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My wife claims she suffers from insomnia, I think I've figured out the real reason she can't get a good night's sleep... (i.imgur.com)

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[–]literallylove 69 points70 points ago

If she's like me, then her excuse will be, "Well, I didn't sleep last night, so I'm going to catch up in the afternoon!" It's logic!

[–]crackrocksurprise 38 points39 points ago

Ugh, yes, it's a never ending cycle! I've been trying to regulate for a couple weeks now... so sleepy after work though.

[–]gingertendencies 28 points29 points ago

One does not simply fall asleep at night after having napped all day.

One does not simply stay awake all day after having had no sleep at night.

Repeat.

[–]Skyblacker 12 points13 points ago

The best part is when I refuse to nap, but I'm still just as wired at bedtime as ever. Then I end up being extra-tired the next day because I've no sleep from the previous night NOR afternoon to fuel me.

If my ability to fall asleep had anything to do with physical tiredness, it wouldn't be insomnia.

[–]MeMyselForWho 4 points5 points ago

If you don't eat for 12-16 hours before falling asleep, when you eat breakfast it will reset your mornings. Thank me later.

[–]VillainTricks 1 point2 points ago

Is sleep required for this method to work or is this without sleep at all. Like if I'm staying up and I haven't eaten since 9pm and I eat at 9am will I reset?

[–]literallylove 3 points4 points ago

I hear ya! I'm always sleepy at 7:00 pm. Wide awake at 11:30 pm! Stupid, overactive brain!

[–]Lord_Rimbleton 0 points1 point ago

My sleep pattern was/is a mess. Chilling out and doing nothing all day doesn't use much energy so even if I get up early I can't get to sleep until really late at night.

I done my first shift at a new job in 18 months last night, only 4.5 hours but was passed out by 11:30.

[–]ilavayou 1 point2 points ago

Ugh, this is so my kid.

[–]huzzy 1 point2 points ago

At least something is keeping her up all night.

[–]amazing_rando 29 points30 points ago

I had terrible insomnia for about 3 months (along with chronic but mild insomnia my entire life). I could only ever fall asleep around 7am. At first I was unemployed so it didn't really bother me, but then I got a job in a warehouse at 7am every morning. I would get home from work exhausted, but incapable of falling asleep. After a few days as a sleepless zombie I finally went to the doctor and got medicine.

Insomnia and excessive daytime sleepiness are both symptoms of sleep disorders. One does not necessarily cause the other.

[–]Skyblacker 10 points11 points ago

If you find yourself getting overly dependent on the medicine, may I recommend Cognitive Behavioral Therapy? It allowed me to quit Ambien after five years.

EDIT: That was five years of psychological addiction. The cure itself took less than two months.

[–]amazing_rando 2 points3 points ago

I stopped taking it after a few months. Lost its efficacy and had some really nasty psychological side-effects.

[–]Oni_Tabris 1 point2 points ago

Yeah... stuff like that gets both less helpful and more harmful the more you take. I still have an emergency stash of sleeping pills given to me each month, but I use the absolute bare minimum I can because of this.

[–]Skyblacker 1 point2 points ago

But you were able to sleep normally after that? That's great, I wish that's how pills had gone for me.

[–]amazing_rando 1 point2 points ago

What I consider normal, anyway. Still takes me a few hours to fall asleep every night but it's better than staring at the ceiling until the sun comes up.

[–]Skyblacker 0 points1 point ago

Doesn't matter, got sleep.

[–]com33647 -1 points0 points ago

He's Addicted but won't ever admit it.

[–]amazing_rando 0 points1 point ago

Who are you talking about?

[–]54646y54h56hw4h45 1 point2 points ago

I had the same problem. But I just got a job on the night shift instead of popping pills... Night shift pays more, and you don't have to pay for pills.

[–]Fucha 0 points1 point ago

Exactly! I want to paint "correlation does not imply causation" on a board and beat people up with it!

[–]sarato 133 points134 points ago

Claiming insomnia after slight difficulty falling asleep goes in the same category as claiming OCD after cleaning your room.

