r/DSPD • u/Chrustykrabpizza • 24d ago
Daylight savings sucks
Daylight savings absolutely screw over anyone else? š„² I was doing really well up until daylight savings (going to bed between 11pm-12am and waking up at 9am), but then BOOM daylight savings happens and Iām all out of whack. Iām now going to bed around 1am (which is still good compared to a few months ago) and am struggling to get up big time. Hoping if I keep pushing myself to get up at 9 Iāll eventually get back to my previous schedule.
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u/One_Yesterday_1320 24d ago
so glad i live somewhere wo daylight savings. changing times twice a year wo travelling sounds like a nightmare (literally)
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u/Chrustykrabpizza 24d ago
Living my dream!! While it is nice getting the extra sunlight now (my chronically low vitamin D is very happy) I donāt think itās worth it since itās thrown off all the work Iāve done the last two months š«
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u/Queenofwands1212 22d ago
It has completely wrecked my life. Iām going to sleep at fuckkng 10 am or later nowā¦ I used to be able to get to sleep by 8:30 am. Last summer I could get to bed by 7 am. Itās just getting later and later for me and losing an hour has completely ruined everything
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u/ckizzle24 24d ago
I know me too. I felt ashamed to say this thinking Iām the weird one. It affects my life a lot. I donāt actually understand it I lived abroad a while and it was really nice , the country didnāt keep changing time š
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u/poodlefanatic 23d ago
I tried to be proactive this year and started adjusting to an hour earlier two months before dst started. It's helping me not sleep until 1-2 pm which is what usually happens. Dst always throws everything off and makes me sleep much later than I normally would. I also cleared my schedule of everything for the first week after dst and I will never not do this again. From now on dst must be accompanied by a week of no expectations so that I can try to adjust in peace.
Of course now I'm dealing with the whole thing where my mental health had improved from being awake just a bit earlier and now it feels like I have to start all over again even though I'm on the same sleep schedule, it's just dst that fucked things up. I prefer staying up very late and so does my brain, but the tradeoff is that my mental health suffers from not enough daylight so...
Just thankful this year is less rough than years past and that I was actually able to stick with the switch after dst started. Means I don't have a ton of extra work to do rewinding my wake up time because instead of my brain shifting 2-4 hours I only have to worry about the one hour. Every year for my whole life I've spent the entirety of dst just adjusting to the time change, finally adjusting in late October, dst ends and it's glorious, then repeat.
Wish I lived somewhere without dst. For most people it's a minor annoyance. For me it's traumatizing and stressful for the entire year. Seems ridiculous to me that dst is even still a thing in 2025.
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u/wildside76 22d ago
I hate it!! And about the time I get used to it, it's time to change it again. I feel guilty enough getting up at 4pm but then change it to 5 and I feel like a total alien (even worse of one anyway lol)
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u/Queenofwands1212 22d ago
Iām in the same boat. I used to be able to get up at 1 pm. Now I am not waking up until 5 pm usually x unless itās a day I have to work so I get up by 3 pm. Itās so fuckkng insane. I hate it. But youāre not alone . We were striped of an hour of life
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u/warrior4202 24d ago
It sounds like you don't have DSPD, isn't 12am-1am a "normal" bedtime?
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u/Chrustykrabpizza 24d ago
It will get progressively worse to the point Iām basically nocturnal if I donāt do anything to fix it. Prior to my diagnosis in January I was sleeping 4-5am to 2-3pm. Trust me I went through years of treating it as insomnia with no luck.
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u/warrior4202 24d ago
That's impressive that you were able to work it back to 11pm-12am! Do you have any recommendations for doing this?
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u/warrior4202 24d ago
Idk why I got downvoted, is 11pm-12am not a very "normal" bedtime?
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u/jonipoka 23d ago
Some people with abnormal bedtimes are able to shift their schedules to a more "normal" schedule through a lot of sacrifice and work. Cleveland Clinic indicates that an abnormal bedtime is after midnight. If people are able to shift their schedules 3h with help and treatment, that doesn't mean their DSPD went away. It just means they have a more mild case and that they're responsive to treatment.
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u/warrior4202 21d ago
Society needs to be a lot nicer with work schedules and stop equating morality with waking up early. Early morning start times for school and jobs are actual misery for people with DSPD
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u/jonipoka 19d ago
Agree 100%. They early morning start times foe high schoolers and college kids are criminals. They naturally have a very delayed schedule, so they're all operating like they have DSPD. But yes! It should also apply to other jobs as well! I changed my career path because not all careers are flexible and accommodating.
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u/warrior4202 19d ago
Yep. I remember being in high school and feeling like a zombie till at earliest 10am
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u/RideAndFly 23d ago
People are downvoting comments that are relevant and on topic but with which they simply disagree. Thatās actually a violation of Reddit policy but it never seems to stop anyone.
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u/RideAndFly 24d ago
I absolutely LOVE IT! I feel so much better the week it starts and Iām in a better mood from then on through the summer.
To me an 11-12 bedtime wouldnāt even be DSPD. That would be a normal Daywalker schedule.
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u/Chrustykrabpizza 24d ago
11-12 bedtime was a result of making changes to reset my clock. I have to be extremely careful to stick to my routine or I will start to revert back to my old clock.
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u/RideAndFly 24d ago
Got it. I still love DST. After the first day it really didnāt affect my sleep time with the result I sleep the same āclock hoursā but get more light exposure and my mood is vastly better.
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u/Savings-Reference-49 24d ago
Same, Iām actually physically ill from it