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Favorite part of the day: when I'm sleeping

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#1 ·
Anyone feel this way?

My favorite part of the day is when I'm completely out. Does that make me depressed? I just don't feel my life is exciting. I pretty much work everyday and then on the weekends I catch up on everything I couldn't do because I was working all week (errands, cleaning ,etc). Nothing happens. It's just blah. When I sleep, I at least don't have any worries & my mind shuts off.

I guess, I don't understand how to be happy. What during the day makes YOU happy?
 
#4 ·
Yeah I love being asleep. I wish I could just turn off my consciousness during the day and then back on when I'm sleeping.
 
#8 ·
Sleep is great. It's a break from reality and anything ****ed up and twisted is good to me.

I find that when I sleep and dream, the dreams can either be really comforting or really depressing, though lately they've been mostly comforting.

I keep on dreaming about this girl that I've never even met and I can't get her out of my head. I wish there was a way I could meet her but she probably doesn't even exist in real life, sounds crazy I know. I think she is the amalgamation of all of the girls I've had crushes on in the past but i'm not too sure.

Maybe it's just my subconscious telling me i'm a loner and have no life and i guess that aspect of it is depressing.
 
#10 ·
I wake up happy everyday ( before I take my meds) and I am not sure why. I am like Drew Barrymore in 50 First Dates. But by the evening , I am usually depressed and how I sometimes cope with that is by going to bed and sleeping.
 
#13 ·
Unless I'm having a nightmare I prefer sleep over any other activity. A good book, movie, or an awesome meal is a close second but being with people would never rank very high. I know we need to be with other people but how can I enjoy it when it makes me feel so freaking awful to be around anyone. Sometimes I think my best friend is my bed.
 
#14 ·
When it gets dark and all the stupid neighbors go in. I just hate summer it stays light really long. It doesn't get completely dark until 12 midnight due to being further north, being closer to the central time zone, and Lake Superior acting like a big mirror. The light is different here esp after the sun goes below the horizon. The lake continues reflecting the light even after the sun goes below the horizon here.
 
#16 ·
It's kind of a double edged sword for me. My last post definitely sums up how I feel. BUT, I've developed a fear that I'm wasting my life. Then I realize that I'm just about out of time to do the normal things that 20-30 year olds normally do. Running out of time to still be able to get wild and party and just have fun, not to mention having some sort of dating life.. I start obsessing over this which is just adding fuel to an already unstable fire
 
#18 ·
The worst part of my day is waking up in the morning, because I know I have to deal with the whole day before I can get back in heaven again, asleep without a care in the world and my dreams to accompany me.
 
#20 ·
I have sa even in my dreams! So i never escape, apart from when i don't dream.

The last f'd up dream i had was that i was in a shop with my dad and the girl working at the counter and my dad were laughing at me. My dreams consist of rejection and redicule; My fears in life.
 
#21 ·
You are not alone with this one. I love sleeping but HATE dreaming. I also have SA in my dreams and my depression also rears its head in my dreams. When I wake up I am even more depressed and just feel emotionally weird(don't know how else to explain it). Depending what I dreamed about, these feelings can linger for days
 
#22 ·
Sometimes I used sleep to escape life! lol
 
#26 ·
I love sleep. Especially when you've had a long day and you're really really tired, and you cuddle up in your blankets and drift off. It's awesome. I'm lucky I have such a comfortable bed. The only thing that sucks is waking up.

I always laugh because my nephew (he's 4) is always complaining that he doesn't want to go to bed. Tonight I was like, "You have to go to bed every night of your life, so you better get used to it." He replied with, "I want somebody to destroy the moon so it wont be dark no more." ahaha.