[–]Zeldagon 85 points86 points ago

or claiming ADD because you dont 'enjoy' class and dont get good grades

[–]BallDryer 8 points9 points ago

Or ass-burgers because you like nerdy things and are kinda shy.

[–]MoistSenseOfHumor 4 points5 points ago

TIL 90% of Redditors are ass-burgers.

BTW - maybe you and I should have some sort of business arrangement...

[–]BallDryer 1 point2 points ago

I'm sure we could come to some kind of equitable arrangement.

[–]OPGreenback 6 points7 points ago

I was diagnosed with ADD because I don't enjoy classes but I still get good grades anyway. I think it's bullshit.

[–]InVultusSolis 0 points1 point ago

I don't enjoy classes

Did it ever occur to anyone that if someone just doesn't do well in school that maybe they're just not meant to operate in that sort of environment? What if the reason that as a society we're gulping down anti-depressants is because a large percentage of people just can't handle the "programming" and need to be nurtured in other ways than a strict school routine? I've struggled with this concept my whole life. I've never done well academically, but I've always been the person to pick up skills quickly and accomplish useful things with them.

[–]JSBUCK -2 points-1 points ago

It's ADHD...I'm not saying you weren't diagnosed with it, but people with ADHD usually know the correct terminology.

[–]OPGreenback -2 points-1 points ago

I'm not hyper in the slightest; there is a difference.

[–]JSBUCK -1 points0 points ago

You don't have to be hyper to have ADHD -__-

[–]OPGreenback 11 points12 points ago

ADHD is the official name, and ADD is a commonly used name in the public for people with ADHD who are only inattentive rather than crazy hyper. Excuse me for using a commonly used publicly accepted phrase.

[–]ThirdFloorGreg 0 points1 point ago

As of 1994. Popular terminology will probably never catch up.

[–]LordFoom 0 points1 point ago

Ahem: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attention_deficit_disorder

[–]paulduve 5 points6 points ago

Is ADD real?

[–]xgnarf 23 points24 points ago

very much so, though most diagnosed (especially self diagnosed) people are not afflicted

[–]Ceejae 9 points10 points ago

Self diagnosed, certainly. Psychiatrically diagnosed, no. Not most by any means. This conclusion is often reached because there are people out there that are very anti-drugs, and they tend to run their mouths off (usually regarding children) about things they don't understand when referring to them. The fact of the matter is that when a child is prescribed drugs for ADD, most of the time the impact it will have on their life in 15 years will be the difference between minimum wage and a successful life in general.

In short, an untrained person can't identify the difference between a child behaving badly and a child with ADD, so many simply assume ADD diagnoses are a myth.

[–]ThirdFloorGreg 5 points6 points ago

Also, ADD drugs are fairly powerful stimulants. If the kid doesn't actually have ADD, they will make their behavior much worse.

[–]ActionJackson4 -1 points0 points ago

Believe it or not, weed seems to make my ADD a lot better. I think stimulants only make it worse.

[–]ThirdFloorGreg 1 point2 points ago

You don't have ADHD then. Well, you may be diagnosable according to the DSM, but if stimulants make it worse, the underlying cause is atypical.

[–]AkirIkasu 3 points4 points ago

I seem to remember reading that the next version of the DSM will get rid of ADD and OCD by making stricter diagnosis requirements or splitting it into multiple disorders.

Full disclosure: I have terrible memory.

[–]Stalejokesbakedfresh 13 points14 points ago

Amnesia, you say? Poor thing.

[–]vgmgc 1 point2 points ago

They are not deleting either diagnosis, but they are changing the criteria slightly to be more specific and hopefully help with the overdiagnosis problem.

[–]Zeldagon 2 points3 points ago

roughly one in ten in the U.S. i believe are misdiagnosed depending on what information you look at.

[–]marryanowl 1 point2 points ago

Is it more common as a co-existing disorder? I have heard ADD and Depression are commonly linked.

