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How Changing Sleep Schedules to Avoid People Backfires

I started working night shifts to avoid my roommates but now I never see anyone and I am more lonely than I was when I was annoyed by them.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

We solve immediate discomfort by creating deeper isolation, trading minor irritations for profound disconnection.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Sleep as time relationship?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.