# It's 3:00 a.m., do you know where your sleep is? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 8, 2005, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-3-00-a-m-do-you-know-where-your-sleep-is/320632 "2005-09-08T07:17:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-3-00-a-m-do-you-know-where-your-sleep-is/320632/1 "2005-09-08T07:17:00Z")
…'cause I can’t find mine. I’ve had insomnia all this week and I know it’s from work stress (I work at a University and we’re preparing for when the 5,000 new students get dumped on us on Monday). I was a walking zombie all day yesterday and I thought, “I’m gonna sleep well tonight!” Yeah, right - hit the sack at 11:30, woke up just after 2. Can’t get back to sleep. At least here I can do something while not sleeping. Good times, good times. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 7:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-3-00-a-m-do-you-know-where-your-sleep-is/320632/2 "2005-09-08T07:46:51Z")
You have insomnia too, eh? I’ve been awake for the past three days. Swell. ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-3-00-a-m-do-you-know-where-your-sleep-is/320632/3 "2005-09-08T07:51:38Z")
I love insomniacs. You’re the only folks still awake when I get online. 😉 (It’s 10 p.m. here now) ---
**Author:** ![Airblairxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Airblairxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airblairxxx)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-3-00-a-m-do-you-know-where-your-sleep-is/320632/4 "2005-09-08T07:56:20Z")
I’m at work. Doing a system upgrade. That isn’t working. I’m going to have to try this again in the near future. Damn. ---
**Author:** ![gfloyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d2c977/32.png) [@gfloyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gfloyd)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-3-00-a-m-do-you-know-where-your-sleep-is/320632/5 "2005-09-08T08:02:05Z")
Ah insomnia, I know you too well. I’ve struggled with it for as long as I can remember, however it has been better as of late. However, that means when it hits, it isn’t something I’m used to, but rather something slightly unfamiliar and therefore concerning. I had it the night before last, finding it near impossible to sleep and then waking up every hour with threads of unsettling dreams clogging my mind. Hope you find some relief. ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-3-00-a-m-do-you-know-where-your-sleep-is/320632/6 "2005-09-08T08:17:43Z")
Hi,\*\* AFG\*\*, nice to see you here at this hour! Welcome, welcome. It’s only 1:18am here now, but I’ll be up until the wee hours. Probably here or surfing around. Or housecleaning a little bit. I get the bulk of my chores done in the middle of the night. Incidentally, the past couple of nights I’ve been _sleeping_, so there must be some shit in the cosmic balance, or something. I’m back on my normal night-owl schedule, now, though. Always good to have company. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-3-00-a-m-do-you-know-where-your-sleep-is/320632/7 "2005-09-08T08:20:13Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > so there must be some **shit** in the cosmic balance, or something. You know, I _meant_ “shift”. I really did. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-3-00-a-m-do-you-know-where-your-sleep-is/320632/8 "2005-09-08T08:23:08Z")
Uh huh. And panic really _did_ ensue, too. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-3-00-a-m-do-you-know-where-your-sleep-is/320632/9 "2005-09-08T08:26:14Z")
> [@Dark Side of the Floyd](#): > > Uh huh. And panic really _did_ ensue, too. 😛 Now there’s the upside of being zombified - the exhaustion-induced mistakes that make for good laughs. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Pixisis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@Pixisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixisis)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-3-00-a-m-do-you-know-where-your-sleep-is/320632/10 "2005-09-08T08:55:16Z")
i’m prone to insomnia too … gotta make sure i get internet set up when i get back home so i’ll have company. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-3-00-a-m-do-you-know-where-your-sleep-is/320632/11 "2005-09-08T08:57:09Z")
> [@Dark Side of the Floyd](#): > > Uh huh. And panic really _did_ ensue, too. 😛 You should’ve seen the\* size \* of it! Oh. You said panic. Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-3-00-a-m-do-you-know-where-your-sleep-is/320632/12 "2005-09-08T09:00:33Z")
Damn cat. [Look](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v654/MachTurtle/Emmasleep.jpg) at this shit. This is her about 5 minutes ago. Sleeping. I think she’s doing it to spite me. I think I’m going to go try to pass out again…hope you other insomniacs can get some sleep as well… ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-3-00-a-m-do-you-know-where-your-sleep-is/320632/13 "2005-09-08T09:21:01Z")
That’s a cat?! I would have sworn it was a pillow. I miss Rat Bastard and The Queen … ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-3-00-a-m-do-you-know-where-your-sleep-is/320632/14 "2005-09-08T12:43:41Z")
You don’t even wanna know the way I misread that thread title… ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-3-00-a-m-do-you-know-where-your-sleep-is/320632/15 "2005-09-08T13:25:17Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > You don’t even wanna know the way I misread that thread title… BWAHAHAHAHA! You don’t even have to say it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazon\_Floozy\_Goddess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazon_Floozy_Goddess)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-3-00-a-m-do-you-know-where-your-sleep-is/320632/16 "2005-09-08T13:44:43Z")
> [@Dark Side of the Floyd](#): > > That’s a cat?! I would have sworn it was a pillow. > > I miss Rat Bastard and The Queen … Yeah, all lumped up. I think that was part of the mocking. “Oh, look, don’t I look like a nice, soft pillow? That you could _sleep_ on? Yeah.” 😃 Well, I did manage to get a couple more hours of fitful sleep. Better than nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-3-00-a-m-do-you-know-where-your-sleep-is/320632/17 "2005-09-08T17:36:47Z")
A tip a friend gave me which has worked is to get up and do something quiet like read a book - or the SDMB 😃 - because you’re trying too hard to get to sleep.