thespitfireemporium replied to your photo: Image - low light webcam photo of me, fat and pale…
Hi again. I actually have this too. (I commented on the melatonin.) I’ve adapted my life around it (luckily my choice of work allows me to do this), and melatonin *has* regulated me & helped, but I’m 2am-bedtime-at-the-earliest regular. My ‘normal’.
So many people have said that DSPS sounds like them. I’ve had a few comments saying that it’s just another diagnosis to benefit Big Pharma but the thing is, I don’t neeeeeed sleepers if I’m sleeping on my schedule. I need understanding and a flexible job and a complete mental shift so I can tell myself that it’s OK! to run my life on my terms!
ASIDE:
I got a couple of asks that made me feel really sad and basically denied my right to testify for my body. It kind of makes me want to stop talking about my body, my brain, my mental health. I understand how important it is to have these conversations and to see mental illness and other illnesses recognised but when people start giving me unsolicited advice I just want to run away. No one knows my full situation except me. I have to work harder to shrug the shame of being ABnormal off and live my own life.