Does the time change affect you?

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No-Door-3181@reddit

Besides having to change my wrist watch, I don't notice a thing

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TransatlanticMadame@reddit

Yes! Definitely worse as I got older.

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Yep, and I think it affects everyone adversely whether they notice it or not. I think I read somewhere that the hour of sleep disruption (and everything related to it) causes an increase of heart attacks and car accidents… I wish they got rid of it honestly.

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blozzerg@reddit

Get rid of it or move it to the daytime. Why lose an hour of sleep when you can lose an hour of work?

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BigMasterDingDong@reddit

Well I’m sure it will still mess with our body clocks… I work with people across the globe and it’s always a bit of fun when US and UK have clocks changing lol. So getting rid of it would be helpful for that too…

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Butter_the_Toast@reddit

Nah, got that nihnt shift jet lag immunity

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JayR_97@reddit

Felt like I had jet lag this morning.

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Character_Whereas123@reddit

had a 3:45am work shift. commute takes 1hr 20 to work. first day of my early rotation. waking up at midnight was not fun

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MisterIndecisive@reddit

Yes messed me up but that was mostly because I forgot it was happening and stayed up way too late at weekend. The light in evenings is bloody cracking though

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luckylolamalady@reddit

Yes, yesterday was horrific and I am exhausted today. Autism + time change: not good for my brain.

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toblivion1@reddit

I'm autistic as well, had therapy the morning after the clocks changed. I could barely speak lol, I was cross with everything because every hour felt like the hour it was meant to be before it. But I'm using it as an opportunity to start waking up at 6:30 instead of 7, so I have more time before work. I will rebuild my precious routine.

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Capable_Tip7815@reddit

No. Although I dislike the hour less sleep.

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Beggatron14@reddit

Had a stomach bug last 48hrs so everything’s fucked anyway! Gonna take me a while to adjust after I’m well again

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andrewscool101@reddit

I'm definitely more tired than usual but I think DST is a good thing and is worth a few days of extra naps here and there.

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sconebore@reddit

I think if you have an early-ish alarm, it's back to being dark in the morning. My alarm is 6am, and for the past few weeks I've been waking naturally with the dawn, 5.45am or a bit early. Sprung out of bed, bright as a button. This morning - back to being dragged awake. Soon we'll be in the realms of blackout curtains though, so as not to wake too early.

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WitShortage@reddit

I dislike the clocks going back more than them going forward. Sure, the lost hour of sleep is bad, but the post-work daylight more than makes up for it IMO

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smushs88@reddit

Seems to have affected the dog more than me. She’s been jumping about from 5/6ish in the morning for breakfast but last night got to and then went past her usual dinner time and she seemed blissfully unaware….

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melancholyy-scorpio@reddit

It doesn't usually but this time I'm absolutely exhausted lol

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Humorous-Prince@reddit

Always feels like time goes quicker in DST, I don’t know why… plus loosing that hour has more of an affect overall over the few initial mornings.

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eyupeyupeyup@reddit

I’m groggy every day, so no, I didn’t notice a difference

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skratakh@reddit

Our cat had decided he was an hour ahead several weeks ago so we're just catching up to him

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AchillesNtortus@reddit

My younger daughter was completely light activated. She went to bed early in winter when her siblings were begging to stay up beyond 8. Come the summer: "Wake up daddy, it's morning time!" At 4.30am!

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AllThatIHaveDone@reddit

Silly animals, deciding their schedule by the natural rising and falling of the sun.

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Outraged_Chihuahua@reddit

Explains why my dogs are losing their shit at 4:30am in the summer, the second they sense a tiny bit of light they decide it's time for breakfast.

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AllThatIHaveDone@reddit

The funny thing is, this works for humans too except for our species-level obsession with clocks.

