When I first got socked by chronic fatigue syndrome in my teens, I wondered the same thing.
I think it's that I wasn't given consent over *when* I had to take a nap in early childhood, so I just ended up lying there bored out of my mind and not actually sleeping. Ugh! (Also, I have never in my life woken up from any amount of sleep feeling better (less sleepy, less fatigued) upon waking: usually I was quite worse for a couple of hours, so it was probably a good thing that I couldn't sleep on command, as my parents would have been even less happy with the results of “nap time” than I was.)
Anyway, by my late teens, the chronic fatigue got so bad that I could sleep literally anytime during daylight hours, so it's not as if I'd be lying there not sleeping. But I'd nearly always regret taking the nap when it was over. I think napping *does* help restore some of my energy, but it doesn't *feel* like it till an hour or so after waking up from the nap.
I think lack of control might have something to do with it. Adults sometimes send children for naps for quiet time.
However, today was a day when I needed some recovery time. I've been a busy Lara for the past few days. Mind's Eye Society stuff on the weekends, Independence Day celebration on the fourth, a cardiologist appointment on the 5th to tell me he found nothing on the PET Scan and he agrees with my PCP about doing asthma testing next, and one more appointment tomorrow. (Not to mention a thyroid ultrasound coming up week after next, and a trip to Indy, and a dental appointment sometime this month.) Anyway, I'm sure any potential reader gets the point.
It's just that the nap this afternoon was restful and felt so good. I'm sure the person calling me to get a ride to work didn't like me sleeping through the phone ringing, but I needed some time to recover.
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Date: 2016-07-07 01:17 am (UTC)I think it's that I wasn't given consent over *when* I had to take a nap in early childhood, so I just ended up lying there bored out of my mind and not actually sleeping. Ugh! (Also, I have never in my life woken up from any amount of sleep feeling better (less sleepy, less fatigued) upon waking: usually I was quite worse for a couple of hours, so it was probably a good thing that I couldn't sleep on command, as my parents would have been even less happy with the results of “nap time” than I was.)
Anyway, by my late teens, the chronic fatigue got so bad that I could sleep literally anytime during daylight hours, so it's not as if I'd be lying there not sleeping. But I'd nearly always regret taking the nap when it was over. I think napping *does* help restore some of my energy, but it doesn't *feel* like it till an hour or so after waking up from the nap.
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Date: 2016-07-07 01:45 am (UTC)However, today was a day when I needed some recovery time. I've been a busy Lara for the past few days. Mind's Eye Society stuff on the weekends, Independence Day celebration on the fourth, a cardiologist appointment on the 5th to tell me he found nothing on the PET Scan and he agrees with my PCP about doing asthma testing next, and one more appointment tomorrow. (Not to mention a thyroid ultrasound coming up week after next, and a trip to Indy, and a dental appointment sometime this month.) Anyway, I'm sure any potential reader gets the point.
It's just that the nap this afternoon was restful and felt so good. I'm sure the person calling me to get a ride to work didn't like me sleeping through the phone ringing, but I needed some time to recover.
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Date: 2016-07-07 04:16 am (UTC)