Morning diurnal preference is associated with reduced risk of depression: study

Re:Morning diurnal preference is associated with reduced ris... by pseudalopex on Saturday May 29, 2021 @08:44PM (#27329604)

Humans have natural sleep preferences.[1] Artificial light can keep almost anyone up later though. Your story sounds like a life long early bird who stopped fighting their biology.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronotype

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Re:Morning diurnal preference is associated with reduced ris... by wkrmetodeathplz on Saturday May 29, 2021 @09:13PM (#27329743)

Yeah, these posts drive me nuts because they seem to imply that I should just "push myself and get over it".

No, sorry. I've been "fun-employed" for 3 years and I've experimented with my sleep schedule extensively. If someone wants to tell me they know my biology better than me, fine, but I'll do what keeps me productive and happy.

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Re:Morning diurnal preference is associated with reduced ris... by Swizec on Saturday May 29, 2021 @08:54PM (#27329651)

I think it’s more likely I just don’t need a lot of sleep and it doesn’t matter when that happens.

These days I average 7h/night and I’m ridiculously well rested. In high school and college I could go weeks on 4h/night.

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Re:Morning diurnal preference is associated with reduced ris... by pseudalopex on Saturday May 29, 2021 @09:29PM (#27329822)

7 hours is the low end of the normal range.

How do you reconcile "it doesn’t matter when" and "The result is that I get better sleep"?

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Re:Morning diurnal preference is associated with reduced ris... by Swizec on Saturday May 29, 2021 @09:52PM (#27329940)

It’s better in that there’s more of it because I spend less time trying to work on personal projects when I’m already tired from dayjob and am more effective.

The actual sleep quality depends more on how much regular exercise I get and eating well than it does on timing. Unless I’m literally jetlagged.

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