Why Are You Up?

Thanks For Asking

Feelings & Co.

Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.7 • 13.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Sleep experts the world over seem to have countless tips and tricks for getting those eight hours of Zzzs each night. But sometimes our brains just … can’t shut down, no matter what we do. Nora recently asked you, the TTFA community, what’s been keeping you up at night these days, and you answered. Support our new independent production (and get bonus content galore!) by joining TTFA Premium. We now offer tiers as low as $4.99 / month. Sign up. Our email subscribers get first dibs on ticket sales, new merch, show announcements and more. Join our mailing list here. Did you know we’re on TikTok? Yep, it’s true. Follow Nora. You can catch up with TTFA on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook using @ttfapodcast. Nora's Instagram is @noraborealis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	A quick note, this episode includes discussion of suicide, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
0:13.0	Hi Nora, you asked it's 2am and what is keeping you up at night 12.
0:19.0	It's 3am here in Denmark, Copenhagen, and what kept me up was your latest episode of DTFA.
0:28.0	No, just kidding.
0:58.0	Ready to have a good day.
1:01.0	And before you ask, I do all the things that every expert has suggested.
1:07.0	I keep my phone in another room, sometimes at least.
1:10.0	I don't drink any caffeine after 9am and I take my adderol before noon, usually.
1:16.0	I have a bedtime routine sort of, and I write in a journal, and I exercise sometimes,
1:22.0	and I know exactly how important sleep is because I saw that Ted talk too.
1:26.0	I know not sleeping makes me dumber and maybe could cause dementia and will generally kill me.
1:32.0	Surprisingly, that doesn't make it easier for me to fall asleep.
1:37.0	It also doesn't help that I'm married to a person who falls asleep with zero effort.
1:43.0	Sometimes after chugging a cup of coffee or eating a bowl of ice cream, my husband is a monster.
1:51.0	The moment he lays down, he is basically asleep, and not just to sleep, but sleeping flagrantly.
1:59.0	Snoring like a cartoon with a little Z's coming out of his mouth, disgusting, disgusting stuff.
2:04.0	And when I see him, luxuriating in a REM cycle, well, I'm stuck in an anxiety cycle.
2:10.0	I do want to kill him.
2:12.0	I do want to.
2:14.0	I don't.
2:16.0	I have been like this since I was a child, not murderous, but just that some nights I don't sleep.
2:22.0	I just don't sleep.
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