I usually fall asleep around 22:30-23 and have to wake up around 6 for school. I’m a night person so I can’t really get to sleep before that. Also, the sound of my alarm is physically painful so I tend to be half-awake a while before it in anxious anticipation. High schoolers (I’m USian) need more sleep than most people, so I feel miserable on less than nine hours and deteriorate throughout the week. Idk how some people do it on even less sleep. My head buzzes and I can’t focus most of the time during the school day. On weekends I used to get 11-12 hours to make up for my sleep debt, but I haven’t been able to since daylight savings time. I can now barely get ten hours a lot of the time, leaving me tired enough to have a strong tendency to go on social media without much energy for else.
Any advice? I can provide more information if necessary.
I’ve struggled with sleep most of my life, undersleeping and oversleeping. I know you probably don’t want to hear this, and I hate to say it but the times when I’ve had my best streaks of good sleep have been when I’ve been exercising, which is not very regularly. If you’re not already getting daily exercise then consider something like the couch to 5 k programme maybe?
Oh yeah, I climb three days a week and walk a good deal. It does wake me up. Usually that just makes 21:00 my time of peak energy.
Then I’m out of ideas. Good luck!