I set an alarm at night, around nine, and get ready for bed. I don't have to go to bed, but i have to brush my teeth, wash my face, take my pills, whatever. It sort of breaks up whatever i was doing and i tend to get sleepy and ready to go to bed
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Augh, I'm like that too. Ever since I was a wee tot, I was up at ridiculous hours of the night and trying on all my clothes or playing with my bear
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there was a study recently that showed that people have a wide variety of normal sleep patterns and they don't necessarily correlate to being diurnal. A lot of people i know have trouble like this. Mine gets worse when i start getting depressed- but usually it's just that i absolutely cannot get out of bed.
My brother is nocturnally inclined like us too, but HE'S got the benefit of a spouse who can get up in the morning no problem, and she can prod him awake. Clearly I need to marry a morning person XDD
And yeah, I also do that when I'm not feeling happy about something. I suppose it's a natural sort of reaction. :|
Ooh, yes. I did try something like the programming countdown, but again, I didn't want to sleep and I'd find something to distract myself with. Sigghhh
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Oh yeah, I saw that one too XD I figured Clocky would be a better idea because there's LOTS AND LOTS of places in my room where something like those propellers could disappear and never be seen again. Clocky on the other hand is a single large chunky piece, and won't be so easy to lose.
I am DEFINITELY doing the alarm that reminds me to start getting ready for sleep. I never even thought of this, and it's a great idea. :| GREAT.
I also thought about an alarm that plays different sounds, because I definitely get used to mine and don't respond. That's why I looked into Clocky, that one you have to chase? If it turns out that I somehow sleep through that GODAWFUL NOISE, I can position it so that it falls right on my head. :|||||||
Why does a necessary biological function have to be so hard? When we need to pee, WE REALLY NEED TO FREAKIN' PEE, THERE ARE NO ARGUMENTS FROM THE BRAIN.
Yeah, I just... I dunno, I always put sleep as this thing that I don't have to do, somehow. It's terrible XD
Now that I'm spending more time at home, I'll look into the NatureBright.
And yeah, not remembering my dreams SUCKS. i don't know if it's linked to my bad sleep patterns, because it's a thing that's happened relatively recently, but I hope so :| I hate waking up from nothing, it's the worst feeling.
All I've got to offer is sympathies since I'm in such a similar spot. It's so hard to relax when it feels like there's so much to do and you've lost so much of the day! The only thing I've found that helps with that is if I find something I can do that is engrossing enough to satisfy that "KEEP GOING" impulse... but also sedate enough I can fall asleep doing it. Watching movies and shows on Netflix, ESPECIALLY DOCUMENTARIES, seems to do the trick... sometimes.
Other than that... I am totally going to crib some of the advice you got here.
For me it's like... uh... like, I don't have a hard time relaxing so much as I have a hard time with wanting to STOP relaxing and sleep. >_> Did that make any sense?
Makes perfect sense to me. I've always kind of done that. In part because getting up to prepare for bed is a chore, in part because some times, whatever I'm doing, regardless of whether I'm enjoying it, hijacks my brain somehow and I am convinced I must continue until I achieve some unspecified goal.
For me, sleep often seems like... too definitive and soon an end to the day, and it only gets worse the later I wake up. There's so much work to do, and so much fun to have, the idea of calling the quits and -sleeping- before I've satisfied the brain itch is unacceptable. Except when it's depression and anxiety keeping me up which is another creature all togerher.
I'm not sure what my natural rhythm is, since I seem to do alright as a morning person and passably as a noon to midnight person.
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there was a study recently that showed that people have a wide variety of normal sleep patterns and they don't necessarily correlate to being diurnal. A lot of people i know have trouble like this. Mine gets worse when i start getting depressed- but usually it's just that i absolutely cannot get out of bed.
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And yeah, I also do that when I'm not feeling happy about something. I suppose it's a natural sort of reaction. :|
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I also thought about an alarm that plays different sounds, because I definitely get used to mine and don't respond. That's why I looked into Clocky, that one you have to chase? If it turns out that I somehow sleep through that GODAWFUL NOISE, I can position it so that it falls right on my head. :|||||||
Why does a necessary biological function have to be so hard? When we need to pee, WE REALLY NEED TO FREAKIN' PEE, THERE ARE NO ARGUMENTS FROM THE BRAIN.
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Yeah, I just... I dunno, I always put sleep as this thing that I don't have to do, somehow. It's terrible XD
Now that I'm spending more time at home, I'll look into the NatureBright.
And yeah, not remembering my dreams SUCKS. i don't know if it's linked to my bad sleep patterns, because it's a thing that's happened relatively recently, but I hope so :| I hate waking up from nothing, it's the worst feeling.
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Other than that... I am totally going to crib some of the advice you got here.
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For me, sleep often seems like... too definitive and soon an end to the day, and it only gets worse the later I wake up. There's so much work to do, and so much fun to have, the idea of calling the quits and -sleeping- before I've satisfied the brain itch is unacceptable. Except when it's depression and anxiety keeping me up which is another creature all togerher.
I'm not sure what my natural rhythm is, since I seem to do alright as a morning person and passably as a noon to midnight person.
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