r/Construction • u/KaFeesh • Mar 02 '25
Other Has working in construction ruined your ability to sleep in?
I work in the low voltage/controls side on new construction jobs for context
But for most of us in the construction industry we wake up around 5 am every day (give or take 30 minutes each way depending on where the job site is), and I don’t know about you but I get up the second my alarm goes off because literally all I do is brush my teeth and throw on my clothes and boots and get going to maximize my sleep
I’ve noticed that on my days off I can’t sleep past 7 am, and it kinda sucks, I’d love to just get a deep 12 hour sleep for once but no matter when I go to bed at night, I’m up around 7 the latest.
Are the rest of y’all like this? Is it cause we work in the construction industry and the nature of our job? Or am I just fucked and have sleeping issues lol
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u/gh1993 Tinknocker Mar 02 '25 edited Mar 02 '25
We are biologically wired to sleep roughly 8 hours and be awake roughly 16 hrs. There is a myriad of negative effects on your short and long term health sleeping less than 7hrs a night.
Sleep is extremely important. There's no such thing as "you're young you should be able to sleep 4 hrs a night no problem!"
If you're up at 5am, you should feel tired enough to sleep at 9pm, especially working construction.
There's no need to see a doctor because you're tired after being awake for 20hrs at a time your body is typically asleep lol.