Any tips for sleeping?

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blackpinkinbayarea
blackpinkinbayarea Posts: 5 Member
in Sleep, Mindfulness and Overall Wellness
I stay up like every night until 4am and than sleep in till 2pm. But at least 2 nights a week I pull all nighters and end up being awake for 36-40+ hours.

It's so bad for me, and it's not good for my body or health. I lose more weight when my sleep is healthier, and I just feel better about myself. But it's so hard for me with this summer slump. I'm a student and so I'm on summer vacation. I work an afternoon-evening job and I'm going to start more daytime work within the next couple weeks but I'm legit anxious because I don't know if I'll even be able to wake up in time.

Whenever I try to fall asleep, I physically can't. I'll literally lay there for hours with no distractions and no riff raff and I never end up falling asleep. Eventually I just get bored of laying there and so I'll scroll on social media or I'll journal or watch a movie. But if I don't do that, I've tried it before, I'll just seriously lay there with my eyes closed all night. Not exaggerating.

Any tips for resetting my circadian rhythms and finding a healthy sleep schedule? I'd love to be an early riser, wake up between 6-8am. I want to be productive. I want to cook and bake and study and enjoy my hobbies/friends. I haven't hung out with any of my friends this summer because I always sleep too late. How can I fix this? <3

PS
I struggle with my mental health and I know that my sleep and mental health are like 100% correlated. So I need tips pertaining to that. Thanks <3
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  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 32,872 Member
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    There exist protocols for resetting circadian rhythm. In more difficult cases, a sleep-specialist doctor may be required.

    There's a little overview here (from US NIH, a mainstream source) of some of the interventions:

    https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/circadian-rhythm-disorders/treatment

    Possibly you've already tried some of them. For sure, any intervention of this type is likely to require patient persistence, for many days, maybe many weeks. I know how hard that is.

    (I have sleep issues myself, different from yours, though; and I have difficulty exercising the discipline to do some things that I know are likely to help . . . or at least I have difficulty doing them consistently enough for possibly weeks with no improvement/reward as would be needed to get results. But I'm not going to rationalize and claim persistence isn't necessary, just because I have trouble exercising it myself. That would be wrong of me.)

    I hope you're able to find a solution. Don't be afraid to get medical help if you can't seem to tackle it yourself. If doctors want you do do something (like specific meds) that you don't want to do, you can still refuse.

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