![]() RBP can include the “one more episode” binges on Netflix, scrolling Instagram, and less enjoyable things like doom-scrolling the news until your phone drops on your sleeping face. Realizing that it’s past bedtime, when we’re blanketed in unfulfilled desires to do things we actually enjoy, affects most of us at some point - overworked people in general, but especially people with ADHD. “Revenge” refers to the refusal to sleep as an act of protest to the conditions of work, school, parenting, and whatever else takes up all of our time and energy each day. Revenge Bedtime Procrastination (RBP) is the phenomenon in which people suspend their bedtimes in order to experience all of the things they didn’t get to enjoy during the day. Sound familiar? It’s a common experience. What about listening to the latest Avril Lavigne song, rocking on over to Travis Barker’s Wikipedia, and somehow watching 23-minute YouTube videos on how drummers avoid carpal tunnel syndrome? (True story.) You then realize that if you fall asleep right now, you can get about three hours of sleep before your alarm goes off. Have you ever laid in bed after an excruciating day of extroversion and back-to-back attempts at getting work done only to crave the humor of absurdist memes and reading /r/TIL threads? You may have found this article in the ways I’m about to tell you to avoid, but you have our permission to finish this article (and then go to sleep). Instead, you’re hours into a stream of relatable ADHD TikToks way past your bedtime. It’s likely that you’re reading this when your phone should be on the charger and your head on the pillow. From voluntary to involuntary procrastination, there are steps to deal with both. ![]() ![]() Let’s explore this phenomenon from A to Zzz, and discuss solutions that feel more like sleeping in on Sunday and less like putting on a duvet cover. ![]() Many ADHDers often put the lull in their own lullaby. ![]()
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