Can someone explain to me why I don't want to go to bed at night? Even when I'm nodding off on the couch? And then desperately want to stay in bed longer in the morning?
Seriously, every single morning I get up and say, I'm totally going to bed earlier tonight. And then I stay up late doing all manner of lame-ass bullshit. Lately this game has been holding me hostage on the couch when I really want to go to bed. Is there any more stupid way to be spending my time? Even my down-time could be more satisfying if I did something else. I feel like a kid who will do anything to stall going to bed. Yet I would very much like more sleep.
Anyway, it seems like lots of people have this problem. I've blogged about it before, and know some of you have too. What makes us do it? Why don't we just go to bed already?
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Procrastination? Circadian rhythms? Hmm. Maybe that's the answer. Maybe you're just not really ready to go to bed until late, and your brain is set up to wake up later. There is evidence that adolescents need to wake up later and go to bed later than adults. But I'm solidly into the adult age, so why are my circadian rhythms still messed up?
I definitely have the EXACT SAME PROBLEM.
I'm the same. In the morning I cold snooze forever,and I can sit in the middle of the night on the couch half sleeping refusing to tuck myself into bed. I think it is that in the evening I am still in charge of the last hours of the day... whereas in the morning, I know I have only like 1 hour before I have to be at work.
Therefore, I think I am more like a teenager than I thought ;)
What Chall said. Exactly.
If I stay up past a certain time, I get a second wind and could go all night (or very late) - which has detrimental effects for the next day. I think it's related to being a night person at heart, even though if I get up early, I can get a lot done in the morning. I should just start getting up early again!
I tend to blame it as a bad habit, but who knows, maybe there's more to it. After I've passed a "gap of tiredness", I can also stay awake much to late (and even have trouble falling asleep). If you find a solution, let us know ;)
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