How can I train myself to need less sleep?

Question

I have no time in my life...something has to give. Is there a way i can train my body to need less sleep?

Answer 1

Why less sleep you can work better with the same amount of sleep you are getting now assuming the norm 6/7 hours, what you should be looking at is time management and delegation, trust others to do things and prioritise your tasks with the urgent first.
I am a Managing Director of a very busy compnay and it works

Answer 2

That was/is my problem, also. For the past couple of months I have been working 2 jobs, plus trying to go to the gym whenever possible. All that plus trying to have a socia life! It's hard! There is not enough time in the day. I try to get to bed by no later than 11 and I wake up @ 7-ish (Usually a little later). I, personally have sort of trained myself to need less sleep. A couple months' back I would have needed no less than 8 hours. Now I am doing fine on 6 or so. I think as long as you're getting @ least 5-6 hours on a regular basis and sleeping in sometimes, you can train your body for that. The whole "not sleeping enough is bad for your body" is true...but that is when you're only getting 4 or less hours, I think. I do fine on 5-6..but that's me. You need to figure out what YOU do ok on...

Answer 3

It's better to dump a few things in your life than to short-change your sleep. It eventually catches up to you, and can severely affect your health. I'm going in for a sleep study next week, to see if I have sleep apnea, a sleep disorder where I don't get enough sleep due to not breathing during sleep. The doctor told me that a lack of sleep has been affecting my heart, giving me an erratic heart rate, which sometimes causes me to faint, get dizzy, and short of breath. Just imagine this happening if I drive. It's happened when I was cooking supper. So, a lack of sleep is very dangerous, in the long run. Other things can also be affected by lack of sleep too, that I'm not even aware of. I'm sure that many people on here will tell you much of the same thing. There are ways to train yourself to sleep during the day, if you've been shifted from a day job to a night job. But, other than that, I wouldn't "train" myself to sleep less. It just isn't healthy. <*)))><

Answer 4

Theoretically, body can be trained for any thing, including less sleep, but this will not be beyond doubt that u can work with equal efficiency with lesser sleep. This has been possible for many top politicians and business grand persons, and this may be one of their extraordinary qualities which pushed them so high, every one can not do this by his effort only, but then, nothing is impossible if u WISH !!!.

Answer 5

At younger ages you need more sleep period. Don't mess with this or you are endangering your health. Learn to organize the time you already have more efficiently. With age you will need less and less sleep. Its just the body's hormones declining with age. I'm 59 and I hardly need 4 hrs a nite. When I was 29 I need a good solid 8 hrs. Sleep is important so don't mess with it.

Answer 6

its not healthy to do that...ur body needs sleep to heal...but u can do that...just sleep less...but over a long term period...for example if u usually sleep 8 hours...get urself up at 7 1/2 hour for a week and then cut another half an hour back for the week after..and after a while ur body will get use to it...

Answer 7

This is doing something senseless. You need the energy and strength to do those very busy things that take up a big chunk of your life. Without sufficient sleep you will head towards a breakdown.

Answer 8

Set your alarm clock early. It seams stange but after a while set your alram clock to the time you used to get up and you will end up waking up thinking 'why hasn't my alarm gone off'. You are advised however to have between 4-8 hours sleep a day.

Answer 9

for full concentration levels you need around 8 hours sleep, however i get between 5-6 a night on a weeknight and have learnt to cope with this

Answer 10

I am 74 years old and all doctor's tell me I am in excellent health. But sometimes I sleep 24 hours at a time. What would cause this.