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Tired of comments and insinuations
by: Nancy
on Thu, Sep 20 2007
I am a night owl and always have been. As an artist it is the most creative time for me and I have the most clarity and effectiveness. My family thinks that it is by choice and while it suits me and has appeal, if I try to go to sleep earlier as they suggest I just end up staring at the ceiling and wasting hours of time. Once I was criticized for getting up in the morning and asking my family to keep it quiet. If it had been night time and I was keeping them from sleeping by being noisy they would think nothing of it. I hate that people notice the time on my e-mails and realize that I am up working early a.m. I never realized that until it was mentioned to me. Now I just keep them as drafts until later. My mother even has intimated that my being a night owl is some kind of character flaw because I am out of step with the rest of society. She told me that when I am at my father’s house I should keep their schedule. Does this mean that when they come visit I can ask that they stay up late and sleep late? Everyone seems to want to celebrate diversity but only if it fits their definition. By the way, I am highly educated and high functioning. I have conformed to the norm of daytime hours when I had to get my kids to school etc. It just is not optimal for me. So why am I being judged for my circadian rhythm because it is different?
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Mon, Nov 10 2008
People just do not get it, for them it's simply a matter of 'forcing' yourself to go to bed earlier and then everything will be all right. They don't...Read
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Wed, Sep 10 2008
I completely agree, it is so tiresome to be criticized by others for DSPS as if we want to be this way. I don't so I have ordered a light box and may...Read
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Wed, Sep 03 2008
I empathize. I've found it challenging to be a part of the larger community myself because of my zanny sleep schedule. I've just recently come across ...Read
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Mon, Aug 25 2008
I am the same.
It was a struggle to focus at college because I found it hard to sleep before 5 or 6am and if I knew I had to be up at 7/8am I generall...Read
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Thu, Aug 07 2008
wow, i've had the same life!! after being asked many times by people at work, "why are you up at 3am sending e-mails", i tell them i'm just...Read
September 2007
- BRAIN DISTURBANCE - by JMB - (Sun, Sep 30 2007)
Had respiratory arrest. Many after effects for 1 year. Swelling in retinas, macular wrinkle removed now, operation caused symptoms to return.
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- The best news ever. - by Anna - (Fri, Sep 28 2007)
For years I’ve fought frequent bouts of depression guilt, stress and all of the stuff that goes along with being considered “lazy” and having issues with work and school due to my “awkward” sleep habits. So many times in my life I’ve been told to “Go to bed earlier!”
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- Weird Stuff - by Dave - (Wed, Sep 26 2007)
Its always interesting to be researching “Why is sleeping always a fight in both directions?” I googled “reversed sleep schedule” and more or less here I am. I found out what the name was yesterday. Yesterday? After calling it out in all ways but name. Not the psychiatrist or the counselor had any clue what I was talking about.
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- Finally found something that works - by Liz - (Fri, Sep 21 2007)
I am 46 years old and have lived with dspd all of my life. I didn’t know it was a condition until my 19 year old son researched it. He has the same disorder and was tired of not being able to take early college classes and function like the rest of his friends. Luckily, our family doctor’s daughter has dspd and is currently being treated for it.
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- Tired of comments and insinuations - by Nancy - (Thu, Sep 20 2007)
I am a night owl and always have been. As an artist it is the most creative time for me and I have the most clarity and effectiveness. My family thinks that it is by choice and while it suits me and has appeal, if I try to go to sleep earlier as they suggest I just end up staring at the ceiling and wasting hours of time.
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- Better jobs for night owls - by Christina - (Wed, Sep 19 2007)
As those of us with DSPS/DSPD know all too well, the main obstacle we face throughout our lives is the dearth of choices for occupations with late morning, afternoon, or evening start times.
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- DSPD - by NIGHTY NIGHT. NOT!!! - (Fri, Sep 07 2007)
I have just been diognosed with DELAYED SLEEP PHASE DISORDER and have to get myself into a “normal” pattern. as like other people with the same problem i cant get to sleep till well after 2am and dont wake up till at least 3pm the following day. this has cost me my job my friends and my social life.
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