What does "night" behavior tell u about urselves?

[fleursdumal]

Well...I think of myself as an independent gal, able to stand on my own and not really needing anybody for important stuff. Not that I would reject help or protection, I would actually love them, but I wouldn't be thrown out of balance from lack of them...
But then I had this revelation that made me understand just how much I need help and protection.
Ever since I was a kid, I remember always wanting to cover my body with something, anything, at night in bed. Even during the hottest nights when "normal" people without airconditioning would sleep naked and uncovered, I would get something to cover myself (regardless if naked or not), no matter how thin, just something.
I also rememeber that during the rare nights when I would fall asleep uncovered, I would have bad dreams of me always being in some kind of danger.
Same thing happened to me last night; no airconditioning due to power failure, torrid night, fell asleep uncovered, had terrible nightmare of someone attacking me.
So after waking up I figured that all this covering thing, during the night when I'm asleep and defenceless jut shows me how much, how desperately actually I am in need for protection...
And yes, it'd better be a strong, dark, passionate, sexy guy protecting me... :))

[EarthyFireCracker]

I have the same problem minus the nightmares. I just won't sleep and lay wide awake in fear, anticipating something bad. (Still afraid of the dark, Still sleep with a night light)
But I never connected it with the night-time behavior of the moon.

And what you're saying is the way we feel normally would opposite during the night?
Luuucy, you've got some splain'in to dooooo.

[fleursdumal]

No, I say that I THINK that sometimes how we feel/bahave at night might