Is it normal to fall asleep literally within seconds

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Whenever my mom sits down to watch TV, she falls asleep. It's not a gradual dozing off either, one minute she'll be awake and talking, and literally within seconds she'll be fast asleep and snoring.

I don't think it's narcolepsy because she never falls asleep during daily activities. It only happens when she sits down.

It also happens when she goes to bed at night. My dad says that by the time I close the door after saying goodnight to them, she's already asleep.

My mom has a history of other sleep problems, including sleepwalking, sleep talking and sleep paralysis. She also works 40 hours a week and is in her 50s. Is she normal? (I'm worried about her)

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  • TheArBuilder
    9 years ago

    My father does the same thing. Getting old, I guess

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  • Ckarmatose
    9 years ago

    Maybe her shows or your topic is mind numbing and her brain just says, "Fuck it. I'm out!" Lol!

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  • swimmerboi
    12 years ago

    My family friends son falls asleep in 10the seconds flat. Its amazing.

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  • -awesome-freak
    12 years ago

    Luckyyyy!!!it takes me HOURS to fall asleep and it still does cause me to sleep walk /sleep talk

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  • [Old Memory]
    12 years ago

    haha, she must be tired!!

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  • Carmilla
    13 years ago

    She just sounds lucky, to me! Takes forever for me to conk out.

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    @Thatguy777. I'm the same. I read IIN to fall asleep too. I take a long time to fall asleep. I usually also wake up on average 7 times a night.

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  • Faceless
    13 years ago

    ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ...

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  • skimskambone
    13 years ago

    Interesting. She should be in a sleep study.

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    It means she's sleep deprived.

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  • TriggerHappyPanda
    13 years ago

    I don't think that's normal but I envy her. I wish I could do that. I have trouble sleeping so...

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  • tori
    13 years ago

    My dad did the same thing. My mom and I used to joke that he had a sleep button on his butt.

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  • SpoiltCandy
    13 years ago

    are you sure its not narcolepsy ?

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  • Phishcake
    13 years ago

    Yeah, it's normal. She works 40 hours a week, it's probably stress. I do the same when i'm worn out from the gym or had a tough stressful week at college etc.

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  • chezycheze
    13 years ago

    I think this is normal in most cases. Anyways, my grandpa does the same exact thing. He used to come over for dinner and at some point he would sit on our couch and within seconds he would be asleep. It was pretty funny.

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  • aussiewolf
    13 years ago

    wow isnt she lucky.. it takes me a little while to get to sleep but takes my husband even longer! i also talk in my sleep, have done since i was a little kid. i rambled off a bunch of numbers one night and my mum played them in the x-lotto. didnt win though.

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  • Thatguy777
    13 years ago

    Man I'm the opposite. It takes me forever to get to sleep. Right now I'm trying to get sleepy by reading IIN posts on my iPhone at 1:10 AM

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