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Does anyone else get uneasy when night approaches? (Original Post) 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

RandySF

(70,636 posts)
7. It's TOTALLY irrational.
Fri Feb 10, 2023, 08:25 PM
Feb 2023

But something in my brain tells me to put off the following day even though it's impossible.

Tetrachloride

(8,448 posts)
2. Yes. I have a couple small low wattage lamps.
Fri Feb 10, 2023, 08:21 PM
Feb 2023

Yellow light.

I keep several books in reach. Either an old favorite book or tv series before sleep.

James Herriot is one.

purr-rat beauty

(597 posts)
3. When I am in a depressed state...
Fri Feb 10, 2023, 08:21 PM
Feb 2023

...I love the night

sometimes I am in my most creative mindset insulated by darkness, I feel freed from my own feared failures

whathehell

(29,802 posts)
11. I'm a night owl too, but I would guess the feeling
Fri Feb 10, 2023, 08:46 PM
Feb 2023

you describe is fairly common. I've felt it myself, but
only when I'm alone. Are there people you can call or meet up with?




whathehell

(29,802 posts)
21. Yes, it sounds like it.
Sat Feb 11, 2023, 03:19 PM
Feb 2023

Have you told any professional type person who could advise you with the problem?...I have generalized anxiety myself, so I sympathize.


whathehell

(29,802 posts)
24. Do you think that's what's making him sleepy?
Sat Feb 11, 2023, 03:42 PM
Feb 2023

I took gabapentin years ago for pain after my knee replacement..I don't recall if it made me tired or not.

XanaDUer2

(13,881 posts)
25. He takes pain killers
Sat Feb 11, 2023, 04:38 PM
Feb 2023

Speed gabapentin. He went off his head a few weeks ago. Now researching gabapentin side effects

delisen

(6,466 posts)
12. It is the daytime that makes me uneasy.
Fri Feb 10, 2023, 08:49 PM
Feb 2023

I guess I feel as though daytime has more potential t bring me bad news.

OldBaldy1701E

(6,359 posts)
19. Although the times when life only ran in daylight hours has long passed
Sat Feb 11, 2023, 08:28 AM
Feb 2023

I am from the last of that time and I still always feel much more 'safe' at night due to this. It is during the day when one gets all the calla and demands and intrusions. At night, everything 'official' was closed. I always preferred night to day. This may have been a part of the decision to pursue an entertainment career. (Originally, like many actors, I was only thinking about theatre. The other mediums would have been nice, but film and television are usually confined to a very few places. Theatre happens anywhere there is a 'stage'.

Then life in these United States came crashing in and I had to take another job to survive. Almost two decades of land suveying made me a morning person whether I like it or not. And, now that I am decrepit and feeble, I can't even make it to midnight anymore, even with an afternoon nap. The loss of my stamina is one of the saddest things in my opinion. I HATE THAT I CANNOT DO MUCH OF ANYTHING ANYMORE!! (Sorry for the shouting, but I am past being destroyed over this. I just want it all to end.)

UpInArms

(51,805 posts)
15. From back in the eighties, when I raised show Chows ...
Fri Feb 10, 2023, 09:18 PM
Feb 2023

dog’s noses grow at night …

I hate the night terrors that descend at dark

BigmanPigman

(52,262 posts)
16. Yes, since I have has insomnia since...forever!
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.

Siwsan

(27,291 posts)
18. Night time is when little Carys comes out of her shell and loves to play and cuddle
Sat Feb 11, 2023, 06:27 AM
Feb 2023

No matter how anxious or sad I'm feeling, that little fur ball's purrs, along with her brother's, are the best mood changers.

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