Can you change your sleep schedule?
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Date: 2023-09-12
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Kyle
This is somewhat right and somewhat wrong. There does seem to be something like a chronotype where your body releases sleep hormones at different periods regardless of whether you expose yourself to light in the morning or try to train your body to consistently fall asleep. This chronotype seems to change with age, and specifically with teenagers it appears very difficult and unhealthy to make them into early birds. In fact, most of what we associate with puberty (moodiness, behavior problems, brain fog) are actually caused by sleep deprivation because they are naturally night owls forced to go to school at 7: 30 AM.
This phenomenon of making nightowls wake up early can cause social jetlag, a misalignment between what your body needs and social demands. Rather than placing the blame on individuals and say individual people need to learn to live in a world designed by and for early birds, we can instead ask how can we make a more equitable society where we can all live together.
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This is somewhat right and somewhat wrong. There does seem to be something like a chronotype where your body releases sleep hormones at different periods regardless of whether you expose yourself to light in the morning or try to train your body to consistently fall asleep. This chronotype seems to change with age, and specifically with teenagers it appears very difficult and unhealthy to make them into early birds. In fact, most of what we associate with puberty (moodiness, behavior problems, brain fog) are actually caused by sleep deprivation because they are naturally night owls forced to go to school at 7: 30 AM.
This phenomenon of making nightowls wake up early can cause social jetlag, a misalignment between what your body needs and social demands. Rather than placing the blame on individuals and say individual people need to learn to live in a world designed by and for early birds, we can instead ask how can we make a more equitable society where we can all live together.
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Kong
Been working straight night shift for almost 3 years now. My work schedule is US EST time based which is -12/-13 hours from my time. I have weekends off so I usually try to stay awake after my Friday shift ends which is already Saturday morning my time. Overtime my body has gotten used to it that I always wake up at night and go sleepy during the day. It is crazy and chaotic but it is one of the highest paying job here. I already miss sleeping at night I was definitely an early bird before.
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Been working straight night shift for almost 3 years now. My work schedule is US EST time based which is -12/-13 hours from my time. I have weekends off so I usually try to stay awake after my Friday shift ends which is already Saturday morning my time. Overtime my body has gotten used to it that I always wake up at night and go sleepy during the day. It is crazy and chaotic but it is one of the highest paying job here. I already miss sleeping at night I was definitely an early bird before.
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Ikajo
These never addresses the impact of living in an area that naturally has fluctuating daylight hours depending on the time of the year. Summer near the polar circle means long days and short nights, at times it will never get dark. Winter means short days and long nights. Often with only a couple of hours of proper sunlight. Ever experienced it being dark at 8 in the morning and then dark again 4 in the afternoon? In some places, they don't get any sunlight at all.
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These never addresses the impact of living in an area that naturally has fluctuating daylight hours depending on the time of the year. Summer near the polar circle means long days and short nights, at times it will never get dark. Winter means short days and long nights. Often with only a couple of hours of proper sunlight. Ever experienced it being dark at 8 in the morning and then dark again 4 in the afternoon? In some places, they don't get any sunlight at all.
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anthony
I have been a night owl my entire life even when I was working at a diner I would do graveyard shift 10 p. m. to 6 a. m. it was only into my thirties I decided to set my alarm and wake up at 4 a. m. everyday I am not a morning person but now my brain automatically wakes me up at 4 a. m. in the morning and I do so angrily irritated not really in the best of mood until I've had at least three expresso shots.
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I have been a night owl my entire life even when I was working at a diner I would do graveyard shift 10 p. m. to 6 a. m. it was only into my thirties I decided to set my alarm and wake up at 4 a. m. everyday I am not a morning person but now my brain automatically wakes me up at 4 a. m. in the morning and I do so angrily irritated not really in the best of mood until I've had at least three expresso shots.
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TАP
I have been a night owl my entire life even when I was working at a diner I would do graveyard shift 10 p. m. to 6 a. m. it was only into my thirties I decided to set my alarm and wake up at 4 a. m. everyday I am not a morning person but now my brain automatically wakes me up at 4 a. m. in the morning and I do so angrily irritated not really in the best of mood until I've had at least three expresso shots.
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I have been a night owl my entire life even when I was working at a diner I would do graveyard shift 10 p. m. to 6 a. m. it was only into my thirties I decided to set my alarm and wake up at 4 a. m. everyday I am not a morning person but now my brain automatically wakes me up at 4 a. m. in the morning and I do so angrily irritated not really in the best of mood until I've had at least three expresso shots.
