Not sure if anyone else here has this problem
I don't know how to completely explain it but it's sort of like I'm addicted to insomnia. It started when I was younger (about 13) and I was really struggling socially at school and my family was just a mess and I sort of used it to numb myself because at 3 in the morning you don't really care about anything anymore because you are so tired. I don't really have problems sleeping if I go to bed at a decent time, so I don't technically have insomnia. I have gotten a plan together to deal with this problem for the last 5 months which involves a very rigid schedule of reading and tidying up my room and no electronics- I even set an alarm to time myself! But recently I have been struggling with sticking to that. I got really into coding and I have been staying up way too late doing that for about a week now. It makes me really happy but I know the lack of sleep really affects me. It makes my anxiety and depression more prominent and I just feel really off because of it. Plus, when I don't sleep well, I am more apt to waste the day away taking naps. Today was honestly the worst as I stayed up to 8 am and spent the rest of the morning just sleeping. I am unemployed right now unfortunately but I don't want to have a messed up sleep and wake cycle all the same. I don't know if anyone else in this community had this problem, but I feel like I need to just reach out a bit and get some support for this problem.