[–]SQUID_FUCKER 1 point2 points ago

Or claiming your handicapped while you get to roll around in a chair all day.

[–]HaphazardPoster 2 points3 points ago

Wait, wut?

[–]GuaranaGeek 20 points21 points ago

I once had a class in which the professor asked if anyone felt that they had OCD. About a dozen students responded with things like "I just can't STAND dirty clothes on the floor!" and "If my roommates leave dishes in the sink for more than a week, I, like, have to do them."

When I mentioned that I have to touch things symmetrically and count the number of letters in sentences until it's even, I got weird looks. :(

[–]cal679 0 points1 point ago

I tap out the rhythm of sentences on my right hand. It doesn't particularly matter whether the phrase is even or not, if I can include every finger I'm cool.

[–]ThirdFloorGreg 2 points3 points ago

What are your obsessions? I find that part much more interesting than the compulsive part, partly because it's the part that always gets ignored.

[–]GuaranaGeek 2 points3 points ago

*Edited for privacy.

[–]WillPostForFood -1 points0 points ago

As some with over 7 years experience with both, I agrees D:

[–]JSBUCK 0 points1 point ago

I've never claimed to have insomnia, but I get terrible sleep. I've always been a night owl staying up past 3 on a regular basis, and now that schools started up again I get less 5 hours of sleep a night. I can sleep a long time if I don't have to wake up early, but no matter how hard I try I can't fall asleep before 2. Would this be insomnia?

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[–]seekret 9 points10 points ago

It's not simply having difficulty falling asleep, it's difficulty to sleep over extended periods of time after you have rule out external causes (IE: caffeine, taking long naps and then not being tired when it's time for bed)

[–]cal679 0 points1 point ago

Hang on, do people that take day naps still qualify as insomniac? Since about my 5th birthday I've slept during the day about 6 or 7 times. I reguarly get about 3 hours sleep at night, have gone through very long periods or less than an hour per day. If I can claim insomnia by cheating with some napping then I'd be happy as larry.

[–]seekret 0 points1 point ago

No, if you nap you are NOT an insomniac. Napping is an external cause, something you have control over.

[–]ThirdFloorGreg 0 points1 point ago

I definitely have actual insomnia (self diagnosed, but my counselor seems to believe me. Thankfully it's not severe, and occasionally smoking weed makes it even less so), but I can nap pretty easily. Not deeply or for very long, but dozing off (especially in a car, or with indirect light and background noise I can follow but don't particularly care about [baseball commentary is great for this]) is really easy.

[–]ThirdFloorGreg 0 points1 point ago

Do you have difficulty falling asleep, or do you just go to bed late? There is a difference.

[–]0l1vR 12 points13 points ago

OP's wife still suffers from bullshittery. My moms the same. She comes home from work and takes a nap, drinks tea and complains how she has difficulties to sleep. God dammit, change your lifestyle and try again!

[–]reygoth -1 points0 points ago

Dont bother.. Women just like to have something to nagg about, wether we realize it or not..

[–]SailingSeasofRum 7 points8 points ago

We may be evolutionarily predisposed toward afternoon napping. This combined with a heavy lunch may lead to that late slump we feel. If she is not getting enough sleep at night, I recommend turning off sources of artificial light an hour before bed and removing them from the bedroom. Light may suppress sleep inducing processes and shift circadian rhythms.

Smartphones, TVs, and laptops, all the little lights that keep us awake at night.

[–]Oni_Tabris 2 points3 points ago

F.lux is excellent for this - changes a bunch of settings on your screen in accordance to the time of day, to help mitigate this problem.

[–]DrummingDS1 1 point2 points ago

It has definitely helped me. It's surprisingly effective at reducing eye strain.

However, I suspect most people (including myself) are more likely to use mobile devices in bed. Is there anything like f.lux for Android/iOS?

[–]Oni_Tabris 1 point2 points ago

Not that I've heard of =( If someone made an app and marketed it for 99p or so, I suspect it'd make quite a profit ^

-EDIT- Apparently someone has. There's an app called Neyetlight for 99p, going to give it a go, see how well it works.

