First thing is nope I had the problems like his before I had a computer. Had it when I was a kid and right though out high school, right now I'm staying with my parents while I focus on some products, and am waking around 10am again, thats my naturally sleep pattern 2am-10am.
But I'll agree the computer CAN makes it worse ... because even as the guy mentioned controlling light can be critical. On the flip side it can make it easier to sleep by mentally tiring you, if you have a problem you have to test it and see. Both are true for me.
As for what he said about lighting 100% agree with it. I summed it up the other day here talking about how I created a fake sun rise in my room : http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2990669 what I didn't mention was I hid every single light source. My room was pitch black, I rewired my body clock by controlling the light.
Nope not really, I read a lot of books. I can remember one day buying Red Dwarf:Better Than Life, and finishing it overnight and maybe getting an hour or twos sleep.
I grew up in a rural community and wasn't really interested in TV or technology really. I didn't even learn to program till was I was 22 (only after I had serious sporting accident where I had broken arms and legs and had to drop out of art school). Although I'll admit I did learn to write BASIC on school computers when I was 10 or so, just seemed to be a natural at programming.
I've had assorts of weird sleeps things over the years, for ages I had night terrors but they seem to have gone away and been replaced with a suffocation effect. I'll wake up gasping for breathe in the middle of the night now. The night terrors went away as soon as I understood what was going on, I guess the suffocation maybe related but without the panic aspects.
The night terrors went away as soon as I understood what was going on, I guess the suffocation maybe related but without the panic aspects.
Yeah, those are still night terrors. I have the suffocation thing once in a great while (usually while napping on a hot day), and occasionally wake up convinced there is a rat walking on the ceiling, or -- when camping -- mosquitoes all over the interior of my tent ceiling. After a couple of seconds, I realize I'm so nearsighted that there is no way I could possibly make out a mosquito on the ceiling of my tent. :-)
Anyway, I've generally tended toward peak activity in the late evening, and tend toward a 2am - 10am sleep schedule (as evidenced by it being 1:52am now). That said, in the periods where I do get myself consistently to sleep by midnight, I feel much better all day, every day.
I've found that I need about an hour of intense exercise per day, no caffeine after around 5pm, and, of course, the actual self-discipline to get started on going to bed by 11pm. 300mcg of melatonin per night helps me stay more deeply asleep, and it doesn't cause the body to build a tolerance.
Oh, and eating dinner at a 'normal' hour (5 - 7pm) makes a huge difference in my ability to fall asleep earlier.
But I'll agree the computer CAN makes it worse ... because even as the guy mentioned controlling light can be critical. On the flip side it can make it easier to sleep by mentally tiring you, if you have a problem you have to test it and see. Both are true for me.
As for what he said about lighting 100% agree with it. I summed it up the other day here talking about how I created a fake sun rise in my room : http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2990669 what I didn't mention was I hid every single light source. My room was pitch black, I rewired my body clock by controlling the light.