It’s absolutely true that a lot of modern-day problems with being tired come from bad sleep habits. What I’m talking about is a real phenomenon that isn’t being in front of a screen too close to bedtime. If anyone wants to know more, here’s a 3-minute video from AsapSCIENCE about what research shows.

  • bstix@feddit.dk
    34·
    2 months ago

    Even this might be too simple.

    The cicadean rhythm is synchronizing to the light of the sun, temperatures, when you eat, when you exercise and other kinds of routines, but what happens when we remove those?

    Scientists in the 1960s set out to find out. From the late 1960 to early 1980s they put test subjects in a bunker. They found out that the human cycle is longer than 24 hours. The average might be around 25 hours, but not all. The longest was 50 hours. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunker_experiment

    Another well known experiment happened in 1989 where Stefania Follini was isolated in a cave for 4 months. Her internal clock went into a 48 hour cycle. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefania_Follini

    Of course these are extremes and not very useful knowledge for anyone who sees the sun daily or have actual stuff to do on a regular basis. However it shows that out sleep cycles are very much dependent on being synchronized to what we need to do.

    Looking at people in hot places, who sleep (siesta) when it’s too hot outside, or people from non-industrial societies who might be active both during day and night and sleep in between, it’s pretty obvious that the 9-5 productive cycle is not at all “natural” for anyone.

    • rockerface@lemm.ee
      24·
      2 months ago

      Being highly productive and focused for 8-9 hours in a row isn’t natural in the first place, no matter the time of day

    • hark@lemmy.world
      10·
      2 months ago

      This tracks with my experience when I decide to take a long vacation where I don’t do anything. I naturally stay up later and later until it loops around.

    • WhyDoYouPersist@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      2 months ago

      I guess that makes sense, if there is no night crew then I suppose day crew would just put out the fires next day?

      • terminhell@lemmy.world
        3·
        2 months ago

        LOL

        Then it’s openers vs closers. Having both and some in the past, opening/day was easier physically. Cash register, rando merch projects etc. when my shift was over all I needed to worry about was finishing up what I was working on and communicating what’s left to the next shift.

  • BurnSquirrel@lemmy.world
    12·
    2 months ago

    I think it’s more flexible than you think. In my single 20s I was a night owl because I stayed up late playing video games and got satisfaction out of that. Now in my 40s I’m up at 5am because that’s when my family is still asleep and no one needs me for anything, and that’s a nice if not rare feeling.

    • NaoPb@eviltoast.orgEnglish
      4·
      2 months ago

      I think I’m mostly up at night because it’s nice and quiet. And I don’t get bothered while doing things.

      I could see myself waking up at 5 for the same reasons.

  • sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip
    8·
    2 months ago

    My natural cycle appears to be wake up in the afternoon, fall asleep just as or after the sun comes up. Varies with seasonality.

    I also sunburn extremely easily, prefer to be a recluse 99% of the time, and lately im dressing in black pants, a black jacket and whatever undershirt.

    Having been injured multiple times and having tasted my own blood… I don’t seek it out through self harm or anything like that, but I do find the taste… interesting, and unique.

    Doctor Scientist Person, is Vampirism a genetic disposition, or a phenotypical expression based on environmental factors and epigenetics?

      • sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip
        2·
        2 months ago

        No, I like garlic in reasonable amounts, and I love running water.

        See it actually gets worse. I am originally from the PNW, love exploring waterfalls and streams…

        But also I have at various times in my life had friends tell me that I appear to be sparkling, I go check in a mirror and yep, somehow, some little reflective … piece of sand sized object or objects are on my face.

        Never once have I had glitter in my home I somehow could have gotten stuck to my face, never been able to figure out where the stuff comes from or what it is.

        It often happens when I am in a very good mood. And it isn’t sweat. Its always tiny specks I can flick off.

        Also, it took me forever to figure this out until I was determined to be Autistic so at least thats a reasonable explanation: I legitimately do have a heightened hearing sense compared to basically everyone I have ever met.

        Even worse, I at one point met a person who said that they had escaped from an apparent actual Vampire kind of abusive harem sex cult type thing…

        Yeah. I have never even read Twilight but uh …

        Yeah awkward autistic pnw flavored minor vampire twink guy here, apparently.

    • GrymEdm@lemmy.worldOP
      4·
      2 months ago

      The convo I got the template from said “Uma musume pretty derby”. Just a disclaimer, I have no clue if that’s true as I rarely watch anime.

    • force@lemmy.world
      6·
      2 months ago

      How can you tell that they’re not a 2D slice of life anime character living in the real world with real world problems? You the NSA or somethin’?