[–]DrummingDS1 0 points1 point ago

Seems to have a few drawbacks, but I'll give it a go. Thanks!

[–]bgar0312 14 points15 points ago

holy shit story of my life.

[–]Cableranger 2 points3 points ago

every damn day

[–]Oni_Tabris 7 points8 points ago

I spent a few months averaging just 2-4 hours per night. This led to hallucinations, days where I felt unable to move for hours, and several other problems. People complaining about insomnia because they've been trying to sleep for like, a whole hour, really frustrate me. Like, wanting to stab them in the face, frustrate me.

I'll admit though, it did lead to a vicious cycle with caffeine - I'd take it to get the energy to do some things in the day, but it just made it worse overall >.< In the end I only managed to solve things by putting very strict rules on my caffeine consumption, ruling out hours where I couldn't sleep no matter how tired I was, and taking sleeping pills under regulations. There was definitely an element of self responsibility.

[–]Skyblacker 5 points6 points ago

Thank you! I was sick of all those "you just need to turn the tv off" posts. There's a ginormous difference between "Oh noes, I didn't get eight hours of sleep!" and "What a miracle, I got a couple hours of unconsciousness between today and yesterday!"

[–]Tjdamage 13 points14 points ago

Insomnia is trouble falling asleep or staying asleep through the night.

Episodes may come and go (episodic), last up to 3 weeks (short-term), or be long-lasting (chronic). Causes, incidence, and risk factors

Sleep habits we learned as children may affect our sleep behaviors as adults. When we repeat these behaviors over many years, they become habits.

Poor sleep or lifestyle habits that may cause insomnia or make it worse:

Going to bed at different times each night

Daytime napping********

Poor sleeping environment, such as too much noise or light

Spending too much time in bed while awake

Working evening or night shifts

Not getting enough exercise

Using the television, computer, or smartphone in bed

From: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001808/

Just tell her to stop napping, and to get on a sleep schedule.

[–]dakilazical[S] 7 points8 points ago

If I tell her to stop napping then when will I have the tv to myself to play videogames?

[–]Tjdamage 5 points6 points ago

You could do this thing called compromise. Or buy another TV.

[–]dakilazical[S] 4 points5 points ago

My wife is actually amazingly cool about gaming. We play Rock Band, Mario Party and tons of iPhone games together. Most evenings she's happy to sit next to me on the couch and play Bejeweled while I play Halo, Mass Effect, Red Dead, etc. But super violent games really don't sit well with her so if I'm gonna play Gears or God of War I respect her enough to do it when she's not around. Likewise, she watches all her home redecorating shows when I'm gone. And we've been happily married for two weeks now!

[–]idiosidiot 0 points1 point ago

i can't sleep when i am hungry -- and i try to eat less in the evening.

i get plenty of exercise and sometimes that also keeps me from sleeping, because of all the energy i have as a result.

when it's too hot to sleep, too.

this afternoon i thought i'd fall asleep at work. went to the gym, felt better, came home, did some reddit, tried to sleep, tossed and turned, back to reddit. it's gonna be a hard work day tomorrow.

[–]Skyblacker 0 points1 point ago

This may work for mild insomnia, but much of the insomnia out there laughs at tips like this.

I can have a night of absolutely no sleep, be physically active the next day, refuse to nap, and still be wired by the next bed time. If anything, refusing to nap makes it worse because the next day sees me functioning without sleep from the previous night NOR afternoon. 48+ straight hours of consciousness is rough! If my ability to sleep could be helped by physical exhaustion, it wouldn't be insomnia.

[–]amazing_rando 1 point2 points ago

Yeah, telling people with insomnia they just need to be more active / not nap during the day / etc. is like telling depressed people they just need to start being positive. It only makes sense if you don't know what insomnia feels like, it's completely different than when you can't sleep because you aren't tired.

