Anyone else so used to waking up early that they can’t sleep in?

[KittygosMeoWW]

I wake up at 4-5 even on my days off. I miss sleeping in.

[Screenwriter]

Hate to tell you this, the older you get, it appears the less sleeping in your body needs.

I try to pack in 7 hours. As long as I get it in a 24-hour period and can arrive on time for my erstwhile and various paid employments, doesn't matter ---unless you're disturbing someone else.

If you feel rested and aren't suffering from loads of colds or other maladies, are perky and undepressed and can get in those naps you might need on occasion, you're fine. My 30 year old son is always collapsing after he arrives home from work at 7 in the evening. He wakes up a few hours later, does some chores, then drops off by 1 am and gets up to go to work again at 530.

Get in what you need. In at least 3 and 4 hour increments and you should be OK. Only super growing kids and pubescents need those loooongggg stretches. After you're grown, listen to your body. When you pass out, it's telling you what you need to know. If you wake up it's also saying, well, I'm rested for now...

Try to keep regular sleep hours, sleep in a dark, quiet place and do NOT have a TV in your bedroom, or bring your phone or laptop to bed. That blue light messes up sleep signels to the brain.

Worse comes to worse? Take a non habit forming sleep aid on occasion!!! Good snoozing.

[sage2021]

I'm having the same problem for the first time in my life.
I wake up anytime between midnight and 5 AM.
I used to have a normal nighs sleep of 8 hours until just this past year..
Then I have to take a nap after being awake for 8-10 hours - rinse and repeat 🙄

[KittygosMeoWW]

Same! The naps are hard for me to get so I’ve just been a zombie pushing through school and work.

[WhiteSteve]

I’m actually sleeping weirdly lately, kind of the same deal. I’ve been living on West Coast time on the East Coast for a minute😅 Going to bed at like 3 AM, sleeping til 10 or 11 AM (it’s fake-life right now, lmao, I don’t need to be up for a job or anything, just taking care of my old man😝).

But lately I’ve been getting to bed a little earlier, and now I’m waking up at like 7 or 8. But sometimes I’ll go to bed at the usual later time, and still wake up early, after only 4-5 hours of sleep.

I was sick the week before last, some kind of flu, I think, and I was just sleeping it off for a weekend, just crashing whenever I could and for however long I could, and I think it threw my rhythm off🤷‍♂️

[Finchie40]

Yea I am mostly that way as well , mainly because of my work schedule , on weekends or days off from work I try to sleep longer , but my body doesn’t allow me to , so I end up getting up unless I want to start at the ceiling lol. I hate that I can’t force myself back to sleep

[Amy10223]

I was so used to that when I was teaching that on weekends I'd get top too early. I actually felt guilty staying in bed. Now, I'd love to sleep in but I've got a kitty who is up at 6:30 and begins to when at my door. She sounds as if she says, "MA MEEE", I swear it. So I get up to feed her and then I can't sleep anymore. I try to make it until 7:00 on days when she still sleeps. Still, it's better than my other cat who'd wake up at 4:00 am and begin howling.

[naartjie]

Girl no… I don’t even know how people get to this stage. If I don’t put an alarm I’ll wake up like 10am or whenever, who knows. Sleep is such a dangerous game for me

[KittygosMeoWW]

I love sleep and I miss it

[naartjie]

I wish I would just wake up at a specific time. It’s horrible when you wake up late and have to rush to work saying you just didn’t wake up on time.
My alarm is so loud that my brother has said he hears it on the other side of the house lol😬 he’s got a normal alarm and those don’t wake me!

[HungTexan]

I have the same problem sometimes. My internal alarm clock still goes off.

[KittygosMeoWW]

I just want to sleep

[Sonorous]

I've been waking up relatively early recently but it's only because I did an extreme calorie cut losing a lb in 3 days. Now that my calories are back to relative normal, I don't feel tired so soon.

[NathanDavis]

if I am waking up around four to five AM...

that's because my cats smacked me to get up... I do tend to them, but then I can go back to bed and sleep right away... lol

lucky...

[Beckybooboo]

I could sleep an extra ten hrs on days I work but on my days off, I'm up an hr early and can't fall back to sleep if my life depended on it! I've been like that my whole life.

[leahzrc]

Lol yeah I woke up at 6 today and I went to bed later than usual the night before because I was off. It's nice though because I used to not be able to get out of bed.

[sawno]

I have the reverse problem. Sleeping in and nudging my sleep schedule forward is super easy. Getting it to go back is hard.

[DancingQueen16]

I sometimes wake up at 6 in the morning when I don't have anywhere to be since for years I had to wake up at a certain time to catch the school bus

[dustybiker2]

Don't try. Just lay there and read or something. No need to reset your internal clock to get rest.

[Likes2drive]

Not really, I get up early during the week for work but on the weekends if I don’t have to get up, I sleep in for hours longer even at my age, but I guess some people are creatures of habit because of their internal clock

[satinpetals]

Yes, since my first child I have never been able to sleep much past 6:30 or 7:00am. And I go to sleep late too, I am sure one day this will all catch up to me lol

[MaxW1]

I sleep 8-9 hours so if i go to bed early, I'm good. if i don't, i wake up later. Why would you wanna sleep longer if you're getting at least 8 hours?

[Vevv123]

Same, but I hate sleeping in. For some reason I get headaches if I wake up past 7.

[BrotherFalk]

Literally me. I am up early evert day no matter what! I generally nap to make up for it.

[missindiana93]

Yes all the time. I never sleep in now I'm an early riser.

[Anonymous]

Me too :(

Do daily problems come to mind as you go to sleep, too? This is the reason why I wake up early and can't fall asleep.

[Caroline005]

Me I get up early 5 am daily. For school. Even after having 4 days off from Friday - Monday I’m getting up at 6.

[Wiredone]

I'm having a hard time getting to sleep and I still wake up early because my dog has to go out. I'm lucky if I get 3 hours of sleep a night

[genericname85]

yup. welcome to getting old xD that's a thing if you get closer to your 30s and older.

[LiamJHayden]

Yes. Unless I am ill I awaken by 0530 at the latest,

[Noodle_fan]

It seems u are light sleeper , i usually have same problem when i had many things in mind.

[Bklynbadboy12]

Yes that's definitely me cause I wake up so early for work even when I'm off I'm still up crazy early

[Apple1996]

Nah i like sleeping in

[KittygosMeoWW]

I miss it 🥲

[Nice222]

No today was my day off and I slept until 11am. I usually wake up at 5am during the week.

[Rockey_the_bicker]

I can't woke up before 9/10 am.. and it's ruining my whole life

[Amur8711]

Yeah I get up normal 8 to 9. But lately been getting up before 8

[Cute_User513]

I’m the opposite no waking up early for me 😜

[exitseven]

I am awake aren't 5 am. Even on weekends

[DrPepper12]

I was that way.

[NicIsmyusername]

I haven't slept past 8

[Wise4myage]

Yes, me. I have never been able to sleep in.😆

[Anonymous]

You are my dear, come to me, I will make you sleep like a cat.

[LadyBecks]

Yes, same for me too

[Kingofkings1992]

Yes. That’s me too

[Titlover01]

same thing here

[DJB72]

I wake up at 5

[Professor-college]

That's me haha...