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Outraged_Chihuahua@reddit

It works on me at a more reasonable hour, but half 4 absolutely isn't the one lol

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AllThatIHaveDone@reddit

That's the point though - _a more reasonable hour_ is an artificial concept. Humans are fascinated with clocks to the point where we actively fight against orbital mechanics to try to enact control over time.

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Outraged_Chihuahua@reddit

No, I just don't function at 4.30 in the morning. It's a more reasonable hour for me specifically, not for everyone.

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blejusca@reddit

You do realise 4:30 am is a human construct, right? You realise that time existed before clocks were invented and humans likely slept when it was dark and were awake when it was light, at times that today we might call 4:30 am?

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Outraged_Chihuahua@reddit

Yes I'm aware of how time works. You do realise circadian rhythms are a thing and not everyone has the same one, so regardless of whether we call it 4.30 or not, some people do not function the second there's a hint of light in the sky?

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GanacheAffectionate@reddit

Maybe it’s internal clock is American? They change the clocks a few weeks earlier than us.

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MadWifeUK@reddit

They have been congregating an hour early for dinner for weeks now. So much so that they were surprised when I fed them "on time" yesterday.

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newnortherner21@reddit

I am affected by the clocks going back more. A week or so of waking up too early, and the impact of early darkness.

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JonnotheMackem@reddit

Flew home from abroad yesterday, slept at 03:30, woke up at 07:30, so I'm just fucked anyway.

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NoseGraze@reddit

Yes, I hate it. Alarm had to wake me up and I was exhausted. Then trouble getting to sleep last night. Just overall a tired couple of days! And as a programmer I far prefer being in GMT Vs GMT+1. :(

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Interesting-Scar-998@reddit

It never bothers me, but then I don't have to go out to work or keep a schedule.

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mothsugar@reddit

Also in my early 40s and yeah it fucks up my body clock Honestly can we just stick to GMT and be done with it? Who actually wants or needs this shite?

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DoctorOctagonapus@reddit

It actually hit harder today than yesterday for some reason. Complete opposite to last year where I was in a crappy mood all day Sunday.

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DeusExPir8Pete@reddit

Now that everything is connected to the internet its easy, but in the beforetimes, you would see people on their knees screaming "What time is it?" before collapsing into wracked sobs, whimpering "what time is it?".

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Fit_Afternoon4604@reddit

Didn't even notice it 🤣

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discoveredunknown@reddit

Yes. Absolutely battered this morning, went out in the piss this weekend so immediately felt like I had jet lag and hate how the day the clock goes forward seems to go rapid. I’ll probably be a tired mess till about Wednesday. Always amazing how just an hour seems to cause such havoc with my body clock.

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shatners-ocarina@reddit

Anyway, I hope you managed to wash off all the piss.

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JayRexSy@reddit

It doesn't affect many people but yeah for me its surely does.

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Delicious-Trick-9164@reddit

Cats ignored daylight savings and woke me at 6:30 instead of 5:30, feels like an extra hour of sleep!

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electrohawkk@reddit

On my previous years on earth? Nope! This year? Hell yeah. I was dead to the world this morning and my snooze alarms couldn't rouse me. Same with my husband. It was very weird as I'm usually awake before my first alarm. I feel very out of sorts.

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Significant-War-491@reddit (OP)

Exactly how I felt, I never need an alarm either

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BillyJoeDubuluw@reddit

Yes, I have the reverse of SAD and I’m not really keen on it being broad daylight until ten o’clock at night… The fair weather crew (who only access the outdoors in more stable weather and longer daylight) get under the feet and aggravate me as they rock up en masse… I concluded a long time ago that as and when I want reliable sunshine I will pop down to the Mediterranean… I am, however, very aware that this is my problem and not necessarily anybody else’s, so it is what it is and I navigate my way through it as quietly as possible.

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djwillis1121@reddit

They should just keep BST all year around imo

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AbsoluteBingo@reddit

Tine change has totally smashed me this Monday morning (36, M). Got 11 hours sleep on Saturday, maybe 6 hours yesterday. Feels like I'm walking a tight rope.

