This is not a joke, I know a few people who really enjoy sleeping and talk about how they long for sleep sometimes. I never do, I hate sleeping. It’s such a waste of time, I can’t help but think what I could have done in the meantime. Even if it’s really late, as long as I have something entertaining to do, I do not go to bed before I’m so exhausted I can barely stand up. But more than that I hate the insanely boring time that consists of lying around until I fall asleep, it’s so boring I can’t keep myself from moving slightly at all times, and this makes it very hard for me to fall asleep, thus making me hate sleeping even more, causing me to go to bed only when so exhausted that my head spins and I feel like I could fall asleep at any given moment.
After a while doing this, I have gained insane sleeping habits. Only allowing me to be awake during the hours of the day if I sleep 6 hours at most. If I sleep more, theres a big chance that I’ll not be able to sleep that night and only sleep during the hours of the next day. This is rather unfortunate as most humans sleep during the nightly hours, leaving me unable to hang out with friends for more than a few hours each day. This is what I regret about it, during this summer I have been sleeping well into the days each day, and before I know it, it is far too late to call the few friends that remains at home. Right now the clock is about 5.30 am, and I suspect I might not go to bed until it’s like 8, this will cause me to sleep well into the afternoon.
Chaim said,
August 15, 2007 at 4:38 am
Wow. You and I must be kindred spirits. You have described my exact thought process when it comes to settling down for the night. Basically I will only tolerate sleeping the bare minimum. if I sleep more, I usually feel guilty, as if I wasted something valuable. The actual process of getting into bed is the worst part. There are an infinite number of things I would rather be doing than laying around doing nothing for 8 hours, and those things generally keep me up very very late. Since I work at night, I can generally get away with staying up until the sky just starts to get light.
But there is another problem. I hate waking up in the middle of the day, feeling as if I have wasted most of it. If I get up at any point past 10 I usually feel pretty guilty.
As you can see, I am not great at getting a lot of sleep much of the time.
Anyway, thanks for giving me something to read that makes me feel like a little bit less of a freak
Ragnar said,
August 15, 2007 at 4:47 am
I’m glad this post made you feel less of a freak. I will have you know that I know several people who have sleeping habits similar to mine. Most of them are trying to work against it and failing miserably, I just accept it most of the time, and work with it to affect the hours i’m awake. If i want to fall asleep early the next day i keep my sleeping hours to a bare minimum.
tj said,
August 18, 2007 at 4:39 pm
Geez. I’m the exact same way. I haven’t slept since Thursday when I took a two hour nap in the afternoon. That was enough to mess me up probably through the weekend. I also think it’s a huge waste of time save for the fact that eventually your body will punish you. Were you the same as a kid?
Ragnar said,
August 22, 2007 at 10:34 am
Yeah i was, but to less serious degree because I used to need a few hours of sleep at least daily to get by..
justfearless said,
September 1, 2007 at 3:49 am
without the internet u would sleep to be honest
Ragnar said,
September 10, 2007 at 12:08 am
I got tv/dvds/books for when that occurs =p
dolly said,
April 13, 2009 at 9:13 pm
i dont like sleeping when iam not tired and when my mum tell me 2 !!!!! its b.o.r.i.n.g
Josh said,
May 1, 2009 at 8:07 am
I’m an even stranger case. I agree completely with what you said about going to sleep, as I hate sleeping as well and tend to stay awake as long as possible. The one problem is that I hate getting up more than going to sleep, so I end up sleeping a lot longer than I need to!
Rita said,
June 1, 2009 at 4:29 am
I have always hated sleeping. I’ve always been a morning person, too. When I was younger and used to go to sleep overs with my friends, I would be awake and fidgetting at around 7:30, wanting to get up for the day.
Forced Feminization Fiction said,
August 4, 2009 at 10:16 am
now I’ll be tuned..