Why are we all sooo tired??

snowgal

Just reading through different threads here and something that comes up alot for people is how constantly tired they are. Then thinking about my family and friends and they're the same(well alot of them not ALL).Me, I always feel tired, everyday Id say, bar maybe a Sunday when Ive had a good sleep. Even this morning I really really wanted to stay in bed another hour but with work obviously couldn't. I dont have kids so thats not even my excuse! Im active enough and would be out doing rehearsals or something 4 or 5 nights at this time of year. Go to bed about 12.30/1.00 and up at 8.30. so is everyone the same?? and if so why are we?

Hande hoche!

Lack of sleep/lackluster diet/ caffeine addiction.

hairyslug

I'm putting my tiredness down to the crippling depression and anxiety that I keep sweeping under the carpet but will eventually consume me

HONKEY TONK

Hande hoche! wrote: »

Lack of sleep/lackluster diet/ caffeine addiction.

Pac1Man

Can't get no sleep.


HIT THE MUSIC!

Ulysses Gaze

Having to get out of bed to attend the soul-destroying, agonising drudgery of work?

listermint

Social media, not feeding the brain, no excercise, bad diets, poor time management, anxiety, social media, social media.


Get out of the house off the phone bring the dog for a walk and cook your own meals.

mloc123

Diet and lack of exercise is my guess... I feel the lazier you are the more tired you feel each day, it is repeating cycle. You feel tired so sit on the couch doing nothing which in turn makes you more tired.

The days I drag myself out for a run/cycle directly after work I feel better that evening.

seamus

Going to bed too late. Getting up too late.

Realistically we should be heading to bed not long after the sun has gone down. Our body starts winding down when daylight disappears, fighting this only causes hormonal imbalances. So in the winter, this is tough, the sun goes down at 4:30. But if you can get to bed by 11pm, you'll feel better for it.

We also need some time to wind up in the morning, time for muscles to warm up, oxygen to flow and the body to clear out waste from the night before. Getting up and sprinting out the door to work is sure to leave you yawning for an hour or two. If you got up an hour earlier, sat at the kitchen table eating your breakfast, stretching and reading your phone, you'll feel a lot more awake when it comes time to leave for work.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Lack of activity and stimulation, coupled with a poor diet, leads to lethargy.


Fresh air, light exercise, decent food and a proper bedtime routine will shake the tiredness away.

Hande hoche!

listermint wrote: »

Social media, not feeding the brain, no excercise, bad diets, poor time management, anxiety, social media, social media.


Get out of the house off the phone bring the dog for a walk and cook your own meals.

Fair point. Blue screen time would for sure have an impact. Anecdotally always feel worse if I was using a laptop in bed rather than reading a book before sleep.

Skyfarm

I lie awake at night wondering how many pointless threads are going on boards and garlic smuggling

seamus

Hande hoche! wrote: »

Fair point. Blue screen time would for sure have an impact. Anecdotally always feel worse if I was using a laptop in bed rather than reading a book before sleep.

I dunno, I'm skeptical about this "blue light" stuff, it may just be pop science and pop psychology.

I've been using computers and screens for years, as late as you like, and never noticed any effect (negative or positive) on my sleep patterns.

What I notice with my kids is that the later they watch something, the more stimulated they are, the more difficulty they have sleeping.

So I'm starting to think that it's just that simple - the whole red light/blue light/circadian rhythm/sleep cycle stuff is a red herring, and it's just to do with peoples' minds being overstimulated by new content when they should be avoiding it and winding down for sleep. Prehistoric man sat around fires telling old stories and singing old songs; winding the brain down with familiar and comfortable entertainment rather than new and exciting stuff.

Granted, I'm a sample size of one, but I haven't seen any proper studies about it, just hypotheses and representative anecdotes from psychologists.

Sure every other species spends half the day askeep

We feel tired because we’re simply expected to be awake when we don’t want to be

andekwarhola

Kids and work (computer based). Also run 4 days a week.

Plus I'm bad at sleep management. I get up early (by choice to avail of flexible hours) but I'm a natural night owl and find it very hard to go to sleep before midnight.

I definitely need to be getting a little bit more sleep than I currently do.

DaeryssaOne

I used to go to bed around 12 and aim to be asleep before 12.30 / 1 and was always tired despite an average of 8 hours sleep.

The last couple of years I have made it a habit to be in bed well before 11 and asleep before 11.30 every worknight. It has made a huge difference to my tiredness levels, apparently (and this could be simply an old wive's tale) any sleep you get before midnight is worth twice the amount you would get after midnight.

Agree also on the whole exercise thing, any night I come straight home and sit in front of the tv for the night I'll always wind up feeling more tired than if I had gone to the gym for even 30 minutes.

King George VI

Having to get up at 7am to be in work for 9am, finishing work at 5pm but only getting home at 7pm. Then having only a few hours of free time for myself which is mostly taken up by cooking dinner, washing, cleaning, ironing clothes for this fucking job that I have to wake up early for. Then by the time that's all done, I want to spend a bit of time doing something I actually want to do to feel like life isn't one big chore, but spend too much time doing it and end up getting to bed late and getting 4/5 hours of sleep (if I'm lucky) before I have to wake up at 7am to be in work for 9am..etc

Repeat for 45+ years.

