I’ve always done this too apart from when I was in college. If I hadn’t to be up early for work on weekday mornings I’d easily sleep about 9 hours a day. Not having the phone in the bedroom must be a key factor in that.
You definitely don’t have kids then 
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Too young for kids still. That’ll effect my sleep in the future alright😂
Anxiety is a dose mate. Feel better
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I’ve given my 2 cent here before but the reality is that you can survive on very little sleep and whilst it’s probably not a good thing in the longer term, acknowledging this fact in the short term takes away the anxiety of ‘I can’t sleep’.
I remember going through a bad patch years ago and reading Papillon during those weeks. The key character went days without sleep sometimes and still ploughed on and there was a great comfort in that, silly as it sounds.
Walker has great advice but when he’s telling you that not sleeping 7 hours or more is slowly killing you, that doesn’t help. I know 2 people in their 80s who slept fuck all over the years and there isn’t a bother on them.
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I’m sorry to hear that. How much land do they have between them?
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Most of his advice goes out the window for a shift worker
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I’d like to dedicate this ‘good reply’ to @LionelRitchie . What a guy, there when you need him.
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Literal disaster at the moment. Tossing and turning every night. Eyes feel heavy non-stop. Performance through the floor at the gym. Loving life…
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Have you gone to a doctor about it?
I have. I’ve gone to several. They give me sleeping pills. They work for a bit, then they dont. Then we repeat
The Theory: Shift work has fucked your circadian rhythm. Research suggests that you need to get natural daylight (lux) into you in the first hours of the day… 10 minutes will do.
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I do that most days I’m off. I’d be big on going for a long walk everyday anyway. Aim for 14,000 steps, plus a decent gym session, most days
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I only get about 5 hours any night,even at the weekends.It doesn’t bother me much though cause I’m busy all the time I can’t sit down and do nothing.
I’m usually about the same. Cant remember the last time I got 8. Last few weeks have been especially bad though. Been banished to the couch a good few times
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