Never saw the sun today. Or the clouds. Just the darkness.

[Owyn_Merrilin]

Hehe, yeah I pretty much live my entire life this way. I have DSPS (Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome) so my internal body clock is always shifted about 4 hours later than normal people's. I sleep from around 5 AM to 2 PM or later which means that in the winter I go to bed in the dark and wake up in the dark. I live in Norway, btw, so this is common. I like it though, I enjoy the dark and a classmate of mine is convinced I was a vampire in a past life (yeah...she's one of THOSE).

You know, I had never heard of this disorder before you mentioned it, but it sounded just enough like my sleep schedule to do a quick check of wikipedia; it actually looks quite a bit like me, although I'm not stupid enough to go and diagnose myself with it. It's still interesting...

Yeah, I thought the same for a few years. Oh, it's probably something I'll grow out of or just that once I get into the natural rhythm it'll be fine, but it started messing up my school schedule really bad, so I went to a sleep analyst person who monitored by sleep for about a week and diagnosed me proper. It's nice though, gives me an excuse to have my exams later in the day than most people.

Well yeah, the "I'm not that stupid" comment was about diagnosing myself with a neurological disorder, not about entertaining the possibility that I could have it. Considering that I have ADD and Tourette's syndrome, it would kinda be par for the course. It's definitely something to keep in mind if my odd sleep schedule ever starts to interfere with my life in a serious way. Besides that, the odd hours are where my body naturally gravitates, but I don't fill the "Incapable of getting on a normal schedule" requirement -- I'm not happy when I'm on a "normal" schedule, nor do I ever quite feel rested if I go to bed and get up early, but I am physically capable of doing it.

 

[Sightless Wisdom]

I've certainly done that a few times. It's really strange waking up as the sun is setting, and going back to sleep as it rises. Birds are not the friend of anyone who wishes to sleep during the day, something I learned when trying to block out the light in my room and sleep at 6 am.

 

[SnipErlite]

Yep, all the time. Like right now it's 3:16 in the morning, and I'll probably sleep for a good 12 hours....maybe more if I'm feeling lazy (hey, I'm ill okay).

I like sleep I just never go to bed until some unearthly hour....

 

[GoldenRaz]

What the hell... I did that just this day as well. And I woke up at about five o'clock, to boot.
What a peculiar coincidence...

Anyhoo, it happens from time to time, though not all that often. Maybe once a month during the winter times.

 

[The Bum]

Well I've never done that but I've come damn close. Probably because no matter how tired I am it takes me around half an hour to fall asleep.

 

[dogenzakaminion]

Hehe, yeah I pretty much live my entire life this way. I have DSPS (Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome) so my internal body clock is always shifted about 4 hours later than normal people's. I sleep from around 5 AM to 2 PM or later which means that in the winter I go to bed in the dark and wake up in the dark. I live in Norway, btw, so this is common. I like it though, I enjoy the dark and a classmate of mine is convinced I was a vampire in a past life (yeah...she's one of THOSE).

You know, I had never heard of this disorder before you mentioned it, but it sounded just enough like my sleep schedule to do a quick check of wikipedia; it actually looks quite a bit like me, although I'm not stupid enough to go and diagnose myself with it. It's still interesting...

Yeah, I thought the same for a few years. Oh, it's probably something I'll grow out of or just that once I get into the natural rhythm it'll be fine, but it started messing up my school schedule really bad, so I went to a sleep analyst person who monitored by sleep for about a week and diagnosed me proper. It's nice though, gives me an excuse to have my exams later in the day than most people.

I got some bad news for you...you don't outgrow it. I've suffered DSPS all my life and I'm 33. I'm the consummate night owl. Back when I was married my ex-wife was good about regulating my sleep cycle with a combination of "get your butt to bed" and frequent sex (which is the best remedy for DSPS known to man.) Since the divorce that remedy's been far less frequent.

Yeah that's what the doc said that I'm just gonna have to learn to live my life this way (work, school and all that) which kindof sucks. I have the same solution with my girlfriend. We live a few countries apart, but I always sleep better when I'm with her because of sex and just going to bed when she does. I have gotten up again though, after she's fallen asleep to play video games or read or something. Although do get seasonal depression because of it? Last year was my first year back in Norway living alone, and it really got to me that I slept past the sunlight during the winter. Usually it's fine but never seeing daylight can't be healthy. Any remedies or tips?

