How do you sleep N's?

Members Only · 09-02-2008, 09:52 PM

Do any other N's, have an innate ability to be completely UNable to sleep, while simultaneously being able to sleep for days on end?

I find it nearly impossible to shut my mind off to go to sleep, but when it is shut off, it is OFF. I then hate getting up again unless I have had a very lengthy sleep (At least 8 hours).

I've been thinking, could this possibly be an N trait? The S's in my life all seem able too:

1) Go to sleep faster.

2) Get up easier with less sleep. In fact, in general they appear to need less sleep than me to function effectively.

As N's (Especially IN's) live more in their heads compared with S's, does this in the long run, take a tole on how much we need to recharge with sleep?

EDIT: My INTP friend also suffers from this, which made me wonder about its causes. In MBTI terms anyhow.

Antisocial one · 09-02-2008, 10:00 PM

Yes, N can do that to people.

I don't have the time for full reply.

substitute · 09-02-2008, 10:05 PM

yes, all the N's I know have difficulty sleeping. Well, all bar two, but one of those does a very exhausting job (physically and mentally) and works very long hours, so that's probably why he sleeps easy. If I absolutely exhaust myself then I can sleep easily too, but it's very difficult to wear myself out enough because no matter how much I do, come 11pm I'm bright and bushy tailed again.

Silently Honest · 09-02-2008, 10:07 PM

On my side.

heart · 09-02-2008, 10:21 PM

Unisom (Doxylamine Succinate). It's also very good at suppressing overnight vertigo and I don't get sleep paralysis like I used to.

Little Linguist · 09-02-2008, 10:27 PM

I'm going to sleep right now. Night!

Dude, yeah, I have periods of insomnia and periods where I sleep a lot (probably to recover?). Yeah which is why I need to go to bed now when I feel tired.

)) Night (for real now!!!)

Members Only · 09-02-2008, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by heart

Unisom. It's also very good at suppressing overnight vertigo and I don't get sleep paralysis like I used to.

I heard sleeping drugs do not produce 'good' sleep, that's what I heard anyway.

Generally I try to not take prescription drugs; maybe they are worth a try, hmmmm....

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Originally Posted by Little Linguist

I'm going to sleep right now. Night!

Jealous. I have work tomorrow too.

Jeffster · 09-02-2008, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Members Only

I've been thinking, could this possibly be an N trait? The S's in my life all seem able too:

1) Go to sleep faster.

2) Get up easier with less sleep. In fact, in general they appear to need less sleep than me to function effectively.
.

Heh. Are they SJ's maybe? I have loads of trouble getting to sleep (and waking up), so does my little brother and my son (all SPs.)

It's just a different kind of restlessness I think. While you say you have trouble shutting off your mind, I have trouble shutting off my body.

My mom (INFJ) can go to sleep instantly, but she wakes up a lot throughout the night, whereas I'm awake until I pass out, but once I'm out, I'm dead until I'm yanked out of it by the cruel morning.

Members Only · 09-02-2008, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeffster

Heh. Are they SJ's maybe? I have loads of trouble getting to sleep (and waking up), so does my little brother and my son (all SPs.)

It's just a different kind of restlessness I think. While you say you have trouble shutting off your mind, I have trouble shutting off my body.

My mom (INFJ) can go to sleep instantly, but she wakes up a lot throughout the night, whereas I'm awake until I pass out, but once I'm out, I'm dead until I'm yanked out of it by the cruel morning.

Interesting. My parents are both J's, and they do have a 'normal' time to go to bed. In fact, one thing they often say to me is "Why do you not go to bed at a normal time". I think the J's are very much more organized in their sleeping habits than us P's.

