Healing potions are supposed to be used IN COMBAT, not after combat. You rest after combat. I don't see how that's not common knowledge to be quite honest.

hell, waiting with an open would should DRAIN your health

I prefer healing on sleep, where healing speed depends on quality of bed/sleep. Other than that, pretty much as FONV.

This, but also depending on how much time you spend sleeping.

Yes. Yes, you should be able to heal by waiting one hour. Why? Because it's a fantasy video game. Can't find an excuse to have it in? Magic. That's right. Magic. You magically heal. There's nothing farfetched about it considering that magic even exists in the world itself.

I'm sorry, but this demands an argument that many people hate:

Don't like it? Don't do it. If you've got no reason to wait, then it won't be a problem for you. You're hurt. You've got no reason to wait one hour. You don't believe that waiting one hour can heal you. You choose to not wait. You choose to heal by some other method. Very simple.

I plan on making a Realism Tweaks mod for Skyrim, like I did for Fallout 3 and New Vegas . . . although I'm hoping to keep my Skyrim verion on a smaller scale (hoping that Skyrim won't need nearly as many Tweaks). So if rapid healing while you sleep/wait is in the default game, I plan of changing it.

Instead of the Fallout's default rapid healing when you sleep/wait, I added a constant regen rate that was based on your Timescale and on your Permanent HPs . . . but your HPs didn't regen if you had Moderate (or Severe) Wounds.

I hope not, it was broken in Oblivion. Also I think Sleeping should be altered. Have it be for every 1 hour you rest 50 hps is restored instead of full health. Magicka should be left alone and that's something that should regenerate with a 1 hour wait.