I do sleep at night, but I have a witching hour. I lie in bed and meditate at 3am until I fall asleep again. Sometimes it’s quick. Other times it’s a couple hours. I’ve made peace with this as my time to do my meditation practice rather than as a problem.
Go through the alphabet with different themes – boys / girls names, cartoon characters, types of animals, phonetic alphabet, etc.
Otherwise I get lost in some fantasy scenario. I’ve always had an active imagination and have multiple storyline’s that I can pick up and run with.
I sometimes will send myself mails/wrote notes if I find my mind is spiralling with things I need to get done/not forget. But this is a catch 22 because sometimes it sets me spiralling and before long I’m listing every minor repair that’s needed on the house.
Lastly, and the least helpful one, I will go on my phone, or read a book, but I do try not to do this (phone because I know it’s stimulating and book because I’m not good at stopping – especially if it’s a good story).
I work overnights and it has really thrown off my sleep patterns on my off days (I work 3 to 4 days a week). I fall asleep very early in the evening. Definitely out by 8pm, but I can only sleep for 6 hours at a time, so I’ll be up at 2/3 in the morning.
That time is for some chores and video games before the rest of the family wakes up. As the morning parent, I’ll knock out breakfast and entertain the kids while my wife snoozes independently in bed, because she was the one who held down the fort from 8 to 11 the night before while I was passed out.
I work 3rd shift freight at a Home Depot during the week and have weekends off. Since I don’t have a social life outside of work, on the weekends I keep my night schedule and I’m either gaming or catching up on movies or TV shows.
Nighttime is great for thinking. It’s quiet, there’s no chance of being disturbed or distracted. I can just pursue my uninterrupted, unscheduled swaths of free time in peace.
I work as a nurse on night shifts, so my sleep schedule is totally flipped. When I’m off, I usually end up binge-watching true crime documentaries, doing online shopping I definitely shouldn’t be doing, or reorganizing my entire closet at 3 AM. The silence at night is oddly comforting.
A combination of reading and occasionally checking for new messages from my American friends (my sleep time lines up perfectly with their work hours) and yeah, checking Reddit.
Ive had sleep problems since i was 5 or 6. Four decades later I still have issues. I have problems getting to sleep. I take benadryl. My nose is stuffy a lot, so it can help get me to sleep. I take it a few hours our before I need to sleep. Sometimes, I take not too strong over the counter sleep aids. Melatonin is OK, only like the gummies. They don’t always do it for me. Ganja used to, but the stuff in the store isn’t too strong, so it does nothing either. I find benadryl does the job. Most frown on it, but I’ve been using it for two decades, and it can help with allergies at night. I take it 11 to 10 hours before I need to get up. So it doesn’t affect any drowsiness when I wake up.
They say exercise and eating healthy does it. Not for me. I can have an active work day and still struggle to get to sleep. Also, if my husband is snoring, no one is getting to sleep! One bedroom apartment is hard to live in. We cant afford anything else. We trade to sleep on the couch.
Depends. Sometimes i force myself to stay in bed anyway. Twist and turn and wish to die.
Other times I give up, scroll through reddit and wish to die.
Or I start the ps4 up, stare at the game I’ve played to death and wish to die.
But last night I mixed it up a little, started the ps4 while scrolling through reddit, made myself a cup of tea, started a new game, wished to die and then I did. 4 times.
I usually sleep at night but when it doesnt work, i sing this lullaby by frank carter and the rattlesnake, which definitly doesnt help me to sleep more
Sleep, where have you gone?
It’s been months now
And I’m coming undone
I keep being woken
By screams and tears
Sheer fucking terror
Ringing out in my ears
Sing you a lullaby
Every night
Just shut your eyes
We will be alright
Where have you gone?
We count the hours
While we wait for the sun
And I don’t sleep
In the night-time now
And all my dreams have all gone to ground
Where have you gone?
Sing you a lullaby
Every night
Just shut your eyes
We will be alright
The stars in the sky
The moon and the tide
Your smile in the night
When I sing you a lullaby
Sleep, where have you gone?
We count the hours while we wait for the sun
And I don’t sleep in the night-time now
And all my dreams have all gone to ground
Like the stars in the sky
Like the moon and the tide
Like your smile in the night
When I sing you a lullaby
Every night
Just shut your eyes
We will be alright
The stars in the sky
The moon and the tide
Your smile in the night
When I sing you a lullaby
Scrolling on TV at 11pm like an idiot only to find the Milli Vanilli documentary last Wednesday night. It was 2am before I turned the TV off. I’m too old for this shit.
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I usually stay up.
Try to figure out why ONE ARRAY isn’t working in otherwise perfect code.
