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[-] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 87 points 4 months ago
[-] Death_Equity@lemmy.world 67 points 4 months ago

An invasive and life threatening surgery in a third-world country sounds easier.

[-] nxdefiant@startrek.website 36 points 4 months ago

If you're a woman on earth, there's a good chance having kids will be that too!

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[-] TheSun@slrpnk.net 9 points 4 months ago

This but unironically

[-] Albbi@lemmy.ca 27 points 4 months ago

Can confirm. Go to bed at 9pm and wake up at 5am... and 11pm to change a diaper and 1am to give a bottle and 3am for no reason whatsoever.

[-] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 10 points 4 months ago

Hopefully you end up doing a better job sleep training than us! Toddler does not go down without a fight.

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[-] nyahlathotep@sh.itjust.works 60 points 4 months ago

It helps to not dread tomorrow

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 15 points 4 months ago

That definitely sounds like it requires a surgery.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 months ago

Yup, I have a job I enjoy, and it turns out I don't need an alarm to get up to go to it.

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[-] janitor@sopuli.xyz 52 points 4 months ago

Yeah just fake it till you make it, set up alarm, go to bed at the right time.

Eventually it will be automatic you want it or not. 🙄

[-] sajran@lemmy.ml 8 points 4 months ago

Exactly this worked for me. Just be consistent until it sticks. It can take months, easily. But it works in the end. 10:30 pm - 6:00 am is now baked into my mind and I usually just wake up naturally like 10 minutes before the alarm. I actually love it 😁

[-] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 44 points 4 months ago

How it works for me:

Go to bed at 10PM.
Fail to fall asleep until 1AM.
Wake up at 4AM because now I have to.

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[-] AncientFutureNow@lemmy.world 42 points 4 months ago

I stopped drinking, got a dog, and changed my gender. Now I'm up at 7am every day.

[-] nailingjello@lemmy.zip 65 points 4 months ago

Seems pretty drastic just to sleep better. Hopefully you had reasons for getting a dog other than to solve a sleep issue.

[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 4 months ago

Honestly, dogs are a full time commitment. Don't get one on a whim.

They might be a part of your life but you are their whole life.

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[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 31 points 4 months ago

So it does require a surgery.

[-] AncientFutureNow@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

This is a common myth that perpetuates anti-trans gender talking points.

The majority of transgender people get zero surgeries.

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[-] expr@programming.dev 30 points 4 months ago

Oh, oh, I know this one! Have a baby. Done.

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[-] Kedly@lemm.ee 25 points 4 months ago

Get a job that requires it

[-] InternetPerson@lemmings.world 20 points 4 months ago

My wife got a job where it is required and she still struggles to sleep early enough.

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[-] Phegan@lemmy.world 25 points 4 months ago

I started leaning into my abnormal circadian rhythm and my mental and physical health was boosted almost instantly

[-] InternetPerson@lemmings.world 23 points 4 months ago

Daypeople society sucks for Night Owls.

[-] Tnaeriv@sopuli.xyz 23 points 4 months ago

It sounds fake, but it might genuinely be your genes. Scientifically the natural tendency to sleep at specific time is called your chronotype and it's semi-genetic (it also changes with age and possibly few other factors). Not only that, it also affects your alertness: morning people usually have the highest alertness just after waking up and it gradually declines throughout the day, while evening people usually wake up with very low mental functions, but then their alertness slowly rises and hits its' peak around 5-6PM.

So if you ever wondered how it's possible that you always wake up feeling like shit, while others talk about how they're so full of energy in the morning. That's how. They're literally built different.

[-] dfecht@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

Could you point me in the direction of some source/further reading? I would love to have something substantive to share next time I get shamed for my lifelong struggle to become a morning person.

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[-] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 22 points 4 months ago

it requires doing it over and over again and accepting that it's gonna make you feel kinda shitty. I'm at my best by 11am. When I used to work overnight til 5am, 11am was when I woke up. When I worked bars 5-close, 11am. Now that I work a 9-5, I'm physically there at 9, but I'm useless til 11am. When I fall asleep has changed as my schedule did, for each of those schedules I was in bed at 6am, 4am and midnight respectively. But when the machinery came online has never changed: 11am.

