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I know retired people who sleep just to pass the time; there's a lot of it to fill when you don't work. Especially if you have a vivid dream life, it can be quite entertaining, better than TV! If I were able to (I suffer from insomnia), I'd probably do the same.
To OP: why not get on schedule and go to bed at the same time and wake up at the same time each day?
Use alarm clock and be diligent to get up.
Then you would have more time to address those issues you have to deal with in your life?
Interesting tidbit of information regarding the length of sleep:
Changes in sleep pattern or starting sleeping more than 9 hours when before one slept less than 9 hours may be the earliest symptom of dementia- before the memory loss.
What caused you to go to bad the very first time so early in the morning....I would look for a reason this happened, maybe you can pinpoint something you did.
Yes, various medical problems like depression, hormone deficiencies, sleep apnea, sinus or lung problems etc can cause excessive sleepiness, but that's usually because you're getting lousy sleep and need some more during the hours you're supposed to be awake....
-but the most common "cause," especially among retired folk, is that you're falling back into a natural sleep pattern now that you're no longer on the clock, needing to fill obligations like work during business hours.
Prior to the electric light and shift work at the factory, people fell asleep soon after sunset, slept for four hours, then woke up for a couple hours before returning to sleep for another few hours until sunrise. Hunters know game is most available at sunrise & sunset...and it's DARK out there in the jungle at night....That hour or three of wakefullness in the middle of the night was used to stoke the fire, guard against interlopers near the cave, and various other, umm-- recreational activities....and without other daytime obligations, a nap or two was always possible.
I have a hypothesis that the changing sleep patterns we experience as we age had survival value for our caveman ancestors and is built into our genes-- there was always someone awake to guard the cave between sunset and sunrise-- teenagers want to sleep from 2AM to noon, old codgers from sunset to 2AM and the child bearing adults were awake during the day.
When we don't allow ourselves to sleep when our body is calling for sleep, then we have an urge to "catch up" at other hours.
I sure do appreciate your viewpoints and recommendations!
I'm going to look at this from a different angle - Could it be possible I'm the poster child for pure, unadulterated LAZINESS ???
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