If this isn't job related: Don't get up early if you don't have to. Peoples circadian rhythms vary according to age and personal shit. forcing people into homogenous sleep cycles is just unnecessary standardisation.
ugh i used to like "GRRRRRRRRRRR" basically rage propel myself out of bed. it would take an hour or so for it to subside. made me hate mornings more lol but it worked (it's a bit easier now).
I used to have a big problem with always sleeping in, but now I wake up at 6:00 AM every day, including weekends.
The first thing I always do is drink some water. It's a fairly easy thing to do, and I find that, after I've had some water and maybe brushed my teeth, my hatred of being awake has mostly dissipated. Sometimes I'll even tell myself "Look, just have a glass of water, and if you still want to go back to bed after that, then you can do that." It's been a while since I've slept in (at least, without intentionally planning to sleep in ahead of time) and I find that, if I can get as far as drinking water, then I avoid going back to bed.
I wake up early enough to do stretches at a non-stressful pace before I start using any electronics or doing any work.
I set a timer to go off every night at 9:40 PM to turn my computer off, and I also have a daily scheduled task in Windows that automatically shuts my computer down at 9:40 PM. At that point I meditate for 4 minutes, and then read books in my chair until I get tired enough that I feel like lying down. I only use my bed for sleeping and occasional short naps.
I've personally found it helpful to give myself a reward if I've woken up and done my morning routine a certain number of days. For me, I find fast food really tempting, so I decided that I would only eat a fast food meal if I could wake up at 6:00 without going back to sleep for 1 day. Then I upped it to 2 days, then 3 days, and so on.
Question: is this like a sleep through any and all alarms or like a can't stay awake? I've lived my entire life with severe sleep issues, if you give me some specifics I might have some good tips
ah yeah so for me it turns out I had DSPD, idk if this sounds like you or not but that's been my experience. What I currently use is my alarm + natural light + natural daylight lights on timers (the ones for seasonal depression) + vibrating alarm clock under pillow + if I really need to get up the next day chugging water before bed so that I have to pee the second I wake up + absolute last resort: a screaming meanie alarm clock, 120db it works it just sucks to use
uhhh tbh I haven't yet (though I experience literally every symptom and have since early childhood and it's also commonly comorbid with ADHD which I also have so I'm fairly confident I do have it) bc it takes some time that I don't yet have but you need a sleep study with a dr who knows about circadian rythym disorders (found here)
This is really interesting, I have ADHD also and over the past year or so I've become a noticeably heavier sleeper. Not to the point where I sleep through alarms, but like my girlfriend's cats will no longer wake me up and she will get up and kick them out of the room and I will sleep through it. I figured it was just me getting old.
Also I usually am out within two minutes of my head hitting the pillow, one of my few superpowers.
Also I usually am out within two minutes of my head hitting the pillow, one of my few superpowers.
I am so incredibly jealous. I can't sleep until 2 AM,. it sucks
Been there, it sucks. I started being able to do this around when I started exercising a lot so I initially thought that was the cause, but I haven't exercised much at all over the last year and if anything I've gotten better at it. I really have no clue why it happens.
aaayyy, thanks comrade. you are the best. this is the kind of info i needed
No problem, I feel for you if you do end up having it, it's hell being a preprogrammed night owl in a morning persons world
I found that if I drank a big glass of water before I went to bed I'd wake up needing to go to the bathroom
Eating is the quickest way to set a rhythm. Don't eat for a couple of hours before bed, and eat something around the time you want to be up. Whenever you set your fast time for is when your body quickly sets its sleep time for, and whenever you tell your body food is available is when it wants to be awake.
I have two alarms: one for the intended time to get up and one an hour early. It’s not as bad as it sounds.
To sleep early and make sure you get all those precious minutes of sleep, either don’t use electronic devices entirely an hour before sleeping or, at the very least, turn off blue light. Chamomile tea helps. If you’re like me, you have to learn to fight the feeling of “but I have so much to do” and assure yourself you’ll do it later.
have something to do immediately after you get up, the best run of waking up early and feeling good I've ever had was when I'd wake up with an alarm and instantly put on clothes and go for a walk, by the time I made it back, usually not long like 15-30 minutes I wouldn't feel sleepy anymore
my big problem is I'll go to sleep and my alarm will wake me up, but unless I need to wake up, I'll talk myself into just sleeping longer. That makes it tough when I'm not obligated for anything early and I have to motivate myself, but if you can establish something and make it habit it should get a lot easier over time, at least if you're like me
Go to bed early and have your curtains open to let in natural light when the sun rises. If you have loud ass birds in your area that helps.
I'm curious how these are still so outrageously expensive, pretty sure you can get wifi garage door openers for less than $300.
