I have a portable CD player next to my bed on the lower tier of a nightstand table and drift off to ethereal instrumental music.

Aaah bliss out, soon, soon….. :-)

A good night’s sleep. Well, I guess I can sleep all I want when I’m dead. Meanwhile, I probably get six or seven a night, and I need nine or ten. I’m always falling asleep. Also, I find it hard to sleep alone, even though I’ve been doing it for years.

If I don’t feel like going back to bed immediately, it was probably a good night.