Night Owls Unite! *hoot*

[WildMermaid]

It's 3:02am here and I can't find a forum for night owls. Odds are there is one, and if so I'll just delete this lil' bugger handily. Are you a Night Owl? Do you know a Night Owl? Does being a Night Owl drive you batty? ;) What do you do in the wee hours of morning when everyone around is slumbering away? Inquiring mind(s) wants to know just give a little *hoot* if that describes you...

 

[ButterflyDisco]

i watch lotsa videos n dance n read...basicaly anythng to pass the night...

 

[Ronin]

Night owl proudly, where's my perch. Doesn't drive me batty, I'm batty all year long ;) (In seriousness though yeah, there are hours that drive me batty. And at some point I just piss myself off by still moving around. Walks help that a little bit. If I have work, the better. If I don't, I'm just can't-fricken-stop-moving.). Seconding the dancing and reading.
Also arguing with myself about deep topics (tm). In the nights I'm energized enough, good or bad, so focusing on figuring all the deep shit that leaves me out of breath in the hours suicidality usually kicks in, because I sure as hell don't have spoons for it then, so automatizing new thoughts and finding them = win.

 

[J_trustno1]

I used to study till 4am or 5am when I was a student till 2013. After completing study,,I used to cry till 3am at night because of depression and ptsd lol.

I loved being a student because I could get away with staying up that late but not anymore because you gotta be awake at work ;).

 

[Maxi]

I loved being a student because I could get away with staying up that late but not anymore because you gotta be awake at work ;).

That's what I loved about being a student, no judgment on your sleeping pattern :)

 

[WildMermaid]

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/48132289744733396/ an extra spoon for @Kaia! :hug:

 

[WildMermaid]

:) Nice to meet fellow Night Owls *hoots & :hug:s*

 

[Friday]

Yep!

o4oo is supposed to be the time when people are their most asleep. Even awake people are 'supposed' to be kind of blearily out of it. We used to hit compounds & houses & villages & runways & shit whenever possible at o4oo for just that reason. Least resistance. Up at oh-dark-thirty to be kitted up and ready to rock at o4oo.

When I'm doing well I usually sleep from o2oo-o6oo or o3oo-10oo. LOL so I'm still up half the night. But when I'm doing badly? I'm always always always awake at o4oo. Unless I've been up for days and am finally crashing. Even if I. Sleeping around the clock I usually end up with a desperate need to pee, get a drink, make sure everything is clear at o4oo.

In the middle of the night I work, work out, call friends in different time zones (I'm closer with friends in the Balkans when I'm doing badly than friends in the same city!), read, watch movies, enjoy the peace & quiet :), find the music and dancing, think at the stars all wrapped up and warm in a blanket, go out to eat, go for a night swim, study, game on... List goes on.

 

[Ronin]

Ditto on 0400. I'm still trying to learn how to deal with need to do something, move somewhere else than I am, wander all around, and check up on about everyone I care for in the same time. Irritating. But at least I've moved to changing jitters into quieter comtemplation in a past half a year or so, so super pleased the goal of Kaia, Calm the hell down, is slightly achieved.

 

[Born to Run]

Another owl :hug: It is just such a pity there are no animal icons here. I like the peacefulness of the night, the quiet, the dark. I don't mind being up, my mood is better than during the day. I sometimes think it could also be a ptsd thing, as during the night everyone else is down, and nobody is living their life. As I am not living my life as I would want, maybe that is comforting, as during the day they have their freedom to choose their life and I don't. So, during the night it is less of a confrontation with how imprisoned I feel. Lately, I try to reverse the complete day-night cycle, which I am not exactly sure of why I do this. Normal time would be 02:00am, but now 04:00-05:00am. I mainly read and watch videos.
What about you wild mermaid, what do you do?

 

[Julesnaz]

I was more when I wasn't working. Now I have to get up at 8, which im not happy about so I go to bed early. When I was in my own place I would clean at night. Now that I'm not, when im up late I watch Netflix, Hulu, or TV.

 

[WildMermaid]

I can't get up and wander at night, which I used to do. Also i used to paint in the wee hours of morning. Now I chat on the internet or read a lot.

Is there anything that helps you sleep?