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The problem is not listening to our body requests. If you are tired, you should you sleep, and then avoid alarms to wake up.

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> The problem is not listening to our body requests.

I learned in my late 20's when you constantly burn the candle at both ends, your body will eventually make that decision for you and just shut down on its own.

The problem with avoiding alarms is that perpetually sleeping in will shift forward your circadian rhythm.

I have found discipline to be better.

I think that sometimes it takes a bit more than discipline, if you are going to really do it right. Sometimes there is an underlying medical issues keeping you from quality sleep (and leading to a delayed sleep phase) and other times it might actually be that, given your genetics or what not, you just don't sleep until later.

I am a fan of "early to bed, early to rise." But for me it's got to be with a PAP machine.

It’s as if the millions of people with insomnia all cried out all at once and condemned this post.

People who seek treatment for insomnia are often told to institute some form of sleep hygiene. My immediate thought was the comment was made by someone who found the advice worked for him/her.

My immediate thought was it was someone that looks at the clock at 11:30 and goes "alright, it's time to go to bed" and goes to bed, even if they're really enjoying that video game or whatever and that they think it's that easy to sleep, afterward.

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