I stare at the ceiling and question all my life choices… and then eat snacks at 3 AM like it’s a sport.
At night my mind is most creative and I feel I have more control of my thoughts so, just going through my thoughts, and porn.
wack it
indicas help.
Play video game
Sometimes I just keep trying.
Sometimes I do housework.
Sometimes I sit scrolling through Tumblr rotting my brain.
Dance to Michael Jacksons music
Worry about life..
I work the night shift.
When I can’t sleep I usually just lie down with my eyes closed and check the time every few minutes.
I’m a night shift nurse.
Watch YouTube, read, scroll social media, play games until I get dizzy and sleepy then sleep…
Scroll until my phone hits me in the face
Scroll through reddit
Protect Gotham City
Write poems or stories because the night is so quiet tbh. Like I don’t hear my parents nagging or judging me lmao
Alternating hands and third leg work out
disassociate and listen to sad playlist on loop
play videogames
Reddit and TikTok
Suffer lmao jk doom scroll
I do sleep at night, but I have a witching hour. I lie in bed and meditate at 3am until I fall asleep again. Sometimes it’s quick. Other times it’s a couple hours. I’ve made peace with this as my time to do my meditation practice rather than as a problem.
Usually work lol….im a night trauma nurse
Jerk off then watch asmr
Usually draw, listen to music, and/or clean my room. Everyone’s quiet and there’s nothing to bother me, so self care’s also on the list
Go through the alphabet with different themes – boys / girls names, cartoon characters, types of animals, phonetic alphabet, etc.
Otherwise I get lost in some fantasy scenario. I’ve always had an active imagination and have multiple storyline’s that I can pick up and run with.
I sometimes will send myself mails/wrote notes if I find my mind is spiralling with things I need to get done/not forget. But this is a catch 22 because sometimes it sets me spiralling and before long I’m listing every minor repair that’s needed on the house.
Lastly, and the least helpful one, I will go on my phone, or read a book, but I do try not to do this (phone because I know it’s stimulating and book because I’m not good at stopping – especially if it’s a good story).
Read
Playing games or night shift
Doomscrolling
On here and chat. Open and welcome
Explain math like fanfic to my life size plastic skeleton or doomscroll on yt or reddit
Listening to music, eating midnight snacks, scrolling through (YT, FB & Reddit) or watching horror or thriller movies on Netflix.
Things… stuff…
Thinking of projects I must do, and how I must do it.
Solved alot of my problems at night.
Read manga/manhua/manhwa
Take magnesium if you have trouble sleeping. It works wonders
I get to be myself.
Listen to a Keith Morrison podcast or one of his episodes on Dateline. His voice is relaxing.
Toss and turn and then complain about being tired all the time lol
Procrastinate to sleep
Try to sleep and fail.
think about the future, and how another day’s gone from book of life
Do pretty much everything that I can do in my room, or get food.
Worry.
Enjoy my peace and quiet. I got a wife and a kid, it’s the only time I have for myself. I absolutely treasure this time.
I’m either at work or gaming
Watch tv, occasionally go on drives and just enjoy no one being on the road, clean my apartment
Take melatonin and watch 30 min shows I’ve already watched many times before. I eventually started falling asleep.
I work overnights and it has really thrown off my sleep patterns on my off days (I work 3 to 4 days a week). I fall asleep very early in the evening. Definitely out by 8pm, but I can only sleep for 6 hours at a time, so I’ll be up at 2/3 in the morning.
That time is for some chores and video games before the rest of the family wakes up. As the morning parent, I’ll knock out breakfast and entertain the kids while my wife snoozes independently in bed, because she was the one who held down the fort from 8 to 11 the night before while I was passed out.
I meditate while being really pissed off at the same time.
Watch a movie or think continuously about life
I work at night
i breathe oxygen
I binge-watch shows, get lost in random YouTube videos, or try to get my thoughts organized
Take care of babies
Watch some television.
watch movies and sing to karoke songs by myself.
Stalk the night.
Shit post on Reddit.
I try to reclaim some sense of control and plan a better future but it normally evolves into hobby purchases
Work
usually browse Youtube til exhaustion kicks in
I work 3rd shift freight at a Home Depot during the week and have weekends off. Since I don’t have a social life outside of work, on the weekends I keep my night schedule and I’m either gaming or catching up on movies or TV shows.
Idk man but it’s definitely not sleeping.
I do one of three things;
Random cleaning of the house
Doom scrolling on my phone
Having an existential crisis (or think about the poor choices I’ve made so far)
Read reddit posts.
I imagine fighting crime by making bots that can detect robbery, drug deals, and assault.
Usually working, or gaming
Bowel problems haven’t slept yet and need to get ready 4 work in 4hrs
Work, Then I sleep during the day.
