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What prevents you from going to bed early? (programming.dev)
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[–] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I don't want to die.

What if I die in my sleep.

What if the house catches fire and I can't escape in time because I was asleep.

There are so many other things I could be doing.

I don't have enough life left.

What if I miss something important or cool.

What if there's a burglar when I'm asleep and it goes south and they murder me.

What if I have an aneurysm in my sleep.

What if I have a stroke in my sleep.

What if I have a heart attack in my sleep.

What if there's a gas leak and the house explodes while I'm asleep.

What if there's a CO leak and I just asphyxiate.

What if I just never wake up for no discernible reason.

I wanna play more video games.

I wanna browse the internet more.

I don't want to have the bad thoughts come back like they always do when I try to sleep.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    I've dealt with that all my life. Recently it got so bad that I was waking myself up in the middle of the night with these thoughts. I just got a prescription for lorazepam and it has helped more than anything I've tried. I hate sleeping pills because they give me a hungover feeling in the morning. This one just shuts down the anxiety so I can sleep naturally.

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