Question: Well.. hello. My name is Amy and I’m 15 years old. Ever since I can remember I’ve always had problems with sleeping at “normal socially acceptable times”. The best sleeping schedule for me would be to go to sleep at 7 am. and wake up anytime between 4 and 5 pm. Of course this can be a pain in the ass during school time but I guess I just have to cope with it.
My mom is trying to get me to take sleeping pills, but I don’t feel that it’s quite the right thing to do. DSPS is a part of me and actually I really don’t mind. I love staying up every night and that’s when I’m most creative and productive. If this is how we were born like then why should we fight it.The only thing I can think of, that might be a problem, is working early shifts/hours but then well.. just get a night job, or sleep for shorter periods multiple times a day.It may be difficult for other people to understand DSPS but who cares anyway, everybody’s different.I don’t think of this as a disorder rather than just something that makes me who I am.