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Daily Discussion Thread: 👻 Thursday, June 20, 2024 (aussie.zone)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I went to sleep at like 7 but then woke up at 10:30 and couldn't get back to sleep. Took some melatonin, hopefully it kicks in soon.

I don't get physically home sick, but when I'm away from home I always find it difficult to sleep. This is also the first time I've been at a hotel on my own as well, which adds to it

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I've read that people did this for centuries: went to bed early, woke up for a few hours around midnight and then had a second sleep to the morning.

I don't know whether that's really true, but it certainly matches my personal experience. If I go to sleep early and I'm not completely exhausted, I'll wake up around 11 and be awake for the next 2-3 hours. I am usually up past midnight so this doesn't often come up.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

It's called polyphasic sleep and yeh, we used to do it (more commonly) before street lights were a thing. It's still a thing a lot of people do, siesta being a common example

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Thankyou! I always thought there was something wrong with my sleep pattern. I get tired early, go to bed, sleep until around midnight, wake up for at least an hour (more commonly 2-3) and then go back to sleep and wake up by 7am. I didn't realise that was normal and ok! This is a revelation to me!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Me too. But even if I am exhausted I still wake up for an hour or so (more commonly 2-3 hours).