I hate sleeping during the day. I feel groggy and disorientated afterwards. Luckily, though, it rarely happens to me.

I struggle to sleep at night and don't often get a nap in, but when I do, I wake up more refreshed from my nap than I ever do when I get up in the a.m.

I wake up early and go to bed pretty early. I'm with Floral and hate to sleep during the day for the same reason. The only time I may take a nap is when I'm ill which is fortunately rare.

I call it mapping my eyelids...

When I feel tired during the day, I go to bed extra early. I've never been good at napping.

Not a nap, but doze for 10 minutes or so. It's refreshing. My dad used to do the same. He would put a dark sock across his eyes.

Well, I should be a genius then!! and I too feel more refreshed after a nap than I do when waking for the day.

I go to bed so early that I usually don't need a nap. When I do nap, I hate getting back up, so I usually don't nap.

If I get my outside chores done and supper over with and Jody settled for the night, I am often in bed by 7:30. I play 7 Little Words on my phone until it falls out of my hand, and I fall asleep...which takes no more than 10 minutes.

socks

Not a nap, but doze for 10 minutes or so. It's refreshing. My dad used to do the same. He would put a dark sock across his eyes.

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that's a nap!!!

I rest for 20-40 minutes most days, sometimes dozing in and out of sleep but rarely falling into any kind of deep sleep. I wear headphones and listen to YouTube meditation or ASMR videos. Very relaxing, and a nice break for my eyes.

Like Floral and Marilyn, I don't really nap. I fall so soundly asleep I wake up with a muddled foggy feeling and don't really get in stride again.

That's inside, in winter.

In summer, I can doze outside with a book, sprawled out on my chaise while listening to birds, wind, garden sounds in my back yard. I used to do that a lot, I think it happened all of once last year. I'm hoping for more normal routine this year after putting 2020 behind us ;0)

I can nap anytime, anywhere :-) Not necessarily something I do routinely but in winter during a pandemic with little else going on and more or less forced to be at home, I say why not!! Specially when the dog - a professional grade napper - curls up alongside. It's a happy, comforting thing 😙

If I nap I am done for. Another person who wakes groggy and tired. DH on the other hand falls asleep if he sits down more than a few minuets and can nap as often and as long as he likes and still sleep at night. He chooses the TV program and then falls asleep. Oh well.

I used to spend my work weeks being sleepy and with inadequate time to sleep. I always looked forward to weekends when I could nap. Over twenty years ago, I went (at my wife's suggestion) to the sleep clinic at the local medical school and went through their tests and exams. Turned out, I had obstructive sleep apnea, immediately treatable (as if switching on a light) with a CPAP machine. I've slept soundly ever since, I can get restful sleep in fewer hours, I wake up feeling good and alert and remain alert all day. I haven't taken a nap since.

There's a quote in that linked CNN article from a doctor at Johns Hopkins, who said "make sure sleepiness isn't due to a treatable nighttime sleep disorder." Sleep disorders affect a shockingly high number of people, most of whom are undiagnosed. Poor sleep causes far more medical problems than just sleepiness (including elevated risks of heart disease and strokes, among others) and can usually be treated a number of different ways.

For those who need to nap regularly, consider going to a sleep doctor to see if you have a condition that can be treated.

Huh? Snort. What? Sorry - I was asleep.

Feeling poor after napping does sound like apnea to me also - don't ask how I know.

Love to nap! I'd do well in a culture that takes siestas.