The last sentence is also true: my mom and dad wake up throughout the night, where as when I'm out, I'm out, till my alarm goes off anyway - then I'm pissed if I haven't had enough sleep. I think this may have something to do with J's forcing themselves to go to sleep, even if they are not tired, just because it is the 'normal' time to go to sleep; P's will sleep when they are ready to sleep, and not just because it is the 'normal' time to sleep. Therefore J's will wake up, and P's will be stone cold out. P's however, may regret their actions the next day, when they are stumbling around their lives sleepy.

prplchknz · 09-02-2008, 10:42 PM

I usually won't sleep for long periods of time. and when I do I go to bed really late and wake up really earlier. It's especially fun when the paranoia sets in and hearing things. then the closet gets mistaken for a giraffe. That's when I give in and take benedryl.

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Members Only Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Type: INFP Location: England Posts: 114	How do you sleep N's? Do any other N's, have an innate ability to be completely UNable to sleep, while simultaneously being able to sleep for days on end? I find it nearly impossible to shut my mind off to go to sleep, but when it is shut off, it is OFF. I then hate getting up again unless I have had a very lengthy sleep (At least 8 hours). I've been thinking, could this possibly be an N trait? The S's in my life all seem able too: 1) Go to sleep faster. 2) Get up easier with less sleep. In fact, in general they appear to need less sleep than me to function effectively. As N's (Especially IN's) live more in their heads compared with S's, does this in the long run, take a tole on how much we need to recharge with sleep? EDIT: My INTP friend also suffers from this, which made me wonder about its causes. In MBTI terms anyhow. __________________ It's just a ride

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substitute Closet ENTJ Join Date: May 2007 Type: ENTP Location: Europe Posts: 4,469	yes, all the N's I know have difficulty sleeping. Well, all bar two, but one of those does a very exhausting job (physically and mentally) and works very long hours, so that's probably why he sleeps easy. If I absolutely exhaust myself then I can sleep easily too, but it's very difficult to wear myself out enough because no matter how much I do, come 11pm I'm bright and bushy tailed again. __________________ Ils se démerdent, les mecs: trop bon, trop con..................................MY BLOG! And even though it all went wrong, I'll stand before the Lord of Song With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah - Leonard Cohen

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Silently Honest Skilled Join Date: Nov 2007 Type: INFJ Location: Southeast City Posts: 4,480	On my side. __________________ My own Mogulus Nostalgia channel

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heart heart on fire Join Date: May 2007 Type: INFP Posts: 7,344	Unisom (Doxylamine Succinate). It's also very good at suppressing overnight vertigo and I don't get sleep paralysis like I used to. __________________ 5w4 sx/sp People understand me so poorly that they don't even understand my complaint about them not understanding me. Soren Kierkegaard

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Little Linguist On the Quest of Self Join Date: Jun 2008 Type: XXXX Location: Germany Posts: 2,897	I'm going to sleep right now. Night! Dude, yeah, I have periods of insomnia and periods where I sleep a lot (probably to recover?). Yeah which is why I need to go to bed now when I feel tired. )) Night (for real now!!!) __________________ Extroverted (E) 53.57% Introverted (I) 46.43% Intuitive (N) 54.55% Sensing (S) 45.45% Thinking (T) 50% Feeling (F) 50% Perceiving (P) 50% Judging (J) 50% Your type is: ENFP (?) Ne (44) > Fi (31.8) > Te (30.7) > Si (28.8) > Fe (28.7) >Ti (26.8) > Se (26.6) > Ni (22.6)

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prplchknz and free bunnies! Join Date: Jun 2007 Type: INFP Posts: 4,274	I usually won't sleep for long periods of time. and when I do I go to bed really late and wake up really earlier. It's especially fun when the paranoia sets in and hearing things. then the closet gets mistaken for a giraffe. That's when I give in and take benedryl. __________________ "It was all very well to say `Drink me,' but the wise little Alice was not going to do that in a hurry. `No, I'll look first,' she said, `and see whether it's marked "poison" or not'; ......if you drink much from a bottle marked `poison,' it is almost certain to disagree with you, sooner or later."-Lewis Caroll, Alice in Wonderland My pupils are not students they dilate but they never learn. my pupils are not students they dilate but they never learn. ~ Marilyn Manson.

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