I cannot sleep for longer than 3 hours
For the record I’m not someone who is in shape and I barely go outside. I’m 21 and I play video games all day. I recently started a gardening gig and I actually really like it. Most of it at least. The thing is my sleep schedule is a bit wonky and has been for years. I usually sleep from 7:30 am to 10:30 am and wake up around 4:30 pm. I’m aware how unethical my sleep schedule is but it seems I have a much larger problem. With this gig specifically it requires me to start around 8:30 am. It’s clear I do not have the leeway to take this gig often so I picked once or twice a week depending on how much I’m needed, where I don’t sleep at all until after I come back (I’ll take a 2-3 hour nap after I get back and just keep on going). I tried it last week for 2 hours and had a blast. This week however was a bit different. Almost 100 degree weather, 5 hours straight (all though I did my best to take a bunch of breaks) and only one bottle of water. And very physical tasks (no one told me moving bushes would be this difficult lol). By hour 3 I was so out of it and on my very existence I have never been that tired and exhausted. I had run out of water and My body had literally never craved water like that before but even past that the only thing I could do was drink a 6 oz coffee and push past it. Now we arrive at today. 2 days later, you would think “hey you must have slept like a baby”. Incorrect, in the past 2 days I have only been able to sleep 7 hours. I physically cannot get more than 3 hours of sleep at a time. I feel super tired, go to sleep at 5:30 am(a fairly regular time for myself) and wake up 2 and a half hours later. I do not understand. How am I so exhausted but my body just won’t sleep. I genuinely feel awful. The only reason I’m reluctant to call this a sleep schedule problem is because I have pulled all nighters, and have done physically demanding stuff on those all nighters. Just not in this weather with me feeling that exhausted. And no access to water for hours at a time. I have been drinking water and kind of eating but it still doesn’t feel like I’m feeling better. Any ideas?