It’s lonely at 2:15am

Being a three in the morning waker from long before breast cancer, I have learned to like the quiet time, although that may require muffling my partner’s snoring. I do sudoku to stop my mind from wandering to worrisome things (always seem worse at that time of the morning) and avoid lying staring at the ceiling! People haven’t always slept through the night in one hit, we are links to another era. Not thinking about being awake is hard, but it’s the only way for me. The ‘get up rather than stay not sleeping’ theory would have me averaging about three hours a night! So I’ll stick with the little boxes. Best wishes. 

I was up too! Every night. Every single night. I wake up now just before midnight and my best sleep is after 4.30am. It is lonely for sure. There is no hope, and everything is grim in the wee small hours of the morning. 

Hi to you both - there's a discussion thread in here that may suit 

https://onlinenetwork.bcna.org.au/discussion/19269/night-howls/p189

@kamada I was up!  sleep has not been good to me of late !! I'll keep in mind next time to check in here next time lol