I have recently conquered my inability to go to bed at night and fall asleep (using many methods you describe here, though I discovered them on my own), but it has been a bitter success since I STILL can’t get up in the morning. This now means that I sleep about 9-12 hours every night.

I am going to use your technique of “practicing”, by going down for a nap and setting the alarm clock for a couple minutes later. This is the most realistic, sound advice I’ve heard yet (for me), and I hope that it will help me forge a new habit of getting up with the clock. I am afraid though that even after a shower and dressing, I will find myself back in bed within the hour (I think somebody else mentioned this problem too!). In all other respects, I have always had strong self-discipline, but I can’t seem to shake sleep for a good hour or two after waking, and I seem to have no control over my thoughts and actions during that time. I’ve been this way since I was a small child, and it’s frustrating. It’s especially frustrating to be successfully self-disciplined in so many other areas of my life, but to meet with continual failure every morning. It’s wearing down my confidence in myself, and I have to fix it soon.

I think that making a very long morning routine may help me, along with the “practicing”. If I can get past the first 2 hours and still be awake, then my chances of staying that way are good. The problem is that it’s hard to come up with stuff to do that will keep me awake for that long. I love to read a novel with a cup of coffee every morning (it’s my absolute favourite thing to do after getting up) , but experience has proven that if I’m too tired, reading turns into a nap on the couch, and the coffee goes cold.

Do you have any other advice? I’d sure love to hear it!

So my question is : At 28 years old, how do I end the desire to stay up all hours of the night? I know I could just go lay in bed, but the desire to stay awake is very real. The desire to not want to waste the next day sleeping is real too, though. grrrrrrrrrrrrr I’m not even making any sense probably. I’m such a mess from not having any work to do. I need self-discipline! [/rant]

::smokes cigarette::

In a rare fit of self-discipline, I finally decided bite the bullet and start getting up early (before 6:00). So, for the last two weeks, I’ve been getting up around 5:30 and working for a couple of hours first thing in the morning. It’s been great f…

Your self discovered method is actually the advice a professional should give people with getting up in the morning. My doctor has some qualifications in psycology etc.

as for me im still working on it :/

its 5:30am..

Will you help me? Your method does not work for me. I make myself get up at 6 every day, and by 11-12 my eyes are drooping. I lull in and out of conciousness but I keep control. By 2 I am once again fully awake. I remain fully awake until well past 12. Is tehre any way to get rid of this?

Thanks