? posted by scary_jeff

Orph - perhaps you are having some kind of nightmare that you aren't remembering, and that is causing you to wake up for no reason? My mum told me that since she became a mum, almost anything will wake her up, because she was used to worrying about the slightest noise being something happening with the baby (me ). Perhaps it's a similar thing with you... maybe now just the smallest thing can wake you, and it's so small you didn't even know what it was.

i wouldn't attribute it to nightmares, but i do tend to relive the days events while i sleep.

also, if i am concerned, or worked up about something before bedtime, i tend to wake up thinking of it.

many nights i have woken up, with a thought i needed to post here, to help solve some dilemma i have inadvertently caused someone

this site, occupies way to much of my free time

I'm about the same. If there's a sound my body expects then I can wake up to it no matter how quiet. If it doesn't concern me then I sleep right through it. I don't remember many of my dreams these days, but they're usually not the stereotypical I can fly kind of stuff. Often just regular days, combinations of life and games or situations I've been in or thought about. And of course the obligatory naughty dreams. The only time I have nightmares is when I'm sick. Which isn't too often so that's good.

My internal clock is much like myself though, it adapts really quickly to changes. Even when I went to Japan and came back, my body was on a reverse time where it wanted to go to sleep at 6 in the morning and wake up at 3 in the afternoon. It took me about 2 days to adjust it back. I don't really notice daylight savings as I stay up so late at night anyway I just go to sleep one hour earlier and my brain gets tricked into thinking it's the usual time.