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For as long as I can remember (even dating back to childhood) ive never had a consistent ability to maintain a sleep time. This has resulted in me always being tired. I remember in elementary school over the summer I'd fall asleep at 4am and wake up at 12pm. In high school I would sleep at 4am, wake up at 8:30 for school, then sleep the second half at 4pm when i got home. Earlier this year I was sleeping at 3 in the afternoon until 11pm at night, then I would stay up all night and go to work. Today I fell asleep at 7pm or so and woke up at 2am, just been watching a show and listening to music since then while waiting to get ready for work. Often times if I try and maintain a specific time of sleeping I will roll around for hours awake, or alternatively I will only sleep for a few hours and then fall back asleep later. The longest ive been able to manage a consistent sleep time was in 11th grade, for about 6 months I slept at 11pm but gradually my body started wanting to push later and later. I tend to only get a full 8 hours of sleep one or two nights per week as well, sometimes I'll drink alcohol to help sleep longer but only on a friday or saturday.

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[-] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah this was me for all my life until last spring. It was depression related although it's hard to say which came first. I "cured" it by getting blinds that let the sun through, by getting a cat that wakes me up every morning and by smoking a lot of weed. Milage may very much vary 😅

[-] FeelThePower@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

haha, i used to smoke but not so much these days, it started to make me real panicky at some point.

[-] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago

But maybe the other stuff can still help you. For me it was mostly about syncing my inner clock by sticking to a routine and connecting with the world around me.

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