havent been a good sleeper since childhood. Ive always just liked the time alone and privacy of the night. so with or w/o drugs...im always up til sunrise??

it just takes a long time for me to get naturally tired enough to sleep...insomnia is a bitch.

are there nocturnal humans??? im not sure if im being serious or not...

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Nocturnal humans? This is the first I'd heard about the possibility of there being such a thing as a truly nocturnal human. I started to think about it and do some research...research that states that an estimated 60 million people in the US alone suffer from severe hyposomnia and/or give in to a nocturnal schedule dictated by their internal processes. It started making sense. Whether we believe in evolution or not it is proven that all species adapt to their needs because if those needs are not met the species suffers, and once upon a time the human species required some people to be up all night to guard the helpless sleepers and, eventually, to tend campfires and such as well. Nocturnals would have to be able to function efficiently on very little sleep in societies where all members had to work together at some point such as in the case of nomadic tribes who had to move frequently...a fascinating explanation for how I can feel so good on so little sleep. Thinking about it today there is still a huge need for nocturnal people...police must be on duty all night, there are some jobs best done at night when crowds and the heat of the day are not in the way, and so on. Unfortunately these overnight jobs are often not filled by true nocturnals, possibly because so many people don't know they exist or there just aren't any available or...who knows? It is interesting to note, though, that a true nocturnal could have a job that keeps them out all night, come home and sleep soundly for five hours and be ready to do housework and play with the kids.

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