Sleep

[Matron]

I was talking with EB earlier about sleep, and how lately it feels like my enemy. I've always had a tough time getting to sleep, but the past months, it's been just horrible. I go to bed and toss and turn for hours, so I end up coming online looking for someone to talk to. (Thanks EB for keeping me occupied tonight!)

Usually once I get to sleep, I can sleep for at least 8 or 9 hours, but lately, even that isn't happening. I'm lucky if I can get 6 or 7 before I pop awake and can't go back to sleep. So these days, I sit up til at least 4, and hell, it's not so unusual for me to just stay up til I have to start getting people up for work and school at 6 and 7 am. All this lack of sleep is no help at all for depression, either. :(

So, how does sleep treat you guys? How do you deal with insomnia?

[Indigo]

I love sleep but I can't sleep for long. No matter what time I go to bed, I always wake up at 5-6am and can't sleep again. I usually only sleep after 1 or so I have to get tired before I go to sleep and sitting around doesn't do it, so I always exercise before going to be, that's one of the things that has actually helped me.

When I sleep away from home I only sleep for about 2 or 3 hours because I'm not accustomed to the place.

What I hate the most about not being able to sleep is the feeling that you are the only one who is awake in the whole world.

[Inari]

Lately I've been getting anywhere between 4 and 7 hours. I'm a glutton for sleep, though. I've just been slacking off.

[Polygon]

Usually pretty good but lately I've been having trouble thanks to an antibiotic. :(

[Cyrus the virus]

I have a hard time getting to sleep, but if I'm in my own bed I can sleep in for up to 12 hours. My record is 16. In other beds, I get 6 or less.

[Matron]

I don't sleep at all if I'm not in my own bed, I've always been that way. Vacations were always hell, I'd barely sleep the whole time I was gone.

I ended up staying up last night til 7:30 this morning, got up at 1.

[Cyrus the virus]

I was up until 5, but slept until 2. Mm, summer.

I had a ton of trouble sleeping about a year ago, I got maybe 4 hours every night for a few months. I'm not completely sure how I managed to change that, it just kind of happened.

[Electric Banana]

You're welcome Dire! :)
I try to aim for 6-7 hours of sleep, but sometimes (especially lately, being jobless) I've been getting more like 8-9.

I can end up with insomnia sometimes, but it's usually when I'm stressed out about a bunch of different things... However, it takes me a while to fall asleep...sometimes I'll have to lie in bed and watch 2 hours of television before I get tired enough to konk out. It sucks.

[Titan Voltaire Maximus]

Sleep and I get along more when I am depressed about life. We might reunite here soon.

[Phakiel]

HEY I want EB to keep me occupied too!

And sleep, I normally go to bed at the stroke of midnight, wake up at 7 even though my alarm is set at 6:45 but i just hit the snooze button 3 times.

On weekends I sleep 10 hours but as my internal clock is programmed I always get sleepy early on.

[Matron]

Don't be depressed, it sucks. I'm always here if you need someone to talk to.

I actually took a nap today- about an hour and a half, on the couch.

[Jarrid]

I get from 2-5 hours of sleep when I am working. The first day I am off, I usually get well over 15+ hours of sleep. I slept for almost a full day last Sunday. I have sleep medication, but it is pointless to take it if I am going to be on the phone for a while, and by the time I am off, it is already 3:00am in the morning. If I were to take it around that time, I would have an extremely hard time waking up in the morning. Yeah, I could take it when I get home, but I do not like to do that if I am going to have anything to drink that contains alcohol in it.

[Raidou]

I usually get at least 6 hours daily in the weekend. A lot of sleep debts lately because of work work work. I hate bringing back work to do in the weekends.

[Blue]

I love sleep because it gives me a break from everyday life and it affords me the chances to dream. I've been having a lot of really fun dreams lately, and a lot of them have been centered around trying to find someone I used to know, for some reason.

Sleeping is probably my favorite thing to do.

[Phakiel]

****, I am on my day off and went to bed at 12 and woke up at 8 am!

Stupid internal biological clock!

[Matron]

I think I'm doing worse. Stayed up til 7:30 am yesterday, after 9 today.

I keep thinking exhaustion will finally catch up to me and I'll be able to sleep while it's dark, but so far, no dice.