What is your sleeping pattern like?

[caprimint]

Mine is anywhere from 3-5am till 9-11am right now, quite like going to bed later and waking up later for a change

[Vanessa]

It's ok. I sleep a lot better than I used to. Back in march I was so sick I couldn't sleep at all.
But now I get enough sleep.

[Smithy]

Like 2-9/10 ish

[Cal.]

11:30-7 atm

[Crimson Dynamo]

11 to 5.30am and 11 to 8.30 on weekends

Last night I had anightmare and woke up shouting like a madman. The TL was duntng me with her pillow to wake up

:skull:

[Nicky91]

around 11 to 7:30am, and 11:30 to 8:30 weekends

[Cherie]

11ish to 6.30 am, get up around 7./7.30, I hate not being able to sleep so I keep busy during the day

[JerseyWins]

It’s been a bit of a mess since I started working home. Anywhere from 1-4am to about 9:30am+

[Jigs]

I sleep from about 3am until 11am nowadays

[Niamh.]

I'm going to bed a bit later and getting up a bit later than if I was going into work but I'm still getting roughly the same amount of sleep......maybe a little bit more. Last night I went to bed at 12:30 and woke up around 9:30

[smudgie]

No pattern.
Shut my eyes and sleep, chair or bed.
I do go to bed between 12-2 and get up anywhere between 7 and 9.30.
But I normally have a couple of naps through the day as well.

[Babayaro.]

on average, probably going to sleep around 11.30PM/12:30AM and waking up from 7AM-10AM

[Denver]

It use to be terrible but I s2g since I move into my own flat I can go sleep at like midnight and sleep all through and not get tired in the day

[Toy Soldier]

About 1.30am - whenever the littlest decides to barge out of her room. Anywhere between about 7.30 and 9am, it's a surprise.

[reece(:]

7am-2pm

[Marsh.]

7am-2pm

:skull: Not you being nocturnal.

[Cherie]

7am-2pm

That's not good for anyones mental health :nono:

[Fetch The Bolt Cutters]

7am-2pm

Chile

[Toy Soldier]

7am-2pmThat's not good for anyones mental health :nono:To be fair that was my sleep pattern towards the end of University - I was working in a bar kitchen and my usual shift was 3pm - 11pm so I just ended up shifting around to that being like a normal work day :umm2:... I'd get up at 2pm, shower, go to work until 11 then come home and be up all night until 6 or 7am. I had a housemate who had classes at 9 every day, him getting up to shower was usually my cue to go to bed :joker:.

There's nothing inherently wrong with it mental health wise, so long as you're getting enough sleep and it fits with your life otherwise. But it's obviously not a sustainable pattern when you're out of that "young ppl" phase.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Our genes are still hardwired to sleep when dark and rise when light. The more you ignore that the worse it is for your body.
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[Jigs]

That's not good for anyones mental health :nono:

Is that particularly true or is it a baseless assumption? :hee: People who work nights have similar sleeping patterns and I don't think sleeping from 7am-2pm is going to send you into a downward spiral mentally.

[Jigs]

Our genes are still hardwired to sleep when dark and rise when light. The more you ignore that the worse it is for your body.
Periodt

Wrong. An inconsistent sleeping pattern is bad for the body but if you're used to sleeping at those times there's literally no additional detriment to mental health if you go to bed at 7am and wake up at 2pm than there is if you go to bed at 10pm and wake up at 7am...

[Cherie]

Is that particularly true or is it a baseless assumption? :hee: People who work nights have similar sleeping patterns and I don't think sleeping from 7am-2pm is going to send you into a downward spiral mentally.


Not getting enough sleep is not conductive to good mental health, any mental health professional will tell you that routine, sleep, exercise, fresh air are the foundations of improving mental health

There are numerous studies that indicate working night shifts can affect your physical and mental well being

https://www.psych.ox.ac.uk/news/how-can-working-night-shifts-affect-mental-and-physical-health

[Cherie]

To be fair that was my sleep pattern towards the end of University - I was working in a bar kitchen and my usual shift was 3pm - 11pm so I just ended up shifting around to that being like a normal work day :umm2:... I'd get up at 2pm, shower, go to work until 11 then come home and be up all night until 6 or 7am. I had a housemate who had classes at 9 every day, him getting up to shower was usually my cue to go to bed :joker:.

