If this sounds familiar, you need to know something important.
You are not “bad at sleep.”
You are not failing because you lack discipline.
And you are definitely not staying up late on purpose.
If you could fall asleep earlier, you would.
You have tried.
Going to bed at 10 PM just means lying there longer.
Midnight becomes 1. Then 2.
So you stop trying and wait for your brain to slow down.
And when sleep eventually shows up around 2 or 3 AM, the world punishes you for it in the morning.
Most sleep advice completely breaks down for people like this.
“Go to bed earlier.”
“Just relax.”
“Turn your phone off.”
“Try melatonin.”
You have heard all of it.
And when it works, it works briefly.
Three nights. Maybe five.
Then it stops, and you trust the advice even less.