"We've provided the strongest evidence to date that night owls are at higher risk of mental health problems, such as schizophrenia and lower mental wellbeing," says Professor Mike Weedon, who led the study, which analysed the genes and lifestyles of 697, 828 people and identified genes that make us prone to either being an owl or a lark. I’m more productive and energised at 10pm, and enjoy pottering about the house, putting washing away and tidying up, as everybody else begins to wind down.Īll of which means I'm at a greater risk of depression and schizophrenia, according to a new study from the University of Exeter. I’m more creative (when I was a freelance writer working from home, I found it easier to write in the hours between 8pm and midnight, and would often be on the sofa still writing at 1am). Why? Because, like all night owls, I’m simply better at night. Because I’ve been cursed with the night owl gene that sees me pottering about the house until gone midnight most nights. So you’d assume I’d collapse into bed at 10pm every night, with a good book, an eye mask and a cup of chamomile tea close by? Do I hell. When I arrive home after a busy day at work, I head straight into my second shift: helping with homework, doing bathtime, breaking up squabbles, reading bedtime stories and making dinner. I have a school run and an early morning train to catch.
I have two young children who demand breakfast at 6.30am. I am a night owl living in an early morning world.
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