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[-] SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.works 21 points 4 months ago

How to become a morning person according to this thread:

  • Stop using drugs.

  • Use drugs to go to sleep.

  • Go to bed at 10.

  • Go to bed at 10 and fail to fall asleep.

  • Just wake up at 6.

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[-] thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 19 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I know this is WhitePeopleTwitter, and not a direct ask; but the easiest way is to tackle it from the wake-up time, rather than forcing yourself to try and fall asleep at 10pm.

Pick a day with few responsibilities, (e.g. Saturday ) that way you won’t be too negatively impacted if you don’t get enough sleep. Set MULTIPLE alarms to 6am to force you out of bed; proceed with your day as normal, minimise screen time and bright lights after 9pm, and go to bed at 10pm.

Make sure you keep waking up at 6 am and don’t nap/go back to sleep; brute force your body to adapt. It should work as quickly as in 72hrs.

[-] Lifter@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 4 months ago

This is the way! You gotta stick to it on the weekends. No exceptions.

Personally, I sleep in till 9 in the weekends. Wake up a mess early Monday. Mondays suck but it's still worth it gor me.

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[-] Rusty@lemmy.ca 17 points 4 months ago

Just move 3 time zones west

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[-] Pulptastic@midwest.social 15 points 4 months ago

Step 1, wake up at 6. Step 2, go to bed at 10. Step 3, repeat.

[-] riquisimo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 4 months ago

For some it occurs naturally in their midlife.

[-] insanitycentral@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 4 months ago

Anyone actually reading this and having similar issue, it can get expensive but try talking with a doc to try and figure it out. Before my habits got better, i tried diet/exercise, diagnosed with sleep apnea (didn't feel better rested, but def worse if I don't use cpap), and finally got way easier to manage when I was diagnosed with depression and prescribed. Ymmv but thought I'd share my experience.

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[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Have you tried going to sleep at 10 and waking up at 6? It sounds obvious, but you'd be amazed at how many people never do the obvious thing. Like forgetting to plug in a computer and wondering why it doesn't come on when the power button is pressed.

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[-] Matriks404@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

Last time I tried to go to bed at 10, I woke up... at 10.

[-] kirk781@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 4 months ago

I don't understand everyone's problem with getting this sleep schedule. I, for one, clock exactly this. I go to bed at 10 AM and wake at 6 PM; just like it says!

[-] Switchblade@lemmy.ca 12 points 4 months ago

I showed my wife and she immediately told me 10 is late and 6 is sleeping in!! She's built different.

[-] Mammothmothman@lemmy.ca 11 points 4 months ago

8 hour day doing physical labor will do it.

[-] rf_@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

I take a gummy, play an album in the background. Sleep like a baby.

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[-] Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 months ago

Consistency and parenthood.

[-] NutWrench@lemmy.ml 7 points 4 months ago

It helps to establish a routine for going to bed. For example, set a nightly reminder on your phone 15-30 minutes before bedtime that it's time to wind things down. Don't have anything caffeinated after 5 pm or so.

[-] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 7 points 4 months ago

As others have said, it's simply a matter of discipline and getting used to it. But that doesn't necessarily mean you'll become a morning person. How you wake up and when you wake up are two different things. I'm a morning person in that I wake up easily, but I go to sleep at 1 and wake up at 9.

[-] SinkingLotus@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

I just use an NFC tag.

Now I can't turn off my alarm unless I get up, leave my bedroom, and go to my living room to scan the NFC tag on my wall.

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[-] dumbass@leminal.space 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

OK, so what you want to do is stay awake for atleast 20 hours, sleep for like 5 hours then wake up, do this for a while then pick a time to go to bed, now you gotta drink some sleepy time tea, set a few alarms and fall asleep, you should sleep for about 8 hours, and wake up refreshed, now repeat this every night until you don't need the tea.

You gotta overload your circadian rhythm to reset it.

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