Discussion How do you feel about sleeping?

[scamper]

I've heard some people say they hate sleeping and some say they love it. Throughout my life I've both hated sleeping because I had to be alone with my thoughts for so long, and I've also loved sleeping because it's sort of as close as I could get to dying without causing irreparable damage. It just depends how I'm feeling.

Do you like to sleep? Why or why not?

 

[Heavenbound]

I dread sleeping. I've had terrible insomnia for as long as I can remember. Even taking sedatives I'm still wide awake. When I do finally get to sleep, I tend to sleep for hours into the next afternoon, so my days are off. Its really a vicious cycle.

 

[Csmith8827]

It's ok... just boring unless you're dreaming...lol... and I dream alot I just can't half remember what I was dreaming about half the time....so it's whatever. It's nice when you need it and can be a good escape I guess...I just hate sleeping around other people... I'm at a shelter right now and that sucks....

 

[Disappointered]

best part of my life when i get it.

 

[Stripe19]

Horrible, without a doubt if i had a genie and i couldn't just snap myself out of existence or die, id make sleep as a necessity go out the window. My dreams seem to be proof my brain fucking hates me, always tormenting me with anything and everything it can. Ripping me out of good dreams before i can enjoy them for even 5 seconds, nightmares in traditional sense and the more existential or depressing kinds, just straight up memories of trauma replayed on loop, and much more. Sometimes i lucid dream and seem to talk to my brain and it just always responds like its the AI from "I have no mouth and i must scream". It fucking hates me, it says it hates me, and it proves it. Going to sleep is subjecting myself to torture i would not wish on even the people responsible for some of my worst nightmares. It is hell made manifest.

 

[september]

Sleeping is my favorite thing currently! Zopiclone is a good tool. I don't really dream and even if I do and it's bad, better than being awake sometimes.
If only getting to sleep was easier though.

 

[Myers]

I both hate and love sleeping. I hate sleeping because I still wake up tired and sometimes I have nightmares and I can feel pain in my dreams (I read something about how it could be emotional pain I'm going through while sleeping but it sucks so much) . A reason why I love sleeping is because sometimes I have really fun dreams that grant me temporary happiness, Yet whenever I have really nice dreams I feel like crap when I wake up because I'm back in reality. I always have either a dream or nightmare when I sleep , it is never black for me, and I end up remembering most of my dreams for days to weeks , some even years, I still remember a nightmare I had when I was 5. Sometimes I wish I could just sleep without dreaming of anything.

 

[Source Energy]

I love to sleep. As a child, I used to sleep 12-15 hours at a time. Never liked it here much...

As an adult, with a full time job, and other stuff, I now sleep 5-8 hours during the week and 12-15 hrs in my offs. When I lie down and go to sleep, all problems are put on hold. I wish I could sleep forever.

Based on my observation, ppl who are unhappy with their lives sleep a lot. Ppl who like their realities don't need much sleep.

 

[wiltingorchid]

I love sleeping so much. Especially when I'm having delusions or hallucinations (the bad ones), sleeping feels like a short pause from having to suffer. Usually I'm unable to sleep much during the week, which leads to me staying in bed the whole weekend. It does make me more depressed to stay in my room all day, but i kinda don't care about that part that much.

 

[endless_pain]

Sleeping is like as escape from a reality you don't have control at all. Or when you feel hopeless.

 

[Raven2]

I like the bit before sleep when your laying in bed knowing your gonna go unconscious soon I find it a relief from reality. I rarely dream anymore though not enough going on in my life. It's the nearest thing we can experience to death. I just dont like waking up to face another day of negative thinking and suicidal thoughts.

 

[FuneralCry]

Sleeping is the best way to pass the time as being awake just leads to more suffering. I just wish that it was easier to actually get to sleep but anyway temporary sleep could never offer that much of a relief for me as long as the chance of waking is there.

 

[Rocinante]

I love sleeping it's my favorite thing. It's my only escape from this nightmare of a life. If I could fall into a sleep and dream forever I would. At the moment though I'm struggling with reoccurring nightmares, which are interrupting my naps.

 

[didn't-it-rain]

Sleeping is the bane of my existence. I've had disrupted sleep patterns for as long as I can remember and I typically can't sleep more than a few hours a night, leaving me all day to ruminate with my thoughts. Plus dreams are annoying for me.

