Pillthrill you don't have a biological "disorder". Don't let anyone tell you that because once you believe its a true disorder a lot of times people stop fighting it.
It IS natural for the body to feel like it needs more sleep then it does. If you are in a depressed state, don't have a job, and don't have much to look forward to in your life your REAL PROBLEM is your life first then sleep second.
I geniunely believe the answer is to start fixing things in your life, and your sleep will naturally follow a more regular course. But the "fixing your life" part can def be an overwhelming concept.
You need to make a goal to be productive at certain times in the day. The day before find things TO DO that you WANT TO DO. Can you make a plan right now to do something tommorow at 11am that would genuinely motivate you to get out of bed? It can be either work or leisure as long as its something YOU LIKE.
I think people get into our situations because they go through life and just keep breathing than one day wake up and realize their life sucks. You NEED to be easy on yourself. The harder you make the concept of waking up in your head the harder you will act like it is. Sleeping late is making you more depressed and depression is making you sleep late. It IS very much a vicious cycle. Its hard to be happy and upbeat and wanna sleep, it really is.
You have to be somewhat a withdrawn person as thats what a sleep schedule like this does to a person. Everyday just TRY to be productive and START SMALL. Stay with what is COMFORTABLE and what keeps you motivated to be productive. There are MANY famous genius's in history who would wake up superlate. Hitler was one of them (ok that was a terrible example), there are many brilliant figureheads in psychology who slept late. They didn't let it ruin their life however most of them just worked around the issue.
I still believe genuinely though its possible to work THROUGH the issue.
Just stop driving yourself crazy. And realize the single most important thing is having something, ANYTHING that you planned today, for tommorow, that will motivate you to get up. If nothing motivates you at first its because you've somewhat rewired your sleep transmitters. You need to fight them almost like you would fight an addiction at first to get your brain responding to light like it should.
Another good thing is the second you wake up GO OUTSIDE. Go have a cigarette just get out in the sun for 15mins if you can. If your tired LAY DOWN IN THE SUN. Its better then laying in your bed because it will send signals to your brain to feel more awake. Although I said its not a biological "disorder" it is very much still conditioned by your past decisions. Same as my situation. Thats why its small steps everyday and a consistent fight that will win. Not losing your mind and trying to make quantum leaps once a week.
We will be here for you. I suggest you at least try in this thread to list some things you *GENUINELY* like to do. Does anything motivate you? Workwise is there any fields you'd dream to be in? Something you feel is attainable?
Something that wouldn't feel so much like a chore?
What do YOU truley enjoy to do with your life? I think this is where you have to start. You ask yourself some simple questions, then you start fabricating a strategy to get you closer to what you want. Life in its entirety is one big problem solving process.
Think think think. Don't think negative thoughts. Think constructive/productive thoughts. "should I trade and my car and spend $4000 or should I sell it and lease a whatever for $600 a month?" In 10 months which situation will allow me to save more money?
It really is one big math problem. State the problem, design about 10 potential methods to combat the problem, then 1 by 1 slowly execute and recalibrate your solutions so they work better. Test, combat, evolve, NEVER GIVE UP. Think about the immense flow of self esteem that will accompany any slight improvement as it happens. You WILL FEEL AMAZING the second you make 1 decision in your life that brings you closer to what you actually want in life. Then what usually happens is you reach that goal and set higher ones.
Its the PROCESS that keeps us going , not actually acheiving the goals. And failure is just as rewarding a lot of times as long as you try. You will FEEL IT whether or not you THINK thats the way you will feel. Just keep it small, make baby steps, and feel secure in the fact that you can practically take over the world by executing just that... baby steps. My names not Tony Robbins, I'm not some bs motivational speaker.
A lot of these simple cliches in life were said for a REASON. I genuinely believe you can fix this problem you just really need to start piecing your life together like a puzzle.
