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From: dave@cylixd.UUCP (Dave Kirby)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Re: Sending kids to bed
Message-ID: <338@cylixd.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 2-Oct-85 11:23:20 EDT
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Posted: Wed Oct  2 11:23:20 1985
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In article <607@oliveb.UUCP> long@oliveb.UUCP (Dave Long) writes:
>... as far back as kindergarden I knew that if I
>didn't get enough sleep I'd be tired, so I went to bed at about 9:00 on school
>days.  Does anyone have any ideas on the differences between people who can
>reliably choose a bedtime and those who can't?  It can't be night vs. day 
people >since I am a night person.

The only idea I can contribute is that I am exactly the opposite, even
to this day. I will tend to stay up well past the appropriate bedtime,
even knowing full well that I'm going to be tired in the morning. I have
always been that way. If I force myself to go to bed at the appropriate
hour, I will lie awake for 4 hours, and still get up groggy.

Perhaps the difference has to do with one's level of chronic insomnia.
Those who have trouble falling asleep at the "right" bedtime will tend
to want to stay up at all costs. It's boring lying in bed for four
hours with nothing to do but think about what you could be doing if
you weren't lying in bed.

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