Not wanting to go to sleep
 

Alright, a couple of things first...

1) I love sleeping. When I can sleep in, I love sleeping a long time. I love naps. Generally, I think sleeping rules.

2) I have no trouble falling asleep. I fall asleep great at night. I get on a plane, I can fall right asleep. I actually have trouble falling asleep when in bed w/ someone new, but that's a whole different topic.

So, on to the main topic.

It is often SUPER HARD for me to make myself go to sleep. Like, to actually get in bed. Now, once I do, no problems going to sleep. I usually read for half an hour, then quickly fall asleep. And I love it.

But up until that point, I will do just about anything to keep from going to sleep. Surf the web. Watch crappy whatever on TV. Play Flash games. Chat w/ random people. Go through email. Read some blogs. Sometimes I will do this even when insanely tired. During the weekdays it's not that big a deal because I always have something in the morning and I can make myself go to sleep by a certain cutoff based on when I know I need to get up. But when I don't need to get up the next day, I will often waste a number of hours doing ridiculous crap at the tail end of my day that would be SO SO SO much better spent either sleeping or doing stuff earlier the next day.

How many of you have this same problem?

Re: Not wanting to go to sleep
 

I have had this problem forever.

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I do the same thing. I hate sleeping though. I mean I like the feeling of being refreshed from sleeping but wasting time sleeping suck imo. When I have nothing to do the next day, I sometimes stay up all night for no reason.

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Wow, not only do I have this same exact problem but I was considering making a post about it. I think I do it mainly for the same reasons - if I know I have a lot of stuff to do the next day I just stay awake the night before to put it off. It sucks because I end up not getting enough sleep and being a zombie the next day. Basically we probably just need to stop being so lazy I think.

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El D,

I have a terrible time with this. I'll stay up doing something that's not anywhere close to important, even if I DO have something to do the next day. On the weekends, it's ok, because I can often sleep as late as I want. During the week though, this leads to lots of days where I'm really tired, because I've only slept 4-5 hours the night before. When it comes to bedtime, I've got no discipline. Once I'm there, I'm out, no problem. It's just the actual "stop what you are doing and go to bed" part that I struggle with.

It's especially aggravating, since I really feel like I could do better at work if I was more well-rested, but at the time I'm doing this pointless stuff, it seems much more important than sleeping

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El Diablo,

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How many of you have this same problem?

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Why do you consider it a problem? Are you not sleeping enough?

-McGee

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Masked Man:

I have almost the same problem, except I can't get to sleep, either. Spider Solitaire, Diablo II, History Channel...I suspect it's some type of sickness.

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miajag is a mod now?

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I have had this problem forever.

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I gave up trying to put myself on a schedule. When I am tired I just sleep (naps, longer hours...). I have it in my head that if I sleep longer I will liver longer.