Don't like being waken up.

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This may make you feel worse, but that'a only 8:30am where I live!

I hate being woke up also. My family doesnt even try anymore, because I go psycho. My cousin is even afraid to try to wake me up because when I was like 13 had soo many problems, I pulled a knife out on her and told her to get the heck out. It was def scary. I've got better but nobody dares to attempt it anymore haha.

Hate waking up before I'm ready, before I've gotten enough sleep. Waking up in morning is worst time of day for me, I feel so much better being awake at night. Hated getting up for school 5 days a week for all those years, so relieved to be done with all that misery. Mother would have to hassle & nag me repeatedly, even come in & sit on me to make me get out of bed in the morning. In college, I'd stay up all night & barely make it to class & I'd be falling asleep there anyway, though somehow I got mostly good grades. I'd nap while everyone else was out at dinner.
I'm someone who cares about being on time (for appts. or scheduled responsibilities) & not having absences (from class), which is incompatible with my need to sleep according to my own idiosyncratic availability (waking hours). Have fear of disappointing people, of making commitments & not honoring them, and losing my credibility. That panic was what motivated me to drag myself off to do whatever I was supposed to be doing, grudgingly. Nowadays, I only have 1 or 2 appts. per week, no classes or work, so I usually can sleep when I want to-the days I must arise early make me grouchy & gloomy.
On another thread here, someone mentioned DSPS (delayed sleep phase syndrome) & provided link to wiki. I have what they call "non-24 hour sleep-wake syndrome" (go to bed & get up an hour later each day/night). It's my lifelong pattern but I only found out about there being a name for it (I'm not the only one !) recently.
Kinda' like how it was for me to be told I have this ASD dx, after living 30+ years yet having no proper descriptive name for whatever/however I am.

I'm sorry, it's 9:30pm here. That's what time it is when it's 5:30am in England.

I hope that makes you feel better!

I am a violent, bitter, total grump when others wake me up.

I become very angry when aroused from a good sleep. I was taking a nap today, having worn myself out running errands. My neighbor decides to play stupid loud music with lots of base notes. I pounded on the wall and screamed at him. Later, I felt bad, but that's what happens when you wake me!

I'm not too good with it...I have a hard time sleeping as it is.