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Anyone else can’t sleep so get up and clean?

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TheOpalFox · 23/05/2025 00:29

I can’t sleep so I got up and I’m cleaning lol I must be mad but I can’t stand just laying there awake not sleeping lol and I don’t sleep in the day but I’m always exhausted !!! So cleaning at half 12 :/

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JaninaDuszejko · 23/05/2025 08:49

Is this a one off or a regular thing? If regular you need to get yourself into a god bedtime routine, no phone an hour before bed, have a warm bath or a warm milky drink, watch an episode of a show you find relaxing or read a book or do some colouring in or some relaxing . If you can't sleep when you're in bed then either do a meditation where you tense then relax each part of your body in turn. Or, something I recently learnt about which works really well, the cognitive shuffle.

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Hornbeamhocks · 23/05/2025 08:26

3am ironing usually puts me straight back to sleep.

TeeBee · 23/05/2025 08:25

Yesterday I woke up at 4. Got annoyed by 5 so got up and repotted some tomato plants.

Amelie2025 · 23/05/2025 08:22

wardrobesareblueandpurple · 23/05/2025 07:43

Yes I went through a phase where I couldn’t sleep (although waking up early rather than not being able to get to sleep at night) and I used to get up and do the ironing.

I used to threaten myself with doing the ironing if I didn't go to sleep! But I got wise to myself & knew it was an empty threat & so it doesn't work now!!

@TheOpalFox nope!! Nothing so useful!

Mischance · 23/05/2025 08:21

I often can't sleep, but clean .....! Definitely not!!

Coffeeishot · 23/05/2025 08:19

My mum used to do this most nights she would just be cleaning things that clearly were not dirty, I'd rather lie and stare at the ceiling all night than get up and clean !

Sharptonguedwoman · 23/05/2025 08:14

TheOpalFox · 23/05/2025 00:29

I can’t sleep so I got up and I’m cleaning lol I must be mad but I can’t stand just laying there awake not sleeping lol and I don’t sleep in the day but I’m always exhausted !!! So cleaning at half 12 :/

Neighbours? Don't they mind?

Pippypippipples · 23/05/2025 07:43

yes I do the same when anxious OP. I barely sleep.

wardrobesareblueandpurple · 23/05/2025 07:43

Yes I went through a phase where I couldn’t sleep (although waking up early rather than not being able to get to sleep at night) and I used to get up and do the ironing.

NattyTurtle59 · 23/05/2025 07:42

No, cleaning would be the very last thing I would do if I couldn't sleep. I might read, but nothing more strenuous than that - and like a pp I don't clean during the middle of the day (much).

CynicalSunni · 23/05/2025 07:36

I once woke up at 4am and couldnt get back to sleep. So i baked a cake.

Springflowersyay · 23/05/2025 00:53

I don’t clean when I’m awake in the middle of the day! Not a chance at night!
Can’t you just enjoy the comfort and rest of being in a cosy, warm bed?

Notabikerchick · 23/05/2025 00:49

You're a better person than me OP. I can't sleep and have got up to have something to eat, have a hot chocolate and play on my phone. Didn't even think of doing something useful (though I did out the robot hoover on, does that count?).

Squarestones · 23/05/2025 00:39

I don't usually clean but yes if I really can't sleep I get up and do something even if just write in my diary or make a list for tomorrow. Then do some yoga and back to bed. I find it better than lying awake getting anxious.
Hope you get back to bed and to sleep soon

Toseland · 23/05/2025 00:33

Try to stay in bed so your body is rested and do something relaxing like reading a book. Nite, nite x

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