#i am also so tired bc i have a circadian rhythm disorder

[coolcoelacanth]

day 3 of my indentured servitude: already getting annoyed at my temporary coworkers and having to stand next to them for 8 hrs a day. theyre both middle aged women, one of which has more attitude than the other. like godddddddd idk why its so normalized for people to be rude for no reason why does nobody have manners. they're not horrible, but its just like little passive aggressive comments all day and im like 😑 girl im not even getting paid and i don't want to be here. im literally so overly polite to them all the time too bc thats just who i am as a person like idk how people can be sassy to people who literally have not wronged them.

[bonesandthebees]

Actually being more awake on 6 hours would make sense because a sleep cycle is 1h30 (and your wake up after each one but don’t remember in the morning) so any multiple of that tends would have you be more awake then 8. I tend to do for 7h30.

Though when you wake up during your sleep cycle also makes a difference. You naturally wake up at the end, which is the best way to wake up. And if you consistently wake up and go to sleep at the same time it regulates your melatonin-cortisol cycle a lot better which makes it so you’re well-rested (though consistently applying that can be a Bitch).

Anyway, my point was that if your alarm wakes you up in the middle of a sleep cycle you will be more tired during that day.

Sorry for the info dump.

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oh yeah that's all very true! I took a course on the biology behind circadian rhythms in uni so I remember learning about that stuff

I always try to wake up naturally bc I can definitely feel the difference when my alarm wakes me up in the middle of a sleep cycle. I feel so dead and don't know what year it is if I get woken up in the middle of REM sleep lol. it's just frustrating when my body decides to naturally wake me up after like 4 and a half hours when I could sleep for 6 or 7 hours

at the very least I tend to go to bed around the same time every night?? roughly around 1-1:30 am these days so at least I'm consistent about it

circadian rhythms are very interesting though. my mom isn't diagnosed with this but I'm very convinced she has a circadian rhythm disorder that shifts her rhythm back a few hours bc she goes to bed and wakes up so early (like, she goes to sleep around 8-9pm, sometimes even 7pm, and wakes up at like 4-5ish (sometimes 3) naturally. she doesn't do this on purpose it's just what her body wants her to do). there have been many times where i'm going to sleep right when she wakes up