I used to work 12 hours shifts, both days and nights, and rotating 8 hour shifts. No wonder my sleep cycle is so messed up.

lol bears repeating I guess

Uh...i blame sleep deprivation.

There's a Edgar Allen Poe quote that goes something like "sleep those little slices of death, how I loathe them." I thought that was profound in my younger days but now I think he was full of shit.

@Fearlessfreep I really like sleep, especially since I've been getting older

@MST3K I like sleep, it just doesn't like me as much. Stress, cats and age are sleep killers. The cats are at least amusing when it happens.

@HippieChick58 I often have trouble falling asleep due to worrying or simply not being able to get my mind turned off.

@MST3K Yes!! All the worse case scenarios run through my mind. I've had some nights where nothing turns my mind off, and I've learned that caffeine can keep me human and humane until 5:00 pm.

What were you doing? was it harmful work as well?

@jacpod I work in short term disability claims, and have frequent anxiety. Lots of room for errors to be made. We deal with people who have had close encounters with the medical system/can't work and we control their replacement income. No stress there. 78% of American live paycheck to paycheck, anything that delays a paycheck can be a crisis.

@HippieChick58 its bad here too as we are moving over from disability to pension credit and some people simply have no money for 6 weeks no one seems to have thought through how the system is going to work and they are telling people who are severely disabled that they are fit for work - It seems seriously cruel there are so many cases where people have died before their claim is settled - Never knew that a government could be so awful to its own people.

I was watching for this comment, I too have come across the 25 hour body clock. I have friends who work deep underground. It is good to know and understand, and can sort out jet lag by spending an hour in the sun in the middle of the day at your destination.