dr_lm

Why don't popcorn or chips go stale?

Are your guns loaded when you're on duty?

"ILLUSIONS, Michael! Tricks are something a whore does for money".

I think not. There's more than one possible explanation for these conditions, one is that affected people simply have a longer circadian rhythm than normal.

Humans living in an environment without light/dark cues adopt a 25hr sleep/wake cycle. "Zeitgeibers" (literally, "time givers" in German) such as sunrise/sunset and mealtimes are what train most of us to a 24hr rhythm. People with delayed sleep phase syndrome may have a permanent 25hr+ rhythm that doesn't get properly trained by zeitgeibers.

I don't know if I have this disorder or am just an extreme night owl, but I prefer to sleep from about 3am-11am if left to my own devices. When I travel West it's great, I remember wandering around Seattle at 4am local time, feeling great. Travelling East is fucking horrendous.

Domestic abuse victims often seem to seek to excuse their partner's behaviour, and even to blame themselves. Can you say anything about the underlying psychological processes that lead to this?