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dadapotok
i'll just give a shoutout to the huberman lab podcast having circa 6 episodes about sleep for those who REALLY need to figure things out. episode about the shift work and interview witth Matt Walker were particularly life-changing for me. Though light-sensitive, hyper-sensitive, neurodivergent and ASD people may need to dig even deeper and somewhere else
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i'll just give a shoutout to the huberman lab podcast having circa 6 episodes about sleep for those who REALLY need to figure things out. episode about the shift work and interview witth Matt Walker were particularly life-changing for me. Though light-sensitive, hyper-sensitive, neurodivergent and ASD people may need to dig even deeper and somewhere else
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ohn
tbh, i'm such a night owl and in my country, it's almost midnight. when i was 16 years old, i can fully immerse when the night becomes darker and it sticks with me till now. the darker the night, the more the silence and the more i can focus. sometimes, i wish some exams would be held at night lol
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tbh, i'm such a night owl and in my country, it's almost midnight. when i was 16 years old, i can fully immerse when the night becomes darker and it sticks with me till now. the darker the night, the more the silence and the more i can focus. sometimes, i wish some exams would be held at night lol
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GrimCrimz
I sleep around 10 or midnight, then I automatically wake up around 5 in the morning cause it's when my parents get up for work(not sure if it's the sudden inflow of noise that wakes me around that time, but I fall back to sleep till around 7-8: 00 in the morning
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I sleep around 10 or midnight, then I automatically wake up around 5 in the morning cause it's when my parents get up for work(not sure if it's the sudden inflow of noise that wakes me around that time, but I fall back to sleep till around 7-8: 00 in the morning
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Mark
ADHD people have an average of 3 hours delayed biological clock when it comes to sleep which is probably linked to serotonin levels.
P. s. Adults ADHD people are hundreds of millions around the world but 8 out of 10 are undiagnosed and completely unaware
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ADHD people have an average of 3 hours delayed biological clock when it comes to sleep which is probably linked to serotonin levels.
P. s. Adults ADHD people are hundreds of millions around the world but 8 out of 10 are undiagnosed and completely unaware
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TheFatChicck
Having ADHD induced insomnia doesn't help much, hence why I take sleep aid and Tylenol when needed. Other than that, I'm actually a hummingbird: I adapt to whatever sleep schedule is needed for certain things life throws at me.
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Having ADHD induced insomnia doesn't help much, hence why I take sleep aid and Tylenol when needed. Other than that, I'm actually a hummingbird: I adapt to whatever sleep schedule is needed for certain things life throws at me.
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Blake
In my case, it s probably a combination of how I was raised paired with how I spent my teens and early twenties. With that said, I have never enjoyed early mornings. Not once. And, I come alive between 10pm - 8am like clockwork.
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In my case, it s probably a combination of how I was raised paired with how I spent my teens and early twenties. With that said, I have never enjoyed early mornings. Not once. And, I come alive between 10pm - 8am like clockwork.
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filonin2
The fact that this video was made proves no one involved has worked a retail job where you never have a regular shift time and regularly have to do close-opens. You'll be both an early bird and a might owl or you will starve.
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The fact that this video was made proves no one involved has worked a retail job where you never have a regular shift time and regularly have to do close-opens. You'll be both an early bird and a might owl or you will starve.
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Вадим
I am somebody between an owl and early bird. I like to run and walk under moon light in really early mornings like 4. 30-5. 00 am. And when I am doing this I feel so much energy and power that I get from that walk
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I am somebody between an owl and early bird. I like to run and walk under moon light in really early mornings like 4. 30-5. 00 am. And when I am doing this I feel so much energy and power that I get from that walk
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Naveen
I feel this needs more research.
This schedule? It seems to me that if you remove 'work' from people's lives. They would get into a natural sleep cycle which would perhaps be longer than we think.
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I feel this needs more research.
This schedule? It seems to me that if you remove 'work' from people's lives. They would get into a natural sleep cycle which would perhaps be longer than we think.
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Taraz
Being Night Owl is great. So little people bugs you a later in a day, and you get to done so much. Thou its annoying how normies and early birds make fun or us, calling us lazy and unhealthy.
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Being Night Owl is great. So little people bugs you a later in a day, and you get to done so much. Thou its annoying how normies and early birds make fun or us, calling us lazy and unhealthy.
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Kayla
Having insomnia has thrown my circadian rhythm off balance ever since I was in high school. And it sucks so badly. Because I have a hard time falling asleep and staying asleep because of it!
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Having insomnia has thrown my circadian rhythm off balance ever since I was in high school. And it sucks so badly. Because I have a hard time falling asleep and staying asleep because of it!
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Laura
:: : concerned taking meds to help me sleep will interfere with waking up if something happens. No matter precautions I take, often I'll find myself chocking bc of reflux. Any suggestions?
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:: : concerned taking meds to help me sleep will interfere with waking up if something happens. No matter precautions I take, often I'll find myself chocking bc of reflux. Any suggestions?
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Adarsh
Not a night owl; but I want to know whether or not night owls feel equally energised and active during their waking hours compared to early birds or people between the two extremes?
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Not a night owl; but I want to know whether or not night owls feel equally energised and active during their waking hours compared to early birds or people between the two extremes?
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Felicia
Fascinating video, as always! I was involuntarily a night owl for many of my adolescent years until I got the right sleep meds. Can't live without alimemazin and melatonin now!
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Fascinating video, as always! I was involuntarily a night owl for many of my adolescent years until I got the right sleep meds. Can't live without alimemazin and melatonin now!
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asanka
When I was sitting for A/L exam back in 2010, I used to prefer sleep in the evening and study in the night which impacted me so badly. After couple weeks I skipped that plan.
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When I was sitting for A/L exam back in 2010, I used to prefer sleep in the evening and study in the night which impacted me so badly. After couple weeks I skipped that plan.
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