Of Night Owls and Early Birds
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- Red
- biogardener
- Mary Trotter Kion
- emma9
- biogardener
- biogardener
- Madkatmagic
- biogardener
- telefina
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» Red - very interesting...
Traute,This article is very interesting. I think of my grandsons and compare it to your observations. Brandon, the oldest, was born at 7:48pm and likes to go to bed early. On the other hand, Jordan was born in the morning and is a night owl. Their pattern seems to follow your theory.
I was born around 7am, after my poor mother experienced 30 hours of labor. I am not usually a night owl, but have a hard time waking up in the morning. Once I am up and going, I am fine. It takes me about 2 hours to get going real well. Sooo, I rise 2 hours before I want to be at my best.
I'm not sure how or if I fit into your observations, but I know other people who fit perfectly.
-- posted by Red
» biogardener - Mary, perfect fit.
Mary, you are a perfect fit to my theory. As a matter of fact, you are a perfect match to my younger brother. He was an 11 pound baby born to a mother under 5 feet short, and she barely survived the ordeal. It was his birth at 7 a.m. which got me started on this theory, because to this day, 61 years later, he is impossible to wake up in the morning and impossible to get into bed in the evening. When left to his own resources, he sleeps all day and stays up all night, and everything is fine. He would make a terrific graveyard shift worker and so would you.I do feel sorry for people in your predicament, because you have to fight with the established system all your life, unless you can afford the luxury of sleeping according to your own clock and forget about the rest of the world. If you could, your health would improve.
-- posted by biogardener
» Mary Trotter Kion - Sleeping
Hi, That was really interesting. I was born about 2pm and, yep, you got it! I could lay down and sleep right then any day for a full 8 hours or more. And yes, I can stay up all night and work.Thanks, Mary
-- posted by Mary Trotter Kion
» biogardener - To Emma
Makes perfect sense, Emma. Both of you are born early in the morning just like my brother, so you are a nightowl, just like my brother.-- posted by biogardener
» biogardener - To Sue
It depends on what you call "early." If you tried to get those two children to get up at 3 and 4 a.m. respectively, you might have a struggle on your hands.I know what happens at 8 p.m. (my birth hour) every night. I may sit in a meeting with my eyes wide open. I may even join in discussions, but don't ask me about them later. I won't remember a thing about them, because I wasn't really there. If I am in bed at that time, I also answer questions, and those answers may even make sense. Just don't expect me to remember that the conversation even took place. I turn into a sleep-walking robot at my birth hour.
Try that with your children some time.
-- posted by biogardener
» Madkatmagic - sleep
This is the first time I have come across anyone who had the same theory as me! I was born at 4am and have had trouble sleeping at normal hours all my life. Now at 50 and not working due to illness, my body clock appears to have adjusted to its own rhythm and I sleep between 4 am and 1pm and feel so much better than when I was trying to 'fight' the instinct. No matter how tired I may feel in the evening, by 10pm I will start to wake up and between 10pm and 3am are my most productive hours (much to the annoyance of neighbours!) Thank you for letting me know I am not alone.-- posted by Madkatmagic
» biogardener - You are not alone.
For sure you are not alone. I have documented this theory on hundreds of people, maybe more. I meet a lot of people, and most of them get questioned about this sooner or later.When your health improves, I hope that you will be able to find a job where you can work a late shift, e.g. one which ends at midnight. You should be in top form then.
-- posted by biogardener
» telefina - I was born 5:
In response to I was born 5: posted by emma9:I was also born at about 5 p.m. in the time zone i was born in, which is about 7 p.m. here, and I'm a night owl. I don't get tired until about 3 a.m., usually going to bed at about 5. This is clearly the exact opposite of your claim.
-- posted by telefina
» biogardener - rare
You are only the second person who does not fit my findings which I have made over a period of 65 years now during which time I have talked to thousands of people. In the case of the other one, it turned out that he followed the pattern all right as a child but artificially changed it since then through the use of caffeine to keep him awake past his normal sleep time. He is now sleeping at a time which does not agree with his inborn clock and it is giving him lots of trouble. He has a terrible time falling asleep and uses sleeping pills. If he ever got off caffeine and sleeping pills, I am convinced that he could get back to his normal pattern.So have you asked yourself what your normal pattern was as a child? Another question. Do you drink coffee?
-- posted by biogardener
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