Odd sleep time, bed around 3-6am, wake up around 11am-2pm

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I’ve always gravitated towards late nights and sleeping late, school and work never let me sleep at the time it felt natural but have recently been working a night shift job and can sleep at my preferred time (bed around 3-6am, wake up around 11am-2pm) and have been getting better sleep than I ever have. I guess it’s just odd and friends and family tend to worry about me

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Hey there,

I’ve always been on this same sleep schedule naturally myself.

My mother and sisters would fight to wake me up for school. Working AM jobs was never an (easy) option.

There needs to be a 5th chronotype, or my sleep part of the brain is broken.

Working as a contracted employee lets me build around this sleep schedule and it’s definitely what my body and especially brain prefer. My brain pops off at night.

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I’m a lifelong insomniac (chronic since age 14, some instances in childhood. I’m retired now and not expected to be “cured,” only to manage it as well as I can. I’ve always been a night owl, and now – with no major obligations in life (work, school, parenting), I find I can sleep if I go to bed 3:00 -6:00 a.m. and wake up at 11:00 -2:00. I have tried everything to 1) sleep and 2) get on a “normal” daytime schedule. Now I wonder if I should just accept that these weird hours make sleep so much easier for me.

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Honestly, I don’t think it’s that strange. Some people naturally function better later in the day, and it sounds like you’ve finally found a schedule that works for you. If you’re getting enough sleep and feeling better rested than before, that’s a good sign. I can understand why your family might worry since it’s different from the usual routine, but sleeping late doesn’t automatically mean you’re doing something wrong. The main thing is how you feel and whether your sleep schedule is sustainable long term.