Stonedpilot

Ulysses Gaze wrote: »

Having to get out of bed to attend the soul-destroying, agonising drudgery of work?

This. People are unfulfilled with boring unchallening jobs leading to mental exhaustion.
Lack of vitamins too.

I've started my own business. Long days, skint, fear of the unknown, crap economy etc but I HAVE to do my own thing and despite the trepidation it is exicting. I got terribly burnt out in 2017 working soul less office job and with family bereavments.

pickarooney

Long hours, two kids, internet/TV addiction, sport and loads of riding, sure how could you be anything but knackered.

I'll sleep when I'm dead as the fella says.

copeyhagen

YOUNG KIDS

Adamocovic

Lack of good sleep definitely is one but can just be from day to day strain too.

Found I'm even more tired since moving. Spend most of the day trying to work in a different language which I think has been tiring me more.

For me it's funny, I'll be feeling tired up until an hour before planning on going to bed. But during the morning/day time I could sleep for hours, but night time seems to be when I get my energy. Way more productive then.

Rave.ef

What I'm most concerned about in this post is getting up at 8:30. If I could stay in bed till 8:30 I'd never be tired.

snowgal

Adamocovic wrote: »

Lack of good sleep definitely is one but can just be from day to day strain too.

Found I'm even more tired since moving. Spend most of the day trying to work in a different language which I think has been tiring me more.

For me it's funny, I'll be feeling tired up until an hour before planning on going to bed. But during the morning/day time I could sleep for hours, but night time seems to be when I get my energy. Way more productive then.

I can be like that too, like drag myself out of bed in the morning and then want to sleep as soon as I get home, but come 11 or 12 I actually feel at my best for the day.......

tritium

For me, not getting to bed last night till 1:30 due to work pressure. Up at 6:30 to go and do it all again. That’s actually an improvement on the sweatshop that was 2017.

Mix that with a young family and presto, permanent tiredness!

wakka12

Overuse of technology..late bedtime.. not enough exercise

Boom_Bap

Personally, when I lack exercise, I'm way more sluggish in the morning. Plus I end up eating more junk and that causes a mental -v- physical battle which doesn't help the sleep routine.

Screen time has an impact as well. I never look at my phone in bed, it's just in the bedroom purely as my alarm clock and if needed for emergency. I get the impression that some people are falling asleep with a tablet or phone in their hands which is basically over stimulating them until they close their eyes.

snowgal

King George VI wrote: »

Having to get up at 7am to be in work for 9am, finishing work at 5pm but only getting home at 7pm. Then having only a few hours of free time for myself which is mostly taken up by cooking dinner, washing, cleaning, ironing clothes for this fucking job that I have to wake up early for. Then by the time that's all done, I want to spend a bit of time doing something I actually want to do to feel like life isn't one big chore, but spend too much time doing it and end up getting to bed late and getting 4/5 hours of sleep (if I'm lucky) before I have to wake up at 7am to be in work for 9am..etc

Repeat for 45+ years.

yes this for a lot of people. Which I find really sad and depressing. So many of us do this for years and years and years. generally beacuse we have to, to pay bills and eat and rent or mortgage etc. But Ive read so many of these on your deathbed stories from people who before they die, always regret working so much, wasting time on work...But its a vicious circle I guess.

snowgal

Rave.ef wrote: »

What I'm most concerned about in this post is getting up at 8:30. If I could stay in bed till 8:30 I'd never be tired.

yea Im lucky in that way. Work is only 10 mins away and a 930 start so Ive time. Buts its all relative because I generally dont get to sleep until 2 and Im usually awake from 5-6.30 anyway!

Seanachai

I think people have a lot on their minds, not that our parents and grandparents didn't, but it seems that even if you have a good income these days, you're still struggling. Worry messes up your sleep and you end up not feeling refreshed, which is the whole point of sleep.

I'm now living in a flat in an old building with no sound protection from the tenant above and she likes to talk loudly on skype and sing until 3-4 am. I can't afford to move somewhere else so there's days where I'm walking around like a zombie. I'm even looking at getting prescribed something like provigil to overcome some of the tiredness.

If I could make some money I'd leave the city and put a wood cabin or a mobile on a plot where I'm from and just live simple. I'm 35 and I don't see any merit in the rat race any longer.

sbsquarepants

I don't need an awfull lot of sleep - 5 to 6 solid hours would do me, maybe once or twice a month an extra 2 hours or so just to catch up.
Problem is my 5 year old daughter has recently taken to waking me anywhere from 3 to 10 times a night. Sometimes I haven't even got back to sleep before she's back in the room for something or other.
I haven't slept through a single night in about 6 weeks and it's really starting to show, I feel like I've aged ten years in the past month!

petes

Xanax.