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Have you ever gone to bed way too late and regretted it the next day? Maybe you ended up watching an entire season of a show in one (1) night or going down an internet rabbit hole and not really enjoying it? The worst part of it is ... not understanding why you did it? That was me many years ago before my sleep apnea was really bad.
Luckily, my sleep apnea became so bad that I needed a sleep study and found out that my oxygenation went down to 80%. At that point, I had a choice to make, confront it head on or bury my head in the sand. I have always been stubbornly persistent and so I set about the "seemingly impossible" task of figuring this out on my own because that is what I would do back then. I tried a CPAP machine and it was so noisy and uncomfortable that I couldn't get to sleep with it on my face.
This post isn't about that ... after I figured out a way to manage my situation and after the "fog" had lifted from my brain, I realized that my body was scared of going to sleep because it knew that I would be subjecting my brain to an endless series of drownings ... gasping for air ... and starving my brain of oxygen. So, I would stay up until 1am, 2am, sometimes 3am or 4am. Unfortunately, I didn't listen to my body back then and was really scared to go to the doctor (which is a whole other story). I was also opposed to seeing a psychologist (another story for another time) but later did that, which helped me through my sleep apnea and anxiety journey.
So, if you find yourself staying up late and not really knowing why, maybe you should ask yourself "how well am I sleeping"? If you don't know, use something like the SnoreLab app, which can analyze your sleep (NOTE: I am not affiliated with SnoreLab). I used that app successfully to help me eventually get near-perfect sleep.
Here is an article that talks about how staying up late and watching television can negatively impact you:
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