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My adult 23 year old falling apart
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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 694188" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>The chronic lateness is avoidance on some level. He uses the anxiety resulting from being late as a justification for not showing up. I have severe insomnia and require medication to sleep. Otherwise I have a reversed circadian rhythm where I sleep days and am awake nights.</p><p></p><p>I handled this during my career by working night shift. BUT, as an adult who had responsibilities and couldn't expect the whole world to accomodate my sleep schedule, if I had to be somewhere during the day, I got there.</p><p></p><p>I use an alarm clock. Actually, I use my cellphone which has that function</p><p>.</p><p></p><p>You are correct that it is beyond your control. So, stop thinking about it. HE'S the one who's got to figure this out and get it under control.</p><p></p><p>When living the way he's living hurts worse than trying to fix the lateness and sleep issues, he'll do something.</p><p></p><p>Now that I no longer work, and am old enough that my already compromised eyesight is further compromised by cataracts leaving me with difficulties driving at night, I have finally gotten myself on a "mostly" day shift schedule. I do get up for a couple of hours at night, but go back to sleep and get up around 9-ish. </p><p></p><p>That's still later than a lot of folks get up, but it leaves me plenty of time for errands and appointments and the like.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 694188, member: 1963"] The chronic lateness is avoidance on some level. He uses the anxiety resulting from being late as a justification for not showing up. I have severe insomnia and require medication to sleep. Otherwise I have a reversed circadian rhythm where I sleep days and am awake nights. I handled this during my career by working night shift. BUT, as an adult who had responsibilities and couldn't expect the whole world to accomodate my sleep schedule, if I had to be somewhere during the day, I got there. I use an alarm clock. Actually, I use my cellphone which has that function . You are correct that it is beyond your control. So, stop thinking about it. HE'S the one who's got to figure this out and get it under control. When living the way he's living hurts worse than trying to fix the lateness and sleep issues, he'll do something. Now that I no longer work, and am old enough that my already compromised eyesight is further compromised by cataracts leaving me with difficulties driving at night, I have finally gotten myself on a "mostly" day shift schedule. I do get up for a couple of hours at night, but go back to sleep and get up around 9-ish. That's still later than a lot of folks get up, but it leaves me plenty of time for errands and appointments and the like. [/QUOTE]
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