Question: Is it bad taking a nap before going to sleep

Jason Ellis answered on 6 Nov 2018:

Hi Catapochat – oh yes! It is bad to take a nap before bed. We have something called a sleep drive which increases and increases as we go through our day and if you have a nap before bed it reduces the drive to sleep later on. If we think about sleep like food…you get hungry and then you eat, well, if you had a sandwich just before your dinner you are not likely to be very hungry after the sandwich and eat as much dinner as you would normally. Its the same thing with our sleep…