# HELP!!!  Or, was this a psychotic episode, or a signal that I should go to bed?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 19, 2003, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-or-was-this-a-psychotic-episode-or-a-signal-that-i-should-go-to-bed/214049 "2003-11-19T05:17:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-or-was-this-a-psychotic-episode-or-a-signal-that-i-should-go-to-bed/214049/21 "2003-11-20T04:21:30Z")

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Thanks, guys.

Normally, I’m a night person, too. I’m gonna go to bed soon now.

I figured it was something like that, but it just felt so freaking WEIRD.

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**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-or-was-this-a-psychotic-episode-or-a-signal-that-i-should-go-to-bed/214049/22 "2003-11-20T04:46:14Z")

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You’re still up?

Go to bed! 😉

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**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\
**Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-or-was-this-a-psychotic-episode-or-a-signal-that-i-should-go-to-bed/214049/23 "2003-11-20T05:01:37Z")

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I am glad you are felling better today!

And I second what **Astroboy14** said.

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**Author:** ![vasyachkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c5a1d2/32.png) [@vasyachkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vasyachkin)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2003, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-or-was-this-a-psychotic-episode-or-a-signal-that-i-should-go-to-bed/214049/24 "2003-11-22T08:31:36Z")

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to me when i am falling asleep reading, the problem is i do not notice that moment when it has stopped making sense and i am just wasting my time. after i come back out from it i have to ask myself where did it really start to happen ? i usually have to wind back about 2 paragraphs before i begin to recognize the text as something i have read 🙂

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**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2003, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-or-was-this-a-psychotic-episode-or-a-signal-that-i-should-go-to-bed/214049/25 "2003-11-22T16:36:28Z")

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I used to not be allowed to fall asleep with my contacts on- my mom would get quite angry if I did. But the urge to drift off to sleep in front of the television was too great.

Somehow I learned to laugh and react to the television while sleeping.

It was always a shock to me to “wake up” some hours later and realize that I had actually been asleep.

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