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angry-apples@reddit

I have a 3 week old, the concept of time is just vivid dream.

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CarpetGripperRod@reddit

Just 13 more years, and you'll find they sleep all the damned time. Be patient! <hang-in-there-cat-on-a-washing-line.jpg>

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Through__Glass@reddit

My sleep pattern is always disturbed by the changing of the time

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greenhairdontcare8@reddit

Knackered, and a load of equipment at work needs its times manually changed because the clocks went forward, so I'm doubly annoyed. My cat still manage to sense it was 7am this morning and start waking me up, even though as far as she knows it's still 6am. Or she can read clocks now ...

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ash894@reddit

I was due to start my first early shift at 5.30am on Sunday. I never sleep well the night before so I was less than impressed with my 4 hours kip before my day started.

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London-Lass@reddit

It used to - until I started changing the clocks *before* I go to bed (yes, I know a lot of stuff now automatically changes, but there are still things in my house that require a manual change - oven, microwave, old mantel clock, etc.). By seeing the new time before I go to bed, seems to lessen the shock to my system on waking up the next morning.

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lewkir@reddit

Every fucking year, can't sleep the night before and struggle to get up in the morning. Absolutely hate this archaic bullshit

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Jebble@reddit

I love it, my 1 year old was waking up at 5.15 every morning, now she wakes up at 6.15.

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LaSalsiccione@reddit

It’s alright, it’ll go back to 5.15 again in the autumn

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Jebble@reddit

By then she'll have a completely different rhythm!

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Frap_Gadz@reddit

Hahaha I wish someone would tell our six year old this 😅💀 he's in the forever early gang

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LaSalsiccione@reddit

I know, I’m only joking. I have a 7 month old so similar boat

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SMTRodent@reddit

Sod's law says it'll be 4:15 in the autumn

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memcwho@reddit

Asking this 1 hour ago just before my alarm went off? No, not at all. Asking this now, 10 minutes after apprentice asked where I was and if he was at the right place? Apparently so. Happy Monday everyone

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Odins_eye_4@reddit

Lmao

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Odins_eye_4@reddit

Just missed both my trains to work lol. To be fair I was up till 1am playing Animal Crossing

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ermCaz@reddit

Yeah, knackers my sleep for about a week.. went bed at usual time at 12, but was awake till about 1pm as that was actually 12.

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littlehamster_@reddit

I think anyone that has a routine based on what time it "feels like" rather than the clock is probably finding it hardest. So people with pets who are on a routine, or small children. The cat was very happy to get fed early yesterday but also wanted us to be up early today. My child who usually struggles to fall asleep before 9:30 had us up till after 11 last night so this morning is a battle. It doesn't affect me personally though other than that.

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Proper_North_5382@reddit

I wasn't as sleepy as early last night. My cat strangely enough slept until 4:50am like usual when the clocks went forward. I bet the night before that he'd be up when his body clock said it was time to get up, but I was blessed with another hour of no meowing.

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Anxious_wank@reddit

Don't even notice it. I had to get up earlier because I was going out and it just felt normal. Its concerning reading how people don't recover from this for a week, it's either really dramatic or just a little pathetic. Have you not had kids/night time caring responsibilities? Losing an hour for one day is nothing.

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Superspark76@reddit

I rarely sleep past 3 or 4 am so it makes little difference to me, except it gets light later in the morning.

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messedup73@reddit

It looks better going out with the dog between 5am and 6am instead of being 4am and 5am.I will struggle for a few days about bedtimes but will get back into a routine in about a week.My husband is off work this week as its his birthday which is a good thing as he would definitely struggle as he is not a morning person and needs about 6 alarms to get him up.He used to work as a chef for years so was used to late nights having changed careers and having to get up at 6.30am he still struggles.

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wtfftw1042@reddit

same age. feel like crying.

