I hate bed time.

[Von Milash]

Don't know what my problem is but for a few years now I dread turning the lights out. I just lay there and think about everything that isn't going right.

But if it's the middle of the afternoon or early evening, I have no trouble at all taking a nap.

Turning the lights out at bed time.. I dunno... I get lonely. It's too dark. It feels so.... FINAL. So then I just get up and wander the house for an hour or two. In the meantime, the wife is and the boy is .

[boozeboxer]

I have found a cure. Take 2 sleeping pills and drink two beers.

[:::PSL:::]

I have found a cure. Take 2 sleeping pills and drink two beers.

'Works for me.

[BoxingGorilla]

Don't know what my problem is but for a few years now I dread turning the lights out. I just lay there and think about everything that isn't going right.

But if it's the middle of the afternoon or early evening, I have no trouble at all taking a nap.

Turning the lights out at bed time.. I dunno... I get lonely. It's too dark. It feels so.... FINAL. So then I just get up and wander the house for an hour or two. In the meantime, the wife is and the boy is .

I completely understand where you are coming from, Von.

[CFH]

I kinda know what you're going through, I have problems sleeping as well. Ever since my mom passed away I have been utterly paranoid when it comes to turning out the lights and going to sleep. I'm convinced something bad is going to happen while I sleep, or that I just won't wake up. It's got so bad that when I feel I am drifting off I almost equate it with dying and find myself forcing myself to wake up. It's very strange, I seem to fall asleep best by having it creep up on me these days.

[Sharla]

I like it when I've trained enough to be physically and mentally tired by the time I go to bed. Then I really appreciate sleep and nod off pretty quickly.

I'm also in habit of thinking about something comforting like lying on the beach on a tropical island etc etc to help myself sleep.

Do you get this feeling on days when you've trained?

[donnydarkoIRL]

Hey Von,
I completely understand what you're feeling and it may be down to some unresolved issues causing you stress.
Sharla raises a great point in saying that physical exertion can help with this. You know yourself it releases endorphins and tires the body so it can really trigger sleep.

[Dizaster]

I hate bedtime as well but maybe for a different reason..

I think I have some sort of fatigue problem as i'm usually tired most of my day.. All day at work when i'm nearly falling asleep I say to myself "go to freakin bed early tonight!!".
But at night time, I know that as soon as I turn the lights off and go to sleep, the next thing I know i'll be hearing my alarm and having to get up for work all over again... So I just can't bring myself to go to bed at night.. I'll just stay up watching pointless television, or put a movie on at 12pm... My work performance surely sufferes from going to sleep at 2am most nights and getting up at 7am, but I feel like i'm completely wasting MY spare time if I just go to sleep when I could be up doing something...

Not quite the same as you, but it's definetly a dilemma in my life also..
To sleep or not to sleep. That is the question!

[DAVIDTUA]

interesting thread!

i always had a phobia of being harmed or even killed once i fell asleep.

for example im a pretty big dude and a pretty good fighter i can definitely defend myself, but when im asleep i am defenseless.

i would not even be intimidated if robbers came into my home while i was awake, but asleep is a totally different story.

anybody feel what i am talking about?

[Douglas]

Don't know what my problem is but for a few years now I dread turning the lights out. I just lay there and think about everything that isn't going right.

But if it's the middle of the afternoon or early evening, I have no trouble at all taking a nap.

Turning the lights out at bed time.. I dunno... I get lonely. It's too dark. It feels so.... FINAL. So then I just get up and wander the house for an hour or two. In the meantime, the wife is and the boy is .

Try wacking or getting laid before going to sleep.