@actuallyautistic#actuallyautistic Someone mentioned "odd" sleep schedules the other day; I think I finally experienced a good dose of the "odd."
Went to bed Sunday night around 1:30 AM, slept until 2:00 PM somehow. Tried to go to bed Monday night at 1:30 AM but was wide awake. Decided to stay up until sunrise because why not, there was no point in trying to get sleep. Still wide awake, I thought taking a shower at 5:30 AM would be productive.
@chevalier26@actuallyautistic After decades of observation, I have learned that I have ‘windows’ and if I miss them I have to wait about four hours for another. If I plan I can work this to advantage; usually go to bed at nightfall but if out visiting end up going to bed at what most consider ‘normal’
I heard in a podcast last week about “sleep training”, to proactively create a sleep environment for two hours BEFORE your target sleep time. No news, no screens, no games, no reading.
I was already doing some instinctual version of this, but I blanche at the idea of losing two more hours a day! How will i ever get anything done?!?!
Tho I must admit, the nights I’ve tried it, its worked a charm!
Yes! This matches what I heard on a recent podcast about sleep drive. Apparently we have certain moments when we start falling asleep, and if we don't let that happen, then it's usually 2 hours before the brain goes back into that sleep mode again.
Like, if you start nodding off on the sofa, then wake up to brush your teeth, go to bed... And you're wide awake again.
Makes a lot of sense. When I got up to feed or tend to babies & small children, I tried to engage “auto pilot” & not be any more awake than absolutely necessary, in the hope I could get back to sleep afterwards. Sometimes it even worked!