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I just found out about this two days ago (another post on here). I don't have a cycle quite like you describe -- I'm generally always in nocturnal mode, except
by Qz 17y ago
I just found out about this two days ago (another post on here). I don't have a cycle quite like you describe -- I'm generally always in nocturnal mode, except when I make the mistake to try staying up all night (despite telling myself never to do it again no matter what), after which I may end up in a "day" day mode where I get up at 7-8 am like normal people. Except when I do that my brain still doesn't turn on until the afternoon.
This thing has been plaguing me all my life, made high school and college a total nightmare except where I could finagle afternoon classes. I mean, personally I love staying up late doing stuff, but it's a pain to try aligning that with other people's schedules.
- RevRal 17y agoIn high school, there were a few months where I managed to arrange my sleeping schedule so I slept from when when I got home from school to about 11pm-1am. It worked really well, but my mom didn't like it.
- Qz 17y agoMy parents tried the iron fist approach: i had to wake up by a certain time on saturdays and sundays or they would ban me from using the computer. If I missed the bus for sleeping too late, no computer. Needless to say that this didn't work -- I just stayed up until they were asleep and used the computer then. The salient feature of my adolescence was a grueling and protracted war with my parents over school performance vs. computer usage/sleep habits. Makes me wonder how things would have turned out if I'd learned about DSPS when I was maybe 14 or something.
- realitygrill 17y agoNot that much different. My parents didn't believe in DSPS or on a pragmatic level thought it could be cured through training; how could you possibly live a responsible life in the normal world without fixing it?