This has happened to me, I've demolished someone on twitter, which easy to do with science deniers, only to wake up at 3am and feel that I was far too horrible and mean, but when I look at my tweets after I have gotten up, I find that I was actually quite reasonable and polite. But I've had it happen in other situations too.
When I wake at 3am or so, I’m prone to picking on myself. And I know I’m not the only one who does this. A friend of mine calls 3am thoughts “barbed-wire thinking”, because you can get caught in it.
The thoughts are often distressing and punitive. Strikingly, these concerns vaporise in the daylight, proving that the 3am thinking was completely irrational and unproductive.
"Why do we wake around 3am and dwell on our fears and shortcomings?"
Greg Murray - Why do we wake around 3am and dwell on our fears and shortcomings?
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According to the sages, this time around 3 AM is when nature wakes up and it is the most auspicious time of the day for engaging in spiritual practice. The advice is to put one's mind to suitable use in meditation instead of letting it run wild owing to surging energy at this time.
Yes good to know I’m not alone with this. Dreams are also fraught and return to sleep is accomplished only with soothing podcasts for sleep.
Posting a one liner to MNE helps me to fall back asleep.
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