Part Two: Chronotype Discrimination and its Consequences
<p>American culture worships early birds. They get the worms, and everybody else gets the leftovers. There’s no end to the <a href="https://www.healthline.com/health/healthy-sleep/benefits-of-waking-up-early#early-risers" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">articles</a> talking about how waking up early makes you more productive, healthier, and happier. Many of these articles even seem to imply that early birds are morally superior to night owls.</p>
<p>However, if you’re one of the millions of Americans with <a href="https://medium.com/@ElanorRice/do-you-really-have-insomnia-4a0488767741" rel="noopener">Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder</a>, the worship of the early riser can be a lot more than just annoying. The discrimination surrounding your later chronotype can quite literally wreck your life; it can do everything from ruining you financially to destroying your mental and physical health, and it’s often so insidious that you might not realize what’s happening.</p>
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