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I fixed this problem myself in my mid 20s by taking up early morning exercise. I started running and lifting at about 6 AM and slowly moved that back to 5 AM ov

I fixed this problem myself in my mid 20s by taking up early morning exercise. I started running and lifting at about 6 AM and slowly moved that back to 5 AM over the course of a year. It completely rewired my brain. I get sleepy around 9 PM now and fall asleep with no effort. If I don't set any alarms, I'm typically awake by 6-7 AM. The big downside is that on the occasions I do need to stay up until the early hours of the morning, it's a real struggle. (An alternative interpretation of these events is that my body rewired itself in my mid 20s and my behavior changed accordingly.)

BjorksEgo 6y ago
That sounds like a fairly typical transition into adulthood I would have thought. I know it was for me and my friends, when I was 21 staying up until 4-5am would have been fairly typical for myself, my brain was burning with energy during the night from my mid teens, by the time I was 24 my natural bedtime had shifted back about 4 hours to 12:30, where it's remained.