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Zealousideal-Sail893@reddit

Yes. I walk my doggies at 5am, I had two days of not having to wear my head torch, then boom. Plunged into darkness for a few weeks.

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Imaginary-Entry-4896@reddit

All this hassle just because some posh fella wanted to play golf in the evening and still have daylight.

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HealthyWhereas3982@reddit

Yeah I'm groggy for a week or so while I adjust. I struggled even more when I had to get up at 6am to commute for work.

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OkGrapefruit7174@reddit

Yes, I cannot get to sleep early enough to match my now 1h earlier alarm.

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Revolutionary_West56@reddit

Definitely. Feel like I get jet lag every time 😅

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barriedalenick@reddit

Not in the least bit other than some confusion as I hadn't changed my bedside clock - I'm over 60. Maybe years of working shifts has helped me be adaptable, or maybe the fact that I had a couple of beers in the afternoon on Saturday and fell alseep early!

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MrPogoUK@reddit

I get up at 5am to go running and it’s annoying that suddenly in the dark again after it just switching over to being light, but thst only lasts a few more weeks.

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Bellatrixforqueen@reddit

Yeah I am well groggy . Didn’t used to

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Significant-War-491@reddit (OP)

Yep same weird one

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tiorzol@reddit

Yes. My toddler has been getting up at 6 and now he's getting up at 7. Absolute result.

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BigfatDan1@reddit

1st time clocks have shifted forward since having a baby, I'm fucked 😅 Ended up back in bed from the night feed at 5am, which was 4am last week. Alarm goes off at 6am for work, so I didn't get back to sleep before it went off. Snoozed it and now I'm late!

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DrH1983@reddit

It never used to but this year it's really discombobulated me. Weirdly I actually felt tired earlier, so went to bed at 9, even though that's only the equivalent of 8 GMT. Though I may have been hungover, which certainly didn't help. I feel a bit better today.

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squeakstar@reddit

Yes it’s annoying as chuff - takes me about a month to switch back to normal by then evening and mornings are way lighter - does my head in. Seems ridiculous we still even change clocks

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the_topiary@reddit

Yeah, it usually takes a couple of days for me to adjust to the 'jet lag'.

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Radiant-Mycologist72@reddit

>“Moving the clocks ahead one hour in March is associated with a 10 percent to 24 percent increase in the risk of having a heart attack the following Monday and to some degree Tuesday,” https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiwsuyzgseTAxUIVEEAHYjVOB8QFnoECBYQBQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.uab.edu%2Fnews%2Fnews-you-can-use%2Ffrom-the-expert-the-link-between-daylight-saving-time-and-heart-attacks&usg=AOvVaw1JgWfa4hLF_K45Zn6BJNzT&opi=89978449 Apparently the effect is quite profound.

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Katena789@reddit

No I'm delighted - I've been waking up too early lately and so now with the time change I'm waking up at 6.30 instead of 5.30 - a much more sociable hour!

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Sparko_Marco@reddit

Doesn't affect me and I think it helps that most things now change automatically and I mainly use my phone and smart watch for the time so I don't really notice the difference. Also I don't have a set bedtime/wake up time so most nights I get between 5 and 9 hours so an hour less/more sleep isn't an issue.

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sf-keto@reddit

For about a week. I hate it. When will they make this nonsense stop?

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Underwritingking@reddit

Yes. Over the years it has taken me longer and longer to adapt to the change. Now I barely get myself sorted out before I have to start again. I hate it.

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Borsti17@reddit

I'm not British so there's that. I am, however, a train conductor and a time difference of one hour is completely irrelevant for me 😅

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Oster-P@reddit

Forgot to adjust my sunlight alarm clock so it didn't light up like normal, that threw me off. I use my phone alarm for sound, the alarm clock is just for light, so I still got up on time, just messed with my head a bit.

