# Anybody up?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-up/744563
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [January 29, 2016, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-up/744563 "2016-01-29T08:28:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@StuckinNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StuckinNJ)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2016, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-up/744563/1 "2016-01-29T08:28:35Z")
Its 3:30am and I’ve been up for over an hour stressing about work/life. Rather mundane and somehat pointless, but curious what others do when their mind wont let them sleep? Get up? Lay in bed thinking? I’m up at least a couple times a month. After an hour i usualy give up, get out of bed and give in to the mindlessness that is tv.
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### Author:  [@StuckinNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StuckinNJ)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2016, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-up/744563/2 "2016-01-29T08:37:23Z")
Very mundane and somewhat pointless, but its 3:30am and I’ve been up for over an hour. Find myself up stressing about work several times a month. Do people get up? Stay and bed letting your mind run? I find i give in to the mindlessness of TV after laying awake for an hour.
Double posted stupidly. Can someone delete this? Thanks
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### Author:  [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2016, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-up/744563/3 "2016-01-29T09:23:54Z")
> [@StuckinNJ](#):
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> Very mundane and somewhat pointless, but its 3:30am and I’ve been up for over an hour. Find myself up stressing about work several times a month. Do people get up? Stay and bed letting your mind run? I find i give in to the mindlessness of TV after laying awake for an hour.
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> Double posted stupidly. Can someone delete this? Thanks
There’s always someone up on the Dope. I, for instance, live in Sydney Australia where it’s 8:26pm.
I also wake in the middle of the night and can’t get back to sleep. Sometimes I give in and turn on the computer but I generally try to read myself back to sleep. Failing that, I get up and do some quiet tidying up.
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### Author:  [@Blackstock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackstock)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2016, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-up/744563/4 "2016-01-29T09:33:01Z")
I live in Dubai and it’s 13:35 over here, so I’m awake. Not only that, but having coffee at a nearby joint also and working on my laptop.
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### Author:  [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2016, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-up/744563/5 "2016-01-29T09:34:41Z")
I’m up by also wish I was asleep. It’s 4 freaking 30 in the morning.
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2016, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-up/744563/6 "2016-01-29T09:35:39Z")
I’m in California and it’s 0130 here. Not that late. But I’ll go to sleep soon.
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### Author:  [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2016, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-up/744563/7 "2016-01-29T09:50:17Z")
4:53 here.
Went to bed early. Got up early.
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### Author:  [@InsomniaMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InsomniaMama)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2016, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-up/744563/8 "2016-01-29T10:09:24Z")
Yep.
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### Author:  [@ElderSign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElderSign)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2016, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-up/744563/9 "2016-01-29T14:22:39Z")
> [@StuckinNJ](#):
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> Very mundane and somewhat pointless, but its 3:30am and I’ve been up for over an hour. Find myself up stressing about work several times a month. Do people get up? Stay and bed letting your mind run? I find i give in to the mindlessness of TV after laying awake for an hour.
Change some habits. Take up some mediation. You are in a bad place right now.
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### Author:  [@Calla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calla)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2016, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-up/744563/10 "2016-01-29T14:30:12Z")
I am frequently awake during the night. I usually try to read or play games on my iPad. Our house is small and getting up and about would likely disturb everyone else. If I am particularly restless I will go out to the living room and read out there. Insomnia is such a bitch!
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### Author:  [@scootergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scootergirl)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2016, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-up/744563/11 "2016-01-29T14:38:24Z")
I’m in Oregon and was awake when you posted that. Worst.Night.Of.Sleep.EVER!
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### Author:  [@quiltguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quiltguy)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2016, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-up/744563/12 "2016-01-29T17:30:41Z")
I’m up AND exhausted. Dropped my hubby off at his clinic; did a major grocery shopping; walked 3.5 miles; tidied up at home; took a 1.5 mile walk to meet friends for breakfast out; picked up hubby; and now I’m working on the third load of laundry. I need a nap.
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### Author:  [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2016, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-up/744563/13 "2016-01-29T21:19:23Z")
Where were you when I was up with insomnia last night?? And there is nothing on tv at four in the morning unless you like infomercials.
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### Author:  [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2016, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-up/744563/14 "2016-01-29T22:38:50Z")
Mostly down with not being up.
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### Author:  [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2016, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-up/744563/15 "2016-01-29T23:06:59Z")
> [@ElderSign](#):
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> Change some habits. Take up some mediation. You are in a bad place right now.
I wonder if you meant medication or meditation. Or mediation.
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### Author:  [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2016, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-up/744563/16 "2016-01-29T23:38:59Z")
6:42am, and I’ve been up for an hour and a half.
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### Author:  [@pidgeon92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pidgeon92)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2016, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-up/744563/17 "2016-01-29T23:46:07Z")
I listen to audiobooks. They tend to lull me back to sleep. Sometimes it takes a few minutes. Sometimes I listen for a couple of hours.
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### Author:  [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)
#### Post date: [January 29, 2016, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-up/744563/18 "2016-01-29T23:52:11Z")
Merged the two threads for you.
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### Author:  [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2016, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-up/744563/19 "2016-01-30T03:27:55Z")
> [@ElderSign](#):
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> Change some habits. Take up some mediation. You are in a bad place right now.
**StuckinNJ** , care to share? Or get something off your chest? Or vent? Pardon me for prying, for that is not my intent. Maybe we can help. Maybe we just simply listen. As the saying goes, and this is true for some not all - a joy shared is twice the joy, a sorrow shared is half the sorrow.
Regardless, am sending good and positive thoughts and vibes your way.
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### Author:  [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)
#### Post date: [January 30, 2016, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-up/744563/20 "2016-01-30T03:48:07Z")
> [@StuckinNJ](#):
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> Its 3:30am and I’ve been up for over an hour stressing about work/life. Rather mundane and somehat pointless, but curious what others do when their mind wont let them sleep? Get up? Lay in bed thinking? I’m up at least a couple times a month. After an hour i usualy give up, get out of bed and give in to the mindlessness that is tv.
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> > [@ElderSign](#):
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> > Change some habits. Take up some mediation. You are in a bad place right now.
Well, Duh! He’s stuck in NJ!
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