Wishing i could just fall asleep and not wake up, but even after wishing it for more nights than I count it still hasn't happened. I have to remind myself that if it were possible, a lot of members here would not be alive

 

[unplug]

I actually don't like to sleep. I lay for hours to get there and then the realization of doing the same thing in a blink of an eye doesn't sound appealing.
Although dreams are pleasant, they sometimes make me want to rope even more.

 

[Danyyyyy]

I wish i could eep for EONS, but all my school teachers are ANNOYING and then my own thoughts don't let me eep either and we have some eepy gummies in the house somewhere, i swearrrr I just wanna swallow a bunch and knock out :((

 

[Ultracheese]

I have mixed feelings about sleep. On a positive note, it allows me to escape some of the more painful aspects of my life. On the other hand, I have awful night terrors that make me afraid of sleeping. So it's a mixed bag overall.

 

[leloyon]

I wish I could sleep and dream all day. Like Yume Nikki.

 

[AsleepPreference160]

I had terrible insomnia my entire fucking life, but I do love sleeping. For some reason nightmares are extremely uncommon for me, so all my dreams are nice, and I remember >80% of them. I even document them. If only, if only I could just get to sleep easier. It takes me 1 or 2 hours to go to sleep, even though I've tried almost every sleep hygiene advice that is possible for me to follow, and a couple of sleeping meds, but nothing fucking helps.

 

[unnormal9]

It is truly the only time I have a feeling of peace, albeit faux because I am still alive.
Though it is transient and unfortunately I awake into this painful reality.
In my dreams, I am free, with my own volition, and in company of another. I am not told or reminded of how much a burden I am, or told to kill myself.

 

[Vikgrim]

Sleeping is probably one of the best parts of my life. Beside working, it's the only time I can escape the hell that I live in. It's the only time I'm ever at peace and have freedom.

 

[BloomingStrella]

I like sleeping, but have terrible insomnia, to the point where sometimes I go 3 or 4 days without sleeping. I often don't have trouble remembering my dreams, either. Sleeping is nice because it makes me forget the terrible life I live, even if only for a couple of hours.

 

[Tyrone Slothrop]

I would like sleeping if it worked. However it seems that, no matter what I do I wake up as if I have not slept and am unable to do anything productive

 

[Kodokushi]

I love sleeping and ADORE dreaming, but hate how much time it wastes...

 

[heartbroken12]

I would choose to live inside my dreams until I die, given the choice. I wish it were possible.

 

[BlackWednesday]

I hate getting to sleep and I hate waking up but I love dreaming. I hope that is what death is like

 

[Forever Sleep]

When I sleep well, I love it. I usually have pretty anxious dreams but even they're mostly better than waking life. Last night I actually dreamt I visited the most INCREDIBLE theme park.

 

[Infelix-Cat]

I love to sleep. It's literally voluntarily getting to be unconscious. I have trouble sleeping at night without sleeping medication or drugs unfortunately so a lot of the time I can actually sleep until around 5-6am. I usually end up sleeping though the day though or I'll fall asleep in class. I can basically sleep anywhere except my own bed lol. When I am asleep though it is the most at peace I can get.

 

[NoLoveNoHope]

I hate dreaming but I love sleeping. My brain makes me fear rejection, reminds me of my failures and wants to see me suffer. I know it's my subconscious and dreams have meaning but damn...

I have dreams where I actually have friends - a real human connection. I can feel joy and happiness with them. I can live but then it all gets ripped away as I wake up realizing I will die alone and it'll take days for my friends to realize somethings up - maybe weeks.

I want it to be black - happy dreams reminds me of the life I want to live and threw away. Sad ones make me realize the truth. The only dreams I want are from drugs, they can be neutral and even make me happy. I had a trip where I died and it was beautiful. The afterlife looked so abstract - I could feel wonder, joy and amazement.

I think about not waking up a lot, seems like bliss.

 

[redbathingduck]

I used to love sleeping a long time ago but nowadays it's just a pain. Takes hours to fall asleep and when I do I just have terrible dreams and nightmares about my biggest fears, trauma, violence and people from the past that abandoned me. I remember the dreams vividly every time I wake up and they feel like they go on forever and ever. Never really feel rested and sleep just doesn't feel like an escape anymore, just a continuation of misery