tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4579475260495965924.post8121901974335525475..comments2013-12-04T17:54:41.369-05:00Comments on Horrible Food Ogre: Sleep MoralitySamantha C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/16880361667232252120noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4579475260495965924.post-4547638884550347522011-02-04T23:15:12.276-05:002011-02-04T23:15:12.276-05:00Hi! I read your very first post and COMPLETELY em...Hi! I read your very first post and COMPLETELY empathized, and I feel the same way about this post. My parents used to wake me up early on weekends as well (or, like you, they'd let me sleep in and then make some comments about how shockingly late I'd woken up). Anyway, just wanted to say that (unfortunately/fortunately), you're not alone. If you feel like reading my story, check out my post about my experience with food & family growing up (on my pretty new blog): http://fattery.wordpress.com/2010/12/27/rebounding/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4579475260495965924.post-85050408599862094392010-12-31T13:10:23.959-05:002010-12-31T13:10:23.959-05:00Mrs. Sprat - I think that's a good point, albe...Mrs. Sprat - I think that's a good point, albeit one I don't have personal experience with. In my house, my brothers get woken up at about the same times I did. Although, this is one thing that I've been left more alone about since going off to college. I won't get woken up just because it's past noon now, but I will get comments about it. <br /><br />Thlingan, absolutely. I definitely suffered from high school sleep, especially since I didn't know how to nap at that point. And since, after being at school from 7-3 and doing homework until dinner, if I didn't have activities keeping me at school till 5 and working later, and all manner of other things going on, not enough time to nap with my nap patterns anyway. <br /><br />I remember hearing stories of the mythical popular girls who woke up at 5am every morning to have time to shower and style their hair and do their make up in high school, and I feel lucky that I was never part of that routine. If I felt that I needed an hour and a half to be presentable, if I were feeling social pressure to present myself that way, it would have been even more miserable.Samantha C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16880361667232252120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4579475260495965924.post-79991628710207520352010-12-31T13:00:57.225-05:002010-12-31T13:00:57.225-05:00I agree people moralize about sleep. This also fee...I agree people moralize about sleep. This also feeds into some of the biggest myths about adolescence... In industrialized countries, people between the ages of 15 and 22 (or thereabouts) in general have a shift in their bodies' natural sleep rhythms such that they tend to go to sleep later and wake up later, and also need 9 hours of sleep. This is just a general trend and of course there's a lot of variation. However, my point is, as a result of people forcing teenagers to all do the same schedule as adults, a lot of them go around sleep deprived constantly, causing some of the teenagerish behavior we associate with stereotypes.thlinganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18117532288115965796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4579475260495965924.post-6442982005487788272010-12-30T23:39:20.660-05:002010-12-30T23:39:20.660-05:00I think there's a big gender thing going on th...I think there's a big gender thing going on there too. If a guy gets up at noon he's "being a guy" if a woman does it, especially a fat woman, she's a lazy slob. I personally do better with 9 or 10 hours and had to put up with the same crap from my mother who doesn't need an alarm clock because she wakes up every hour or so. Which is better: being well-rested or appearing not to be lazy?Mrs. Sprathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17602161072532543871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4579475260495965924.post-55203670340187855892010-12-29T14:45:54.435-05:002010-12-29T14:45:54.435-05:00mu husband can nap for 20 minutes, can fall asleep...mu husband can nap for 20 minutes, can fall asleep in 3... I HATE napping if it's less than an hour 1/2. I feel worse, always did. We do need to be more accepting of natural rhythm variations. My aunt sleeps from about 2 am-10 am. Works for her... She's 70, on no meds, gets lots of letters written!familyfeedingdynamicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09049399245893420332noreply@blogger.com