[–]Xaielao 0 points1 point ago

The idea that we are 'supposed' to sleep peacefully through the night for 8-10 hours is a myth. Unfortunately an amazing number of people are taking drug coctails to 'fix' an issue that doesn't exist. We aren't supposed to sleep through the night, and in fact history and fairly recent physicians and psychiatrists have shown that in our natural state (IE without artificial lighting/etc) we tend to sleep in 4 hour cycles, often with a few hours of wakefulness in the middle of the night. Many cultures know this and their lives are structured around it.

So if you wake up for a few hours at night and think you have insomnia, don't worry.. your just human. As many as 1/3rd of us sleep in this pattern. If you turn it into a positive it's a great time to get things done, or have some time for hobbies, etc. It's also a great time for sex (and studies have shown some women ovulate at these hours more than during the day).

There are articles all over the web about this. A google search on the 8 hours of sleep myth brings up dozens of them.

[–]Zeldagon 1 point2 points ago

did you know there is also a rare condition where people develop fatal insomnia and die within a short period of time. You will die from no sleep before you die from no food.

[–]kernelsaunders -1 points0 points ago

yes

[–]Luke_I_Am_Your_Otter 2 points3 points ago

I had to double check your user name to make sure you weren't my husband, in which case I would be happy for him for getting all this karma.

[–]voodoopenguin 2 points3 points ago

Yep, that'll do it.

[–]paulduve 5 points6 points ago

She may also have a delayed sleep phase.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delayed_sleep_phase_disorder

I'm an extreme case, but personally, I can't sleep 'till about 4 to 6 am. I've been that way since early teenage years. When I've had jobs that required me to have normal hours, I'd sleep in the evening, wake up, stay up 'till 3 or 4 am, wake up and go to work... It wasn't a solution. I was tired all the time.

[–]yesukai 4 points5 points ago

If I had a dollar for every person on the internet claiming to have insomnia, OCD, or a host of other self-diagnosed maladies, I would be quite rich indeed.

[–]Tjdamage 6 points7 points ago

Insomnia is just trouble falling asleep or staying asleep. You can have a short bout of insomnia or be have chronic insomnia which last quite a long time.

Comparing Insomnia to OCD is not a viable or good comparison whatsoever.

[–]KaiserDragon -2 points-1 points ago

His point was that the internet is full of whiny bitches.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

I sleep on average 3 hours a day, I call it insomnia. Have another dollar.

[–]yesukai 0 points1 point ago

Stop it.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

I only have this 2 dollar bill so I'll take another go at it. Sometimes I go 48 hours in between sleep sessions.

[–]Skyblacker 2 points3 points ago

Insomnia is fairly easy to self-diagnose. Did you sleep last night? Yes or no.

Some people might exaggerate the severity of their insomnia (like "Oh noes, I didn't get eight hours sleep last night, I'm gonna die!"), but mild or severe, any inability to sleep is technically insomnia.

[–]paulduve 3 points4 points ago

Some people exaggerate, or invent excuses. Is that what you're saying? That seems likely to me, too.

But that kind of blanket skepticism is very different than actual research about the prevalence of these disorders.

[–]Skyblacker 2 points3 points ago

Try Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. My insomnia is similar to yours (heck, I often can't sleep until it's light out) and it's helped immensely, better than any pills.

Also, if it make you feel better, most people didn't sleep for a single eight hour stretch before the Industrial Revolution: link.

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    [–]SKREAM 2 points3 points ago

    Where does she find time to nap in the afternoon?

    I wish I could nap in the afternoon.

    [–]EuropeanLady 0 points1 point ago

    I'm self-employed and take 1-hour naps every afternoon. They help me function much better. I go to sleep relatively late (midnight - 1 am) and wake up around 8 am full of energy.

    [–]niakogm1 2 points3 points ago

    must be nice

    [–]dachshund 2 points3 points ago

    exactly! I had a room mate that claimed he was an insomniac, he didn't have a job or school, he just talked on the phone all day and never woke up before 10am

    [–]Diggrefuge1 1 point2 points ago

    pffff, amateur. A real pro would never wake up in the AM.

