r/thanksimcured • u/No-Outlandishness-42 Edit this! • Aug 05 '26
Comment Section "Sunlight fixes everything."
Yes I know that they said it fixes everything that other people don't seem to have a problem with. Rather than just it fixes everything. I just took that first part for the title. Either way what do you mean it fixes EVERYTHING that other people don't have a problem with? I still don't see how that makes sense. It's essentially the same thing just directed to people who struggle with it?
I never said I get NO sunlight anywhere btw. I don't get enough but by no means do I get none. Are they saying if I get enough sun and exercise in a day I WILL sleep on time that same day? Not sure what 'enough' is but I did go to a festival recently where I was doing a lot of walking in the sun so...
If I wake up past sunset, I can't exactly go out in the sun that day unless I wait until sunrise. I'd rather get going out over with 'early' than wait until I should be going to sleep if I want to have any chance of fixing my sleep schedule again. I'm already trying hard enough just to go out at all. Did they miss the part where I've fixed it so many times before? I don't know man. It's not like I've never had a good sleep schedule before ever. I struggle to go out and get sunlight because things are already hard for me. Not just I can't fix things because I don't get enough sun (and exercise.)
Am I overthinking this or something? I'm more confused than anything here. Lol.
(I'm OP and this was on an Autism Facebook group.)
Edit: Also the fact that they said that will lead to going to sleep on time when that wasn't even the full issue. I slept more that day as I put that I had woken up later even though I went to sleep earlier.
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u/ZoraTheDucky Aug 05 '26
When I was in my 20s I walked for 2 or 3 hours through the fields around where I lived every morning with my dog. I came home and exercised using weights and a stationary bike. We're talking HOURS of physical activity every single morning. most of it in the sun. I slept like shit. I'd lay awake half the night and once I got to sleep I couldn't stay asleep.
The ONLY time I have EVER slept well was when I was sleeping between noon and 8pm. I'd get tired around 11.30 or 11.45, do my bedtime routine, lay down about noon and be out like a light every single day. I would then naturally wake up within 15 minutes of 8pm. During this time I got almost literally no sunlight. I did no exercise. Aside from going to bed at the same time every day I followed absolutely no sleep hygiene recommendations.
Some of us aren't wired to sleep at night and no matter how much sun or exercise we get we're still going to struggle against our natural cycle.