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I'm 15 (almost 16) and female.
A certain *someone* constantly complains about my naps. I take naps because I get tired.
In the past I used to sleep extremely late (we're talking about from 2-4 AM or later) during school nights. However, I would also get half of my other sleep during the day when I got home from school, since at night I was busy with homework. I couldn't resist taking a nap once I got home from school because I'd be way too tired to concentrate on homework anyway if I didn't nap.
This is probably a question for high schoolers and up, because those with a large homework load will understand why my sleeping schedule is this way.
Now back to what I first said. According to that *someone* naps are horrible and it's totally killing my health. Okay, I understand if I don't get enough sleep it is really bad for me. But I do get enough sleep. Not to mention I don't sleep that late anymore, I try to sleep as early as I can (latest is 1 AM so far because of homework).
What I want to know is, are naps really that horrible? If you don't get enough sleep will your health be really bad? If you sleep enough, but part of your sleep is at night and part of it is in the afternoon is that bad in anyway? What advice would you give me in order to help me sleep earlier? I understand that *someone* cares about me a LOT, but it gets really annoying to always be nagged about when honestly I already am trying my best to get a normal sleeping schedule and it is really hard to NOT take naps.
Thanks a lot!
Its not that naps aren't healthy its that your almost 16 and you shouldn't need naps. Teens should be able to stay up almost all night and not have to take a nap during the day. If you are that tired from just going to sleep at 2 or 4 am then maybe something is wrong with you. Like you need more iron in your diet or you need to exercise.
(Rating: 2) Okay...I know a lot of people that take naps. People take naps because school takes all of the energy out of you and homework takes all night. Therefore you don't get enough sleep. Sleeping at 4 AM means I only get two hours of sleep. So duh, of course I take naps. Two hours will not be enough. So yeah...thanks for the effort but it didn't help me at all.