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Nightowl insomniac5/16/2023 However, most night owls simply choose not to sleep so early, but do not have problems falling asleep or sustaining sleep when they are tired.” “Insomniacs may become night owls as they cannot sleep. “An insomniac is a person who has difficulties with sleep and this may present as problems falling asleep, intermittent awakenings, or early morning awakenings,” said Dr Lim Boon Leng, a psychologist at Gleneagles Hospital, who specialises in insomnia. One thing that many people seem to confuse night owls with are insomniacs. But that’s not necessarily the case. People in urban and rural areas in the same country also have different sleep cycles. The same study highlighted other important external factors: Noise, crowds and lighting can affect one’s preference for morning or evenings while it also cited other studies that Germans are more likely to prefer the night to, say, Indians or Slovakians. While 90 per cent of two-year-olds are “morning” people, this goes down to 58 per cent by the age of six By the time one hits puberty, it continues to shift towards the evening, which continues until one is in his or her early 50s – by which time, it goes back to a preference for mornings. A recent research published in Cell has identified that a mutation of the CRY1 gene might be causing this delay in the onset of sleep.Īs for the age factor, another study – this time at the Northumbria University in the UK – found that one’s sleep cycle changes as you age. The condition, which reportedly affects 15 per cent of people in the United States, means having a delayed circadian rhythm, when one’s body clock isn’t in sync with the rest in a particular environment. Sleep experts often diagnose those who stay up late as having delayed sleep phase disorder (DSPD). The factors for being one ranges from a genetic mutation to one’s age and environment. READ: Can’t sleep at night, dozing off in the day – it could point to bigger health issues Famous night owls include Barack Obama, Thomas Edison, Leonardo da Vinci, and a host of other creative types such as writers, who commune with their muse at the dead of night. So, what exactly does this mean? Simply put, it’s someone who has a tendency to be up late at night. While Singaporeans’ horrible sleeping habits have been in the news lately, your “problem” isn’t that you can’t go to sleep or have a hard time sleeping – it’s that you’re not feeling sleepy at the moment.
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