Comments on: How to pay off your sleep debt

By: Tim Reynolds

Tim Reynolds — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:04:05 +0000

It is important to understand the laws related to debt collection. Most debt collectors are violating your rights.

By: Jon needs some natural sleep

Jon needs some natural sleep — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 10:18:42 +0000

I don’t really understand how you can pay off sleep debt which you’ve accumualted over the years What if you’ve suffered for more than 10 years of insomnia and then you began sleeping again properly, is your body still in debt?

By: Memory Foam Mattress Lover

Memory Foam Mattress Lover — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 05:12:39 +0000

This is probably going to make me sound like a spammer as well, but one of the biggest things I did that dramatically help reduce what felt like the ammount of natural sleep I needed was a memory foam mattress. I made a bit of a blurb about them on my site. But anyways, prior to getting a Memory Foam, I had a lot of troubles sleeping and DEFINITELY fell very far into sleep debt.

I would be brutally tired and laying there with a soar neck or back trying to fall asleep. After a few weeks of having the memory foam mattress, sleep became wonderful again, and since it took away a lot of the tossing and turning at night I wound up waking up earlier and feeling more refreshed.

By: global warming

global warming — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 13:47:19 +0000

global warming is becoming such a obvious problem that someone somewhere other than Al Gore needs to step up to help drive the bus!

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By: Erika

Erika — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:44:05 +0000

While building a house, I was also working, caring for two kids and doing housework. During that period I found that the level of tiredness varied depending on what was going on during the day. The more engaging and fullfilling the activities of the day, the less tired I felt. I guess it is mind over body at work. Then again, on some days it would all hit me like a brick. I’m definitely for implementing traditions followed in other places where you are give some time to take a break and enjoy a “siesta”.

By: Deborah Byrd

Deborah Byrd — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 10:34:13 +0000

I remember one year a couple of decades ago when, as a writer, I was able to begin working at home nearly every day. I’d been a single mom by that time for several years, with two little kids, and both my kids were at last at school during the day. I got into the habit of taking a nap after lunch and, for maybe eight months, I went through a phase of taking LONG naps - two hours or more - in the middle of the day. I was just tired! Clearly, had a sleep debt. After about 8 months, I seemed to have “caught up” and didn’t need such long naps anymore.

That was a great year!

I still remember it fondly.

Deborah

By: 2wicky

2wicky — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 20:56:06 +0000

What about me?
I don’t get enough sleep, but I’m not a woman.

Does that mean I can never get even?

By: Lisa

Lisa — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 19:35:27 +0000

I WIll NEVER be out of debt.

By: Charlene

Charlene — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 22:19:30 +0000

I tried the sleep calculator, thanks for the interesting link. I haven’t gotten more than 4-5 hours of sleep in years, though I’m the kind of person who could probably go 10 hours given a chance to sleep in. The calculator says that I would need 5 nights of 13 hours of sleep to recover a sleep debt of just one week of snoozing 5-6 hours/night. Multiply that by 52 weeks, so I think I have a sleep deficit of more than 600 hours for one year alone. Guess I won’t be recovering my sleep debt anytime soon.