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I have a question for you folks, do you ever enjoy not going straight to sleep? I find the time when I'm laying in bed fantasizing to be very enjoyable after a hard day of reality. If I were to immediately fall asleep, I'd lose out on that hour of imagination.

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No, because when my mind goes idle it tends to start dredging up past mistakes to beat me over the head with. Fortunately, since I started taking anti-anxiety meds this tends to only happen with recent fuckups (so this week has been hard). My fantasizing at night tends to be a defense mechanism.

Yeah this happens to me too. What meds, if I may ask?

Venlafaxine 75mg ER

Thanks. And watch that right flank!

Ever since my late-20s, the thing my idle mind likes to fixate on just as I'm trying to fall asleep is my parents' mortality. Not the best sleepytime fodder.

I can't imagine taking an hour every night to fall asleep.

Sure, the occasional time spent in fantasyland can be nice, but I wouldn't want it to be necessary.

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