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Over-Language2599@reddit

The change in the winter does affect the extra 30 or so people that will get killed, mostly children run over on the way home from school. You can do a search to find the actual annual toll, please understand 30 is just what I vaguely remember.

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SpaceTimeCapsule89@reddit

It's helped me. For the past 2 weeks or so I've been waking up at 5:50am. It's really annoying because I don't need to wake up until 6:30am and at the weekends maybe 7am. Yesterday morning I woke up at 6:50am and the same again today. Now my day isn't so long 😂

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Karazhan@reddit

I feel wide awake, but that's because my cats didn't get the extra hour memo. They've been rising with the sun and waking me up for two weeks, so around 5:30am. Today it was 6:30am and I feel like I've had an *extra* hour lol. But normally, before cats, yes, groggy as anything.

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FornyHucker22@reddit

Yesterday I looked at my alarm clock, then my iPhone clock. Worked out I’d lost an hour of my weeekend as was mildly displeased 😠

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Electric-aura3000@reddit

No time change doesn't seem to effect me at all. Weirdly I still wake up the same time.

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PolarLocalCallingSvc@reddit

Not in the slightest. For the most part I wouldn't even know it had happened of the clock in my cars weren't an hour out from my phone/watch.

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DIY_at_the_Griffs@reddit

Yea. I’m a similar age and couldn’t sleep when I went to bed even though I was tired. Woke up feeling exhausted this morning.

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Significant-War-491@reddit (OP)

Yep that’s it. Now on coffee number 2 hoping that gets me going

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MyBeardSaysHi@reddit

I'm tricking my body. What i did was stupidly stay awake until 1am. Then got up at 6am which my body thinks is 5am. Them by the time I get home from work at 6pm I'll be too fucked to care about time.

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Ok-Pop3399@reddit

What people underestimate is that it is not just one hour of sleep lost. It is your entire rhythm being pulled forward while your body stays put. Light cues, meal times, when you start feeling tired, all of it shifts and your brain takes days to catch up. Studies on this are pretty consistent that the week after the clocks change sees measurable upticks in accidents, mood dips, and lost productivity. The fact that we still do this twice a year when most of the evidence points to it causing harm is one of those things that makes no sense the more you look at it.

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Competitive-Fig-666@reddit

Getting up for my usual 5am shift was definitely more a slog this morning. Mostly because I was asleep way later than usual too

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Gold_Information9677@reddit

No this year because I was working nights

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-adult-swim-@reddit

Had this convo with my wife minutes ago, it does get me these days, she's fine.

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Matrixblackhole@reddit

I think it bothered me more yesterday (had a 6.30am start at work), bc I was anxious that my alarms wouldn't go off so got less than 4 hours sleep as a result. Much better today as I went to bed earlier last night. You'd think considering clock change happens once/twice a year like a birthday you'd think I/we would be more used to it.

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tvthrowaway366@reddit

Yes, it takes me a few days to adjust to waking up an hour earlier

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zephyrg@reddit

I'm tired all the time anyway so not really no.

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Katharinemaddison@reddit

Our dog even started nagging for his hand right treat at ten past seven, right on schedule.

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Royal_View9815@reddit

I’m knackered this morning!! Stayed up late watching tv till gone 11:30 whereas normally I’m in bed for 10. Didn’t even think of losing the hour! Gonna be a long day!

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WanabeCowgirl@reddit

No not at all. I also don’t really get jet lag. Or maybe I’m tired all the time so it makes no difference 😅

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Drath101@reddit

Not really, until recently I worked a horrid random shift pattern which destroyed my sleep pattern so losing an hour was small change comparatively. Now I'm in a stable shift pattern, one hour is even less

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JustQuestioningCosas@reddit

Same thing last night. Not as sleepy as early. But woke up at my normal time this morning so I guess I’m right back on track. I was supposed to meet a friend last night but he couldn’t as his kids were still awake late due to the time shift so I guess it does affect us. I have also never noticed it before.

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