# What keeps you up at night? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 14, 2016, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keeps-you-up-at-night/768544 "2016-10-14T19:29:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2016, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keeps-you-up-at-night/768544/21 "2016-10-15T03:26:57Z")
Books I want to read. Work that needs to be done. I am one of the lucky ones though. I fall asleep in minutes. I often wake up thinking a out stuff though. My wife an I are a bit odd. We are VERY early risers. Like 4am. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2016, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keeps-you-up-at-night/768544/22 "2016-10-15T04:07:20Z")
I wish I knew, chronic insomnia for about two years now. 2 1/2 hours maybe 3 and I am up for the night. I suspect it is lack of mental stimulation, I recently dropped a hobby I had been obsessed with for over 20 years. I used to go to bed thinking about it but sleep like a baby. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2016, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keeps-you-up-at-night/768544/23 "2016-10-15T04:09:59Z")
Physically: Acid reflux, OCD, insomnia. Mentally: Tendency of mind to dwell on negative things. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2016, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keeps-you-up-at-night/768544/24 "2016-10-15T04:54:45Z")
Sobriety. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2016, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keeps-you-up-at-night/768544/25 "2016-10-15T04:56:55Z")
Coffee too close to bedtime My wife’s snoring Worrying about something big the next day ---
**Author:** ![Me\_Billy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e480ec/32.png) [@Me\_Billy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Me_Billy)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2016, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keeps-you-up-at-night/768544/26 "2016-10-15T15:29:09Z")
Lately watching YouTube and the latest things Trump has said. At other times, caffeine or a good book. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2016, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keeps-you-up-at-night/768544/27 "2016-10-15T15:34:12Z")
Forgetting to fill my prescription. The neighbors having arguments-- I am seriously going to call the police one day. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2016, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keeps-you-up-at-night/768544/28 "2016-10-15T15:57:00Z")
I was up much of last night wondering if two words is the record for least effort exerted in producing the body of an OP. mmm ETA: Turns out, [it is not](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=805496). ---
**Author:** ![Arrendajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2016, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keeps-you-up-at-night/768544/29 "2016-10-15T17:24:22Z")
The cat snoring. She goes under the bed to sleep and it acts like an sound amplification chamber right under my head. My wife snores too, but not as much as the cat. When they are both going together, though, it’s quite a symphony. ---
**Author:** ![I\_wasn\_t\_truly\_absent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/4da419/32.png) [@I\_wasn\_t\_truly\_absent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_wasn_t_truly_absent)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2016, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keeps-you-up-at-night/768544/30 "2016-10-16T02:29:05Z")
the fear of being asleep ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2016, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keeps-you-up-at-night/768544/31 "2016-10-16T04:20:17Z")
Guilty conscious. Regrets. Mortality. ---
**Author:** ![Philliam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/philliam/32/3011_2.png) [@Philliam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philliam)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keeps-you-up-at-night/768544/32 "2016-10-17T19:28:36Z")
Years ago I asked my friend with the long ‘hillbilly’ beard whether he slept with it under the covers or on top. He didn’t sleep well for a few days. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keeps-you-up-at-night/768544/33 "2016-10-17T21:27:54Z")
Worrying about finances or dealing with issues related to my mental health or migraines. Mostly though, after decades of insomnia, I now sleep really well. I’m very grateful for that too, because when I rarely have to cope with the above, it completely derails everything. It sucks so bad. ---
**Author:** ![Isamu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7c8e57/32.png) [@Isamu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isamu)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keeps-you-up-at-night/768544/34 "2016-10-18T01:37:58Z")
The internet. I hate sleeping because there is so much to see and do and sleeping is a HUGE waste of time. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keeps-you-up-at-night/768544/35 "2016-10-18T02:41:41Z")
Tossup between my dog and my bladder. Doesn’t matter which one wakes me first. If the bladder wakes me first, getting up will wake the dog up. If the dog wakes me first, the bladder isn’t far behind. ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keeps-you-up-at-night/768544/36 "2016-10-18T04:18:04Z")
dog nose in my eyeball asking if it’s morning yet. It never is. ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keeps-you-up-at-night/768544/37 "2016-10-18T08:25:44Z")
> [@Ulfreida](#): > > dog nose in my eyeball asking if it’s morning yet. It never is. Haiku! Dog nose in my eye Asking if it’s morning yet It never is though [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-keeps-you-up-at-night/768544.md?page=1)