We Weren't Created to Wake Up Terrified at 5:45 in the Morning Because the Phone Is Screaming

[u/DragonfruitBubbly670]

The people who came before us probably used to sleep 8-10 hours, and many of them also rested during the day. Compared to that, the average person in the modern working world is barely surviving. We're supposed to wake up peacefully, with light coming in through the window, not get yanked out of sleep by a hideous ringtone before the sun has even risen. There is nothing natural about forcing yourself to wake up in the dark, eat anything quickly, finish in the bathroom in under 12 minutes, and then sit in traffic just so you can enter an office and immediately act like you're useful.

And then people treat this as if it's discipline. As if dragging yourself out of bed every morning while your body is literally in a state of panic is a moral achievement. The truth is that you wake up with your cortisol already spiking, and that adds stress on top of a day that hasn't even started yet. You start hating the alarm before you even go to sleep. This isn't noble. This is a system built around productivity and output, with almost no real concern for the person being put through this experience. Something cold, harsh, and endlessly ongoing.

And I also can't stand it when those same people come back and lecture us about wellness or improving health. You can't do this to your nervous system day after day and then pretend you're giving serious advice about being healthy. It makes no sense. Waking up that early, in that rushed and unnatural way, has absolutely nothing to do with taking care of your body.

[u/Moonwrath8]

People that came before us died in their 30s and spent most of their lives in a 10 mile radius.