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