Meaning without and basic interruptions, such as bathroom visits, having to wake up or get up due to aches or pains, or medical and health conditions of any sort?
Last time I can remember sleeping 8 hours with un interrupted sleep was back in 1991 or close to it...
I often do. Not more often than not, but it's not unusual. While I rarely have to get up to use the bathroom, I usually wake up at some point when I am moving from my left side to my right side, or vice versa, or when a cat steps on me. When I do get up and use the bathroom, it's not the need to use the bathroom that wakes me up. Frequently, I don't sleep eight hours, although there are times when I'll sleep twelve.
It's hard to forget, because when I do sleep 8 hours straight, I can barely move. I'm as stiff as a board.
Last night, and about 5 out of seven nights as a rule. I know I am in the minority, and very lucky to get a good night's sleep.
I usually wake up after a few hours and shift my position, but of all the odd upsides, this catheter I have allowed me to get a full 8 for the first time in many years. Most often I wake up 1-2 times during the night, sometimes due to critters (last night I had the Pavarotti of mockingbirds right outside of my bedroom window at 2AM.)
Since I retired, I’ve been able to sleep an 8 hour night now and then, probably a few times a month. Usually it’s kitties walking across me. One likes to come up, sniff my face make sure I’m still alive, LOL. Then there’s the scratching in the litter box. When the stars align, sometimes I’ll get a full night’s sleep. The issue is though, it doesn’t matter, I’m still dead tired in the morning.
Just now I was thinking about Sleep Paralysis, some years ago, I experienced about a six month period of what I felt was just that, it was bothersome, and good gosh I am glad those episodes have passed and behind me.
Last Tuesday, shortly after Sunday school. For those that don't know that means never unless I was very sick. Probably June 13, 2018 after I got home from the hospital and cancer surgery, but that was one night only. According to my former pulmonologist, if ones our age don't sleep due to needing bathroom relief, we have sleep apnea. We should sleep 8 hours straight with quality sleep even with bladders that are begging for relief. She was in her 30s so after I stopped laughing, I told her she should do comedy at the seniors center.
6-7 hours is my normal as opposed to when I was in the workforce and rarely slept over 4-5 hours at any one time.