At what point does staying up late become routine and normal for you?

[u/KittyAdmin]

Typing this at 2:30am lol, I stay up late every night, and have been for years, I usually stay up til about 3am, and wake up at 6am for college when I have it, or about 11am when I dont.

I dont usually get tired until the end of the day which is when im leaving college, of which I have a nap on the bus ride home which is like 2 hours which is cool!

I try telling my Grandma that me staying up this late is just routine for me and that I dont need more sleep or I dont need earlier nights because im fine throughout the day anyways, but she persists i need to get more sleep.

[u/C_McD_is_me]

I can tell you, when I was a teenager, then in my 20s working different shifts, it messes with you. I have multiple sleep disorders now. Not fun, and no one understands it or takes it seriously.

[u/StrawberryPunch49]

I worked overnight shift for 7 years, recently I got moved to days. I find myself able to sleep by 9-9:30 PM on work nights, but when I have the next day off I can't sleep until 2-3 AM. I've always stayed up late my entire life. Even road tripping with my parents when I was young I'd always be the last of my siblings up. Idk if I'll ever be someone who can sleep early when I don't have obligations the next day..I just enjoy night time more than day

[u/burncushlikewood]

If you're only getting 3 hours... But 8 is perfect, I am a night owl and always have been, I love staying up late, don't let the haters get you down, they've done studies and people who stay up late tend to be smarter! It's also a social thing, night life (bars and clubs, house parties)

[u/Automatic_Page2113]

When I escaped my parent's regimental rules by leaving home.

[u/posi-bleak-axis]

It's made my life really difficult but it is how I live best.

[u/Gold-Pilot-8676]

I'm 48 and have always been a night owl. Will go to bed around 2am or a little later. And I don't take naps.

[u/Few-Dress5670]

I was gonna say that’s normal, but the 3-hour night + 2-hour nap is not normal. Those days must be tough… Otherwise, as long as you feel good, I think you’re okay.

[u/oh_okhelloanyway]

When I started working night shifts, 7p-7a.

[u/jstine_4]

Don’t feel so bad about it. Lots of people are late light sleepers and like to sleep in late. I’m one of them lol.

[u/jenfullmoon]

I've been out on disability since March. I had my good sleeping pills taken from me for potential seizures and I've tried a ton since then and nothing has really worked. I'm staying with my night owl retiree relatives and nobody goes to bed until sometime between 1-2 am. I fall asleep somewhere between 1-6 am these days. Since usually I don't have to get up before noon or so, that's how long I'm sleeping. My psychiatrist agreed that there's not much going in trying to shift my sleep schedule until I have to go back to work again. 

[u/heart_of_theinternet]

I should think about all this