I’ve read that people did this for centuries: went to bed early, woke up for a few hours around midnight and then had a second sleep to the morning.
I don’t know whether that’s really true, but it certainly matches my personal experience. If I go to sleep early and I’m not completely exhausted, I’ll wake up around 11 and be awake for the next 2-3 hours. I am usually up past midnight so this doesn’t often come up.
It’s called polyphasic sleep and yeh, we used to do it (more commonly) before street lights were a thing. It’s still a thing a lot of people do, siesta being a common example
Thankyou! I always thought there was something wrong with my sleep pattern. I get tired early, go to bed, sleep until around midnight, wake up for at least an hour (more commonly 2-3) and then go back to sleep and wake up by 7am. I didn’t realise that was normal and ok! This is a revelation to me!
I’ve read that people did this for centuries: went to bed early, woke up for a few hours around midnight and then had a second sleep to the morning.
I don’t know whether that’s really true, but it certainly matches my personal experience. If I go to sleep early and I’m not completely exhausted, I’ll wake up around 11 and be awake for the next 2-3 hours. I am usually up past midnight so this doesn’t often come up.
It’s called polyphasic sleep and yeh, we used to do it (more commonly) before street lights were a thing. It’s still a thing a lot of people do, siesta being a common example
Thankyou! I always thought there was something wrong with my sleep pattern. I get tired early, go to bed, sleep until around midnight, wake up for at least an hour (more commonly 2-3) and then go back to sleep and wake up by 7am. I didn’t realise that was normal and ok! This is a revelation to me!
Me too. But even if I am exhausted I still wake up for an hour or so (more commonly 2-3 hours).