    [–]TwoSwords 1 point2 points ago

    For some reason, and only for a split second, my brain thought "napped" was the female version of fapped.

    [–]spotterla 5 points6 points ago

    for me, it's fap, Then nap

    [–]AuxiliumExOceano 0 points1 point ago

    Im sure a good amount of people were roommates with someone of this nature at least once during college, I know I was.

    [–]nevernovelty 0 points1 point ago

    This is amazing, my fiancee is doing this now. I was thinking about waking her yesterday afternoon so she would be able to sleep right through.

    [–]suddenlystarving 1 point2 points ago

    Sounds like Sleep Apnea. My dad used to take naps every afternoon after work because he wasn't getting good sleep at night.

    [–]mybillionthaccount 0 points1 point ago

    Read as raped. Yikes.

    [–]bonnielovesclyde -1 points0 points ago

    This. This is me.

    [–]neoandblondetrinity 0 points1 point ago

    I have been accused of this. Guilty as charged. He wakes up at 2 a.m. and comes down to the sight of me and his cat watching B movies and munching on snacks! Busted!

    [–]Relyks954 1 point2 points ago

    Maybe you should tell her to get a job...

    [–]aut0mat0r -1 points0 points ago

    This reason right here is why I passive aggressively destroy my gf's soul.

    [–]i_love_younicorns 0 points1 point ago

    Also, insomnia is not night-specific. I'm an insomniac, and I would kill to be able to take a nap.

    [–]pumpkindog 0 points1 point ago

    could be narcolepsy.

    narc shuts down the part of the brain that regulates sleep which makes them often times have trouble sleeping at night or suddenly waking in the middle of the night and being wide awake.

    the result is of course sleepiness during the day which requires napping.

    [–]Idonotvolunteer 0 points1 point ago

    Best cure for insomnia: read a textbook and actually try to concentrate. It'll help from being distracted from random thinking crap that keeps you awake. Your head will be so tired, you'll crash. Worst that'll happen is you learn something!

    [–]thatguy73 0 points1 point ago

    Get her some GABA, bitches love GABA!

    [–]PaperHatsOnCats 1 point2 points ago

    Reminds me of an episode of the Golden Girls where the subplot was that Rose couldn't get to sleep, and she was tired all day, for a long long time. It turned out she drank tea with lots of caffeine right before bed.

    Rose said something like "But older women like us NEED caffeine! It keeps our bones strong!"

    Dorothy: "That's CALCIUM, Rose! CALCIUM!"

    [–]compstomp66 1 point2 points ago

    Insomnia is a dangerous medical condition, if you "think" you have it, you don't have it.

    [–]cantmakemelaugh 0 points1 point ago

    My wife had the same problem. At first I thought it was poor habits, but it turned out she had sleep apnea. She was sleeping during the day because she couldn't get enough rest at night. Advise your wife to go to an overnight sleep study, they can see what is going on with her.

    [–]drburropile 1 point2 points ago

    just smoke weed, I was worthless in high school and destroyed (did awesome) in college cause I could fall asleep within 2 minutes of hitting the pillow

    [–]hmby1 1 point2 points ago

    I said this earlier... Am I your wife? Because it would've been polite to have at least warned me about the wedding.

    [–]ndtcssh 0 points1 point ago

    This is exactly why I can't nap at all. Just live it out, and go to bed semi-early.

    [–]sacklunch 0 points1 point ago

    I'm watching my wife nap right now, and then I get in trouble when I'm ready to go to sleep by 1am! lol

    [–]Thomhobbes 0 points1 point ago

    ARE YOU MY BROTHER IN LAW?

    [–]teknoire7 0 points1 point ago

    Poor people cant take naps ?

    [–]rook218 0 points1 point ago

    My first world problem: Have a job, can't spend all day sleeping.

    [–]BLO0DBATHnBEOND 0 points1 point ago

    Or watching the marble hornets

    [–]nickfromredcliff 0 points1 point ago

    If she works shift work then fuck right off, sleep dominates my life.

    [–]Valdovinos -1 points0 points ago

    During the summer I slept like 2/3 of the day and never had trouble falling asleep. Sadly the semester started this week. wahhh

    [–]atmosphericswim 0 points1 point ago

    OPs wife is obviously not a redditor

    [–]lurveloaveluff 0 points1 point ago

    I don't claim to have insomnia, but I do what the meme says. I am really sad and have nothing to do any day and waking up in the morning feels like torture because it's just another reminder that I'm a failure. The worst are the nights when I never get to sleep. I'll sleep till 5pm the day preceeding, won't be able to sleep so I'll stay up all night. I'll suddenly get tired enough to actually sleep as soon as my boyfriend is waking up in the afternoon and I'll take a 2 hour nap. Skipping a night of sleep still doesn't help my schedule become regular. I'm always exhausted regardless of how long I slept.

    PS- If I take melatonin before I go to bed, I will get to sleep, but I end up sleeping for 13 hours.

    [–]atmosphericswim 0 points1 point ago

    Dice

    [–]PicopicoEMD 0 points1 point ago

    How is this a first world problem?

    [–]LadyLurksAlot 1 point2 points ago

    Delayed sleep phase disorder is a real sleep disorder where your natural circadian rhythms don't match up with the regular day-night cycle. Good sleep hygiene helps, and there's ways to nudge your sleep cycle around until it's more normal.

    [–]ti69meatcalculator 0 points1 point ago

    jesus christ please let me touch your Genius Ass

    [–]VidenTheColdOne 0 points1 point ago

    I was going to blame it on the cat...

    [–]dbaggale 0 points1 point ago

    I had a roommate in university that did this. Stayed up progressively later playing video games until he slept all day and then claimed he had insomnia because he couldn't sleep at night. Needless to say, he dropped out.

    [–]pnutbutterjellyfine 0 points1 point ago

    Ahhh. Lazyitis. Simple cure really, it's called employment.

    [–]freecreed 0 points1 point ago

    I hope she had time to go out to lunch before her nap

    [–]ueptvoovtpeu 0 points1 point ago

    Or maybe you snore and she's just being nice by not telling you because she gets joy out of secretly watching you sleep and opts to take a nap so that she isn't a complete zombie when she gets up in the morning. Asshole

    [–]azak 0 points1 point ago

    I have that problem, too. Narcolepsy with no meds. If she's doing it all the time, she really should have a sleep study done. Doctor's thought that I had sleep apnea when I was 17, but a sleep study revealed I had narcolepsy. Surprised the heck out of me. I thought that being tired all the time was normal! Unfortunately, it's still normal for me.

    [–]poopisgood 0 points1 point ago

    She can't sleep at night because she has to lay next to you

    [–]whatdoesntkillyou 0 points1 point ago

    I have always had problems falling asleep at night. I've been on and off sleep aides since I was 7. Once I finally fall asleep (usually 3-5 AM) it doesn't matter whether I get 5 hours, 8 hours, or 12 hours of sleep that might, I'm still constantly tired throughout the day. It gets to the point where I've become unable to have enough energy to do anything after a 6 hour shift of work. No matter how tired I am, it will always and still be 3-5 AM before I can actually fall asleep.

    [–]Moodycactus 0 points1 point ago

    maybe that's my problem

    [–]pirate_chef 0 points1 point ago

    From the thumbnail on imgur, I thought it said "Fapped all afternoon, wide awake all night", and I thought "Haha, story of my life!"

    [–]hummingbird910 0 points1 point ago

    Sleep all day, drink all night....that way, you're not an alcoholic. Alcoholics drink during the day. AMA housewife.

    [–]rubberbaron 0 points1 point ago

    I always hate when people criticize me for not waking up early (I prefer to wake up between 10:30-11:00am if I don't have to be at work) when they wake up early but then take a 1-2 hour nap later in the day. Sleep in more, disregard nap.