There's nothing inherently wrong with it mental health wise, so long as you're getting enough sleep and it fits with your life otherwise. But it's obviously not a sustainable pattern when you're out of that "young ppl" phase.

I mentioned it because Reece said he was struggling with lockdown, so sleeping through the day wont help in my humble opinion

[Jigs]

Not getting enough sleep is not conductive to good mental health, any mental health professional will tell you that routine, sleep, exercise, fresh air are the foundations of improving mental health

There are numerous studies that indicate working night shifts can affect your physical and mental well being

https://www.psych.ox.ac.uk/news/how-can-working-night-shifts-affect-mental-and-physical-health

Sleeping throughout the morning =/= not getting enough sleep. 7am-2pm is still 7 solid hours of sleep. Not to mention, 7-2 every day sounds like a routine to me. It also doesn't prevent you from doing exercise or getting fresh air.

The article you linked was interesting. But, working night shifts increases your risk of diabetes, heart disease and cancer? This sounds strikingly similar to the ridiculous over-exaggeration that being on your phone too much causes cancer :laugh:

[Toy Soldier]

Not getting enough sleep is not conductive to good mental health, any mental health professional will tell you that routine, sleep, exercise, fresh air are the foundations of improving mental health



There are numerous studies that indicate working night shifts can affect your physical and mental well being



https://www.psych.ox.ac.uk/news/how-can-working-night-shifts-affect-mental-and-physical-healthIt's working shift patterns that's the problem though; a lot of people who work nights (like nurses) flip back and forward between day and night shifts and that absolutely wrecks your sleep rhythm. It's consistency that matters more than anything else.

In terms of what LT mentioned, SOME people are significantly affected by not getting enough "daytime hours" but 1) it's not everyone and 2) in countries like the UK it's not all that relevant as in summer you'll get plenty of daytime hours even if you get up mid-afternoon, whereas in winter you're going to be awake in the dark a lot either way. In fact waking later in winter is theoretically better for you, because waking up during daylight is the most important part, it's dragging yourself out of bed while it's still pitch dark outside that causes things like seasonal affective disorder (instinctually your body thinks it's the middle of the night and wants to go back to sleep).

[caprimint]

Yeah, it's really debatable as to what works for each individual person. I adjust to any sleeping pattern pretty well but then I've known others who don't

In summer I know that I'm miserable as **** if I have to be up 'normal' hours in the day because it's hot/sunny for the majority of the time

[Marsh.]

Wrong. An inconsistent sleeping pattern is bad for the body but if you're used to sleeping at those times there's literally no additional detriment to mental health if you go to bed at 7am and wake up at 2pm than there is if you go to bed at 10pm and wake up at 7am...

Tbf, he didn't mention mental health. He was talking about the bodies internal clock. It does get ****ed up if sleep in the day, stay up at night over a long period. People who work nights suffer physically over a period of time.

[Vanessa]

I've just had the most amazing dream. It's like I was in a science fiction movie. It was full of weird creatures and a little bit scary, but also exciting.
I didn't want to wake up :joker:

[sleleen]

Dunno why everyone’s finding Reece’s weird? Majority of people are around that now

[Nicky91]

Tbf, he didn't mention mental health. He was talking about the bodies internal clock. It does get ****ed up if sleep in the day, stay up at night over a long period. People who work nights suffer physically over a period of time.

everyone can decide for themselves when to sleep though

[Cherie]

Dunno why everyone’s finding Reece’s weird? Majority of people are around that now

No body said that at all, stop trying to create drama where there isn’t, we are talking in general based on Reece’s post

[Cherie]

Sleeping throughout the morning =/= not getting enough sleep. 7am-2pm is still 7 solid hours of sleep. Not to mention, 7-2 every day sounds like a routine to me. It also doesn't prevent you from doing exercise or getting fresh air.

The article you linked was interesting. But, working night shifts increases your risk of diabetes, heart disease and cancer? This sounds strikingly similar to the ridiculous over-exaggeration that being on your phone too much causes cancer :laugh:

down to poor diet, nothing is open so you take your own, and its easy to get into the habit of taking a ready meal full of salt and sugar every night I suppose

[Beso]

Mines is lockdown during lockdown.

[Marsh.]

everyone can decide for themselves when to sleep though

Nicky love, in the nicest possible way, shush.

[Beso]

Nicky love, in the nicest possible way, shush.

How dare you. :nono: