how long does it take for you to get to sleep?

[ybbor]

FYI it takes the average person 7 minutes. Obviously no one keeps track and i would assume everyone has a slightly inflated idea because it probably seems longer than it really is

stemming from the what do you think about before you fall asleep thread

 

[rbis4rbb]

10-20. I try to go to sleep on weekdays when I'm not tired, so that may be a factor. 1st vote!

 

[Winner]

Not so easy to say. Sometimes almost immediately, sometimes it takes 2 hour. Depends on how long I slept the night before.

 

[Lozzy_Ozzy]

You cant vote multiple times? It varies depending on if i read a good book first or not... If i do a few minutes if i dont anywhere up to 2 hours

 

[Yom]

Usually less than 7 minutes, because I tend to go to sleep when I'm really tired, not when it's a specific time. From time to time, it takes me 20 minutes or more, but those occasions only happen about once a month.

 

[Sanaz]

If it takes more than 2-3 minutes, I get up and do something useful.

 

[KaNick]

It's usually different and can vary from 7 minutes to 3 hours.

 

[Stormbringer]

If I go to sleep at 11 or so, then it takes about 20 minutes, if I talk to my gf until 3 in the morning, then almost immediatley.

 

[Shadylookin]

typically 20-30 minutes.

 

[Yuri2356]

20-30, but it can easily take up to an hour on a bad day.

 

[Tomoyo]

Three hours on a long day, in which I get a lot of storywriting done, maybe 10-20 minutes on a tiring day.

 

[CIVPhilzilla]

30 - 45 minutes. Sometimes less, sometimes more.

 

[Akka]

Varies too much to allow me to chose a particular answer.

Usually, between 10-15 minutes (if I'm tired and with an empty mind) and 45 mn-1 hour (if I've a lot of thought swirling in my head).

 

[North King]

On average, 30 to 35 minutes, but it can be as quick as 5, and as slow as 2 hours or more.

 

[Pellaken]

NEVER less then 30 minutes, usually about an hour and a half, and unless I get 8 hours of sleep I get very angry very easily.

then when I try to explain this to someone they call me weak and laugh at me and say its not an excuse, which infuriates me

 

[TrailblazingScot]

Varies...it can be as soon as the head hits the pillow or it can take hour upon hour.

It all depends on how tired I am, my state of mind, the temperature of the room, whether I have to get up in a few hours or the bed I'm in. How I wish I could press a button a go to sleep, my life would be so much better then...hmm, sleeping pills...

The older I get however, the MORE I can't do without a good nights sleep (I'm 23), before I could go days without...now I can't be bothered doing that to myself.


As the poll didn't have the appropriate options...my vote went with the beloved Radioactive monkey

 

[Stefan Haertel]

Ironic that this thread happens to appear right now. I'm in bed since 21.00 (it's 1.00 now) and I've been trying to get to sleep till about 20 mins ago.
Usually I need at least an hour to get to sleep and another hour to get out of bed in the mornings.

 

[newfangle]

Often more than an hour. This is especially problematic during the semester because my brain is usually going at Warp 9 thinking about some problem I haven't solved.

 

[emzie]

Ususally more than an hour. My sleep habits are awful.

 

[HamaticBabylon]

Maybe from 30 seconds to 20 minutes.