Nocturnal night owl since born. Me

 Age 5 6 7 8

1st grade age 6 I told my grandpa LeRoy Mitchell

I wanted to eat my cereal at night before I go to bed so I wouldn't have to eat it in the morning

because I am not awake enough to eat and don't want any food when I get up 

night owl vs early bird

What’s a night owl?

Night owls tend to:

stay up late

enjoy sleeping in

feel their best later in the day

have more energy at night

feel tired after waking up early

have a hard time staying alert during the day

Being a night owl does have a few downsides. Since most of society is structured around a daytime schedule — like 9 to 5 workdays or daytime school and college classes — late risers might have a harder time holding a traditional job. Young night owls might even have trouble adjusting to a fixed school schedule.

A 2019 studyTrusted Source suggested that night owls may face other disadvantages, too, including increased risk of mental health conditions and metabolic concerns.

Still, while early birds might get the worms, night owls aren’t always left bereft. A preference for the evening hours isn’t always a bad thing, in other words. Plenty of artists, writers, and creative professionals find they get their best work done as the world quietly sleeps around them.

At the end of the day, it matters most that you get the right amount of sleep to maintain good health.

Nocturnal by nature I am.

since a child am a night person

naturally tend to be more active at night and dead in the morning for at least 2 hours

memories as far back as age 5 or 6 when living in California. they (parents, grandparents) put me to bed at 8 pm or so and I lay awake in bed in the dark hearing the tv playing until after the 10 o'clock news was over before finally going to sleep

stared at ceiling in total darkness and saw groups of different colored light specks moving around on the ceiling from one side of the room to the other when I was 5 years old. Have no idea what those light forms are/were. Still don't know.

currently self medicate with food to induce sleep in order to attempt to wake up early. so i will wake up early 2, 3 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 am then pee and go back to bed ... If I get up and stay up I have to take a nap

coffee plain when i get up which I quit for a few years back in 2016 and switched to hot tea due having gastritius and duodenitis (ulcers, very painful in my side) 
now that that right side pain is not so bad I am back to drinking black coffee when I get up then iced tea and lots of water the rest of the day

 

woke at 731 am today only to return to sleep until 1030 am

1036 pm now and wide awake .. don't want to have to eat this early to start the 

sleepy inducing process 

have done many different things over the years

used to drink alcohol

take antihistamine such as diphenhydramine or benadryl which dryes me out and can take up ro 2 hours to induce sleep

passion flower

sleep gummies with melatonin (don't work very well)

the absolute best is to stay up naturally until I get tired then go to sleep and wake up refreshed even if it is noon

circadian rhythm

metabolism 

what are they ?

tired of having to have caffeine

what if I lived so I did not have to rely of caffeine products or eat a bunch of food or drink a bunch of alcohol and take pills just to sleep?

autonomic nervous system

https://byjus.com/biology/difference-between-sympathetic-and-parasympathetic/

The Autonomic Nervous System

The autonomic nervous system controls specific body processes, such as circulation of blood, digestion, breathing, urination, heartbeat, etc. The autonomic nervous system is named so, because it works autonomously, i.e., without a person’s conscious effort.

The primary function of the autonomic nervous system is homeostasis. Apart from maintaining the body’s internal environment, it is also involved in controlling and maintaining the following life processes:

Digestion

Metabolism

Urination

Defecation

Blood pressure

Sexual response

Body temperature

Heartbeat

Breathing rate

Fluid balance

There are two types of autonomic nervous system:

Sympathetic autonomic nervous system

Parasympathetic autonomic nervous system

When I am hungry I eat. When I am tired I sleep. My body tells me the truth at all times. It does not lie

When I am hungry I eat. When I am tired I sleep. My body tells me the truth
at all times. It does not lie.

It (intution) tells me when something feels right or feels wrong.
When I have listened to it and followed its direction it has proven itself
by the results. 

When I do not listen to it (gut feelings) and instead listen to directions from
some other body, I have done wrong and hurt myself.

4-12-2020