Today, at 4.20 a.m., I'm awake, scrolling through this app for no reason other than to procrastinate going to sleep and having to deal with yet more inevitable nightmares and weird dreams. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I went to bed early, proud of myself for being responsible. However, I lay there wide awake replaying every awkward moment from the past ten years, including things no one else can possibly remember. I checked the clock at 3:47 AM and had to wake up at 6. FML
Today, my anxiety-ridden body decided that a good time to have a random panic attack for no reason at all would be when I was trying to go to sleep. Guess I'll stay awake, then. FML
Today, it's been four straight nights of terrible nightmares. I’m afraid to go to sleep. FML
Today, I'm trying to sleep. If I fall asleep now, that's still four hours of sleep. My brain: "Enjoy this retrospective of assorted failures from your childhood through today! We now join the program already in progress." FML
Today, I got up early because I had a bunch of work to do. It's now 11:50 p.m and I still haven't managed to get anything done. FML
Today, at the ungodly hour of 11 PM, my dad called to tell me he was driving my mom to the hospital because she was having breathing problems. It turned out to be nothing serious, but my brain decided to freak out anyway, effectively making me unable to fall asleep. Now, I have to go to work like this. FML
Today, I woke up at 3am to go to work. This will be my new routine from now on. FML
Today, I've known for a long time that I generally only wake up at ungodly hours in the night when something is wrong with me. Since last week, I've been doing this pretty much every night. Only now, I can't figure out what's wrong. Consequently, my anxiety is now keeping me awake too. FML
Today, I woke up to 20 unread messages from my friend asking why I sent her stuff like, “I hate you” and “Get lost” at 3 a.m. Turns out I sleep-texted during a nightmare. Now I have to grovel and apologize for something I don't even remember doing. FML
Today, after 5 hours of attempting to sleep, I began to finally drift off. Then, some fuckwit who'd parked his car right outside my door took 20 minutes to switch his alarm off. I have to be up in about 4 hours, after a 12-hour night shift, heading into another. FML
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RichardPencil 32
Sounds like you're just stuffing your brain with more material for nightmares and weird dreams.
Chazzster 32
I think that usually dreams mean nothing at all. But sometimes it’s a message from your subconscious telling you that something in your life is out of whack. Sometimes dreams use odd imagery to convey a feeling. The most disturbing dreams I had was about being dead and trying not to let anyone know I was dead. That one repeated in various forms over a few years. Eventually I came to the realization that my marriage was not working and I wanted out but was hanging on to vows and promises I had made years before. It was not that dream that made me realize that, but then having come to that conclusion I realized that was the message behind that dream. If you are repeatedly having disturbing dreams, I suggest you see a psychologist or counselor. I do not recommend sleep medication because some of them like Ambien have some really odd and bad side effects that build up after a time.
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RichardPencil 32
Sounds like you're just stuffing your brain with more material for nightmares and weird dreams.
Jonkbaby 23
me too brother
Chazzster 32
I think that usually dreams mean nothing at all. But sometimes it’s a message from your subconscious telling you that something in your life is out of whack. Sometimes dreams use odd imagery to convey a feeling. The most disturbing dreams I had was about being dead and trying not to let anyone know I was dead. That one repeated in various forms over a few years. Eventually I came to the realization that my marriage was not working and I wanted out but was hanging on to vows and promises I had made years before. It was not that dream that made me realize that, but then having come to that conclusion I realized that was the message behind that dream. If you are repeatedly having disturbing dreams, I suggest you see a psychologist or counselor. I do not recommend sleep medication because some of them like Ambien have some really odd and bad side effects that build up after a time.