    [–]kristalshyt 0 points1 point ago

    My guess would be she suffers from sharing a bed with someone who wakes her up with snoring or moving around, and she's too polite to say anything about it. >.>

    [–]dakilazical[S] 11 points12 points ago

    I love my wife but she is anything but polite. If I'm snoring she elbows me so I roll over and stop.

    [–]EuropeanLady 0 points1 point ago

    Maybe she wakes up many times during the night in order to elbow you. Besides, sleeping with the snoring as a background equals light sleep which isn't as restful.

    [–]kristalshyt -2 points-1 points ago

    My guess was merely based on personal experience. I don't know your wife, so I stand corrected. I just know that was the reason for my daytime sleeping and staying up all night at one point.

    [–]skepticalDragon 2 points3 points ago

    Elbow that dude just like this guy's wife. He'll wake the fuck up and you can go back to sleep (and he will fall back asleep too). Not doing anything and then passive-aggressively complaining about it online is silly.

    [–]kristalshyt -2 points-1 points ago

    I dumped him a long time ago (for other reasons). I'm not being passive-aggressive. lol

    Edit: Why do I get accused of being passive-aggressive, but the OP doesn't? Oh, I forgot... his penis leaves him immune to scrutiny.

    [–]SabreGuy2121 -1 points0 points ago

    abso-fracking-lutely

    [–]KingofCraigland -5 points-4 points ago

    Kick her ass out of the house and off to the gym. Be active during the day, even if she's tired, grow the fuck up and do something. Then she will be able to fall asleep at night.

    [–]SailingSeasofRum 10 points11 points ago

    Making some bold assumptions here aren't you?

    [–]FrontierSizzle 1 point2 points ago

    You sound like a real winner.

    [–]KingofCraigland -2 points-1 points ago

    You sound like an idiot. Have a good one!

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    [–]RustyOTrombone 0 points1 point ago

    I just drank 5 redbulls and a half a pot of coffee. I must have insomnia too.

    [–]Briklin -1 points0 points ago

    I can't sleep right now. I just woke up, do i have insomnia?

    [–]unicornon 0 points1 point ago

    Yes, the fact that you just reported sleeping difficulties to me would indicate that you in fact have insomnia.

    I would imagine it's because you just woke up and are a smug ass who doesn't know what the definition of insomnia is.

    Though honestly I'm not sure what being a smug ass has to do with not being able to sleep.

    [–]KalvinAlmeda -4 points-3 points ago

    How does she not work during the day? I'm sorry, but unless she is a stay at home mom or pursuing her own business from home, she should be doing something. Not trying to come off as a woman hater, but an equal share in the marriage goes a long way. Its not just about her, and she if she is elbowing you for snoring while she sleeps all day, that is not a balanced team.

    Hope the best works out for you.

    [–]Skyblacker 4 points5 points ago

    How do we know the wife's lack of sleep is affecting the husband? For all we know, once she knows sleep isn't happening, she leaves the room and quietly reads a book elsewhere while the husband sleeps. Staying in bed for hours on end while conscious is dead boring.

    [–]KalvinAlmeda 0 points1 point ago

    I dunno, unless you have ADD, it can be quite an adventure.

    [–]Skyblacker 0 points1 point ago

    But you have to be so frikking quiet because the rest of the world is asleep. That's just extra frustration for ADD (which, by the way, only implies a lack of focus, not excess of energy. Just because an insomniac is awake doesn't mean they have energy -- often the opposite, actually)

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    [–]Skyblacker 0 points1 point ago

    I think that's called reddit at 4 a.m.

    [–]SFXBTPD 0 points1 point ago

    well, if she naps during the day regularly, then she is practicing biphasic sleep which can cut the number of hours of sleep you need down to 6.

    [–]Nightwing11 0 points1 point ago

    This is one of those "what came first, the chicken or the egg?" situations...she napped all afternoon because she was wide awake all night. Or was she wide awake all night because she napped all afternoon?

    The world may never know.

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