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Just tossing ideas out, but is it possible that structured mornings as a result of modern education might be part of why melatonin is used so often? Being gener
by secstate 3y ago
Just tossing ideas out, but is it possible that structured mornings as a result of modern education might be part of why melatonin is used so often? Being generally a night owl, I slept like shit all through high school and parts of college. I'm just a sample size of one, but if instead of just "dealing" with it, I had looked for a solution to help me get to sleep faster, maybe I (or my parents) would have leaned on melatonin? I certainly had friends that couldn't sleep without nyquil in high school, too.
EDIT: To add another thought, I also had the blessing/good luck of a father who, noticing my difficulties getting to sleep gave me the sage advice of "don't worry about it. Grab a book, do some drawing, worst case scenario, you don't get up for school tomorrow. The world is not ending." How much stress to do we put on ourselves by our expectation of sleep and the perceived consequences of having a bad day the next day. Our life does not operate via step functions. It is continuous, and no one bad day can ruin the next unless you let it.