Do you know anyone who doesn’t actually go to bed?

[BerylCook]

In other words, they stay up and maybe just nap whenever for short periods day or night?
Don’t actually go to bed.

Is this really unusual?
(Adults, not babies! 😅)

On a regular basis? No, I’ve never known anyone do that.

Dd, aged 24.

DH's late uncle. He was ill though and couldn't sleep lying down.

@Gilead

Dd, aged 24.

Just a lifestyle choice or insomnia/ illness?

I've known several patients who sleep in armchairs/ recliner chairs rather than beds.

Also some dementia patients are known to be 'sundowners' ie they are awake most of the night & often more confused then too; my Nan used to be like that.
Before she was sadly sectioned for dementia related psychosis she would wander round her flat or even the block looking for imaginary people; she knew she had to take her thyroxine before breakfast so she would take it at 3am!! Then sleep in the day.

Beryl a combination of illness/pain and autism. She does go to bed when she can but most of the time it’s doze where she can and make the most of it.

DP can work through the night and catnap in the car or in a chair when possible. After about a week though he gets into bed and 'dies' for 14hrs.

@Gilead

Beryl a combination of illness/pain and autism. She does go to bed when she can but most of the time it’s doze where she can and make the most of it.

That sounds very difficult for her (and you, her family).

Lack of sleep or poor sleep is torturous for so many people. Admittedly some need far less sleep than others but even so.

Yes I do this when I am in peak working periods. My work is transactional and can be open ended. Then we need to work with people in different time zones. Core sleep hours will be around 02:30 to 05:00, with around 3-4 naps of 15 minutes during the remainder of any 24 hour period. It is something I learned to do in the forces that still pays dividends today.

I did this for approx 18m after I was in a road traffic accident, I had neck and back injuries which were way more painful when I lay down, the only comfortable place was in a recliner with support on both sides of my head and my back. I was in major pain but lying down in a bed x 10 times worse. I couldn't eat / function due to the pain and took any sleep I was lucky enough to get, I haven't been the same mentally since that time. To this day I still don't get a quality of sleep

Yes, me.
I have a bed upstairs and we have a sofa bed in the living room that is DHs bed.
My bed is incredibly uncomfortable, I wake up every hour or so in pain and can't move in the morning after I try to sleep on it.
I also can't breathe properly lying flat, so for quite a while now I just sleep sitting up sideways in the corner of the sofa (as sofa not opened into bed) with my feet up.
DH sleeps in my bed, he sleeps just fine up there!
When/if DH ever wants his sofa bed, I just sleep on the other couch.

Somebody DH had as business partner about 20 yrs ago. He could go 30 hours without feeling sleepy, kept no fixed sleep schedule. Worked in IT & as a musician. At times also held down ordinary-hours jobs, is a dad of 2 afaik now. Bit manic & creative at moments, but not a person with SN afaik.

My older two children if they're left to their own sleep rhythm.

My 17yo DSS doesn't sleep properly. He will fall asleep watching TV downstairs then wake up and carry on watching instead of going to bed, so he probably sleeps a total of 6/7 hours across the day and night, and not in full 'sleeps'.

It's not healthy, he looks and feels like shit, and he's behind with college.

But what can we do? He's 17 and bigger than both of us!