 

[Yureina]

Its always dark here during this time of year in the Pacific Northwest. I don't remember the last time I have seen the sun. At the same time... I am one of these scary people who actually likes the darkness. I don't mind cold, rain, snow, or a lack of sunshine. Everyone else around me though seems really sad. :/

 

[Diligent]

I am in Canada. I hate how early it gets dark now. I experienced sleeping through the day just last weekend because I had a stomach flu. I woke up at 5:15pm in darkness, and it tripped me out because I didn't know what day it was or if it was AM or PM. You know, when you're all feverish and get the sick wake up? Yeah.

I imagine those of you further north (in places like Alaska, Canada, Sweden, Scotland...) are more likely to say yes to this than those of us in lower latitudes

Hilariously enough, I have a friend currently living in Nunavut about as far north in Canada as anybody would want to bother going and the sun is currently out from about 9:30am to 1:00pm. According to him, he experiences this OFTEN...like every day as he is in work before light, and out after dark.
In the summer there is also the opposite problem for 2 months where there is perpetual daylight and 3 hours of dusk. Kids playing street hockey at 3:00am is apparently a normal think to be woken up by.

 

[SimuLord]

Its always dark here during this time of year in the Pacific Northwest. I don't remember the last time I have seen the sun. At the same time... I am one of these scary people who actually likes the darkness. I don't mind cold, rain, snow, or a lack of sunshine. Everyone else around me though seems really sad. :/

You need to join my night owl club of people I talk/text/IM with on a regular basis. Darkness is a delight, but loneliness in the wee hours ain't.

 

[Yureina]

Its always dark here during this time of year in the Pacific Northwest. I don't remember the last time I have seen the sun. At the same time... I am one of these scary people who actually likes the darkness. I don't mind cold, rain, snow, or a lack of sunshine. Everyone else around me though seems really sad. :/

You need to join my night owl club of people I talk/text/IM with on a regular basis. Darkness is a delight, but loneliness in the wee hours ain't.

Well... I actually am not much of an insomniac. I still go to bed at relatively "normal" hours.

 

[ExaltedK9]

More times than I would like. Once after a particularly unpleasant dentist appointment at around 12 (in the afternoon) I slept util midnight. I awoke at midnight, thinking that I couldn't have been asleep for more than a few hours. I went about my business for quite a while before I realized I had slept through the entire day.

That should tell you something about my life...

 

[Neo10101]

Can't say Ive slept clean through a day (to my current memory's knowledge) but I actually like the darkness more, especially the night, easier on the eye, colder, quieter, its almost like a different world, a slower world, an easier world, in fact Im gonna go take a night walk in just a couple minutes, and its gonna be awesome!

 

[ClassicJokester]

My schedule is sort of a 25 hour one, so these past weeks I've been sleeping through most of the day. I actually prefer being up at night. Its much more quiet, and I have a lovely view through my window.

 

[blankedboy]

No. Sun rises at like 7 and sets around 4:30 here. I have never slept through a day. If i sleep in till noon i feel bad all day.

Same here. I try to get out of bed as close to 9am as possible... it's annoying how my body clock wakes me up at 5:30 or so, then I have 4 hours of being unbelievably tired, just lying there.

 

[hawkeye52]

done so once or twice and since i live in a boarding college i missed dinner that was at 5:30PM because i overslept. was called a vampire by everyone in the boarding college for that day.

 

[Cpt. Red]

Yep... From time to time that happens. I haven't seen sunlight for almost two days but then again I'm at DreamHack and the only windows here are software.

 

[Lordmarkus]

People from Scandinavia will surely be shaking their heads while reading this, mumbling something along the lines of: "Pffff....lightweight"

Thanks, that made my day.

OT: Never slept an entire day, whatever I do I always wake up at round 2 o'clock and then I often refuse to sleep more. See if I can make it an entire day during the christmas holiday, you never know.

Yep... From time to time that happens. I haven't seen sunlight for almost two days but then again I'm at DreamHack and the only windows here are software.

Is it any good? Have a few friends who went there and by God they boasted that they were going to DH.