So yeah, anyone else have a harder time getting out of bed than should be reasonable?

Like, sure I have insomnia issues at times, but most of the time I’m fine on the falling asleep end - it’s just getting up that’s difficult.

First - I don’t think my ADHD part of my brain wants to let go of all the fantastic things that happen in lucid dreams.

Second - no matter what I do, I never seem to feel rested in the morning anymore. Weekends can see me sleeping 10+ hours before I feel a semblance of “normal”.

Some might say “oh you should just get up and get started” and I do sometimes! But you just might find me dozing off in a chair a couple hours later.

FWIW - It’s been like this most of my adult life. Ever since adolescence particularly. You could find me napping, completely upright, in the back of a classroom. (My teachers never cared because I’d still come in the next day and ace the finals/midterms).

I desperately miss the perceived energy of my youth. I’d be up at 4AM to watch super early cartoons (Sonic, Sailor Moon, Animaniacs - in that order) and never felt the need for a nap in the day. It wouldn’t even matter if I feel asleep late back then - getting up was just that much easier.

Anyone here with similar issues? How do you cope?

    • th3raid0r@tucson.socialOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Thanks friend! I appreciate you seeing that I wasn’t soo much complaining about my health or quality of sleep, but my inability to get out of lucid dreaming.

        • th3raid0r@tucson.socialOPEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Eh, it doesn’t feel like a value assessment as much as my brain pulls an inception and I’ll “Get up” only to realize I’ve just started simulating my day in another layer of lucid dreams. Sometimes I’ll eventually get up and be kinda frustrated that I have to do all the work “twice”, lol.

  • SuddenDownpour@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    My dude/tte, you’re living the dream.

    Pun very much intended.

    Seriously speaking though. Sleep is quite complicated. You should try examining the most common issues, such as diet, lack of exercise, stress, getting relatively stable periods of receiving sunlight. If you try to solve the most obvious issues with no result, you’ll have a better chance of getting a doctor to listen to you if the root cause is more complicated.

  • Solivine@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Are you sure this is autism related? You could be lacking a vitamin or hormone or there could be something else going on. Just an idea, otherwise not sure.