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Mental Health Support

BigmanPigman

(52,538 posts)

16. Yes, since I have has insomnia since...forever!

Reply to XanaDUer2 (Original post)

Fri Feb 10, 2023, 09:24 PM

Feb 2023

I would rather be wide awake than lying in bed watching the hours pass, knowing I will get, at the most, 3 hours of unbroken sleep. Fear of not being able to sleep keeps me up...viscous cycle.

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Does anyone else get uneasy when night approaches? [View all] XanaDUer2 Feb 2023 OP

I do everything I can to avoid bed. RandySF Feb 2023 #1

I'm sorry XanaDUer2 Feb 2023 #4

It's TOTALLY irrational. RandySF Feb 2023 #7

... SheltieLover Feb 2023 #6

Yes. I have a couple small low wattage lamps. Tetrachloride Feb 2023 #2

I love All Creatures XanaDUer2 Feb 2023 #5

I read ebooks on phone. SheltieLover Feb 2023 #8

When I am in a depressed state... purr-rat beauty Feb 2023 #3

I read ebooks on phone SheltieLover Feb 2023 #9

I'd be fine if it wasn't for the footsteps in the hall. TreasonousBastard Feb 2023 #10

Lol! XanaDUer2 Feb 2023 #14

I'm a night owl too, but I would guess the feeling whathehell Feb 2023 #11

Mr X is here in the apt XanaDUer2 Feb 2023 #13

Oh. I see.. whathehell Feb 2023 #17

Depends on his meds XanaDUer2 Feb 2023 #20

Yes, it sounds like it. whathehell Feb 2023 #21

I told my psych XanaDUer2 Feb 2023 #22

Do you think that's what's making him sleepy? whathehell Feb 2023 #24

He takes pain killers XanaDUer2 Feb 2023 #25

I see.. whathehell Feb 2023 #26

It is the daytime that makes me uneasy. delisen Feb 2023 #12

Although the times when life only ran in daylight hours has long passed OldBaldy1701E Feb 2023 #19

From back in the eighties, when I raised show Chows ... UpInArms Feb 2023 #15

Yes, since I have has insomnia since...forever! BigmanPigman Feb 2023 #16

In sorry XanaDUer2 Feb 2023 #23

Night time is when little Carys comes out of her shell and loves to play and cuddle Siwsan Feb 2023 #18