I got a job working nights. It’s ok for now but not for the long term.
Toss and turn.
Game. Or listen to a podcast/music. Scroll tik tok for a bit too
I hump my pillow :3
Nighttime is great for thinking. It’s quiet, there’s no chance of being disturbed or distracted. I can just pursue my uninterrupted, unscheduled swaths of free time in peace.
Some of my greatest ideas have happened at night.
Work
Make soap
I used to just watch YouTube and worry about life. Now I just take 7.5mg of Zopiclone and I’m out like a light within 20 minutes
Eat
Drink. Watch reels
Go on reddit.
Nightshift
I read my kindle using Libby app
I tend to get caught up in late-night thinking, maybe dive into a book or watch something random.
I work the overnight shift, I sleep during the day.
I try the carpet cleaning videos for the asmr. Oddly they work most times.
I hump my pillow <3
I am usually working at night. Or just doom scrolling
Amphetamines.
Codeine and or antihistamines
I work as a nurse on night shifts, so my sleep schedule is totally flipped. When I’m off, I usually end up binge-watching true crime documentaries, doing online shopping I definitely shouldn’t be doing, or reorganizing my entire closet at 3 AM. The silence at night is oddly comforting.
Scroll on somthn or making scenarios
Read and question my existence
Self love
Crack cocaine sir
Work. It’s called Night shift.
Binge watch comfort shows till I fall asleep
Smoke a bowl
Paint
On nights that I am not working usually watch tv while scrolling on social media.
Work
thinking about life
overthink every conversation i’ve ever had
Meth
Enjoy the peace and quiet.
A combination of reading and occasionally checking for new messages from my American friends (my sleep time lines up perfectly with their work hours) and yeah, checking Reddit.
Work
I study anatomy since I don’t want to be the one guy in clinicals who doesn’t know something 😭
I read, clean, put on concerts for my dogs, work, practice choreography from late 90s-mid 2000s songs I like, watch movies or shows…
Ive had sleep problems since i was 5 or 6. Four decades later I still have issues. I have problems getting to sleep. I take benadryl. My nose is stuffy a lot, so it can help get me to sleep. I take it a few hours our before I need to sleep. Sometimes, I take not too strong over the counter sleep aids. Melatonin is OK, only like the gummies. They don’t always do it for me. Ganja used to, but the stuff in the store isn’t too strong, so it does nothing either. I find benadryl does the job. Most frown on it, but I’ve been using it for two decades, and it can help with allergies at night. I take it 11 to 10 hours before I need to get up. So it doesn’t affect any drowsiness when I wake up.
They say exercise and eating healthy does it. Not for me. I can have an active work day and still struggle to get to sleep. Also, if my husband is snoring, no one is getting to sleep! One bedroom apartment is hard to live in. We cant afford anything else. We trade to sleep on the couch.
They obviously sleep some other time
Depends. Sometimes i force myself to stay in bed anyway. Twist and turn and wish to die.
Other times I give up, scroll through reddit and wish to die.
Or I start the ps4 up, stare at the game I’ve played to death and wish to die.
But last night I mixed it up a little, started the ps4 while scrolling through reddit, made myself a cup of tea, started a new game, wished to die and then I did. 4 times.
work
3rd shift babyyyyy
Manta brand eye covers.
I usually sleep at night but when it doesnt work, i sing this lullaby by frank carter and the rattlesnake, which definitly doesnt help me to sleep more
Sleep, where have you gone?
It’s been months now
And I’m coming undone
I keep being woken
By screams and tears
Sheer fucking terror
Ringing out in my ears
Sing you a lullaby
Every night
Just shut your eyes
We will be alright
Where have you gone?
We count the hours
While we wait for the sun
And I don’t sleep
In the night-time now
And all my dreams have all gone to ground
Where have you gone?
Sing you a lullaby
Every night
Just shut your eyes
We will be alright
The stars in the sky
The moon and the tide
Your smile in the night
When I sing you a lullaby
Sleep, where have you gone?
We count the hours while we wait for the sun
And I don’t sleep in the night-time now
And all my dreams have all gone to ground
Like the stars in the sky
Like the moon and the tide
Like your smile in the night
When I sing you a lullaby
Every night
Just shut your eyes
We will be alright
The stars in the sky
The moon and the tide
Your smile in the night
When I sing you a lullaby
Scroll. Smoke.
Reddit.
I work 12 hour shifts and do nights every second week. Sleeping pattern is all over the shop.
Scrolling on TV at 11pm like an idiot only to find the Milli Vanilli documentary last Wednesday night. It was 2am before I turned the TV off. I’m too old for this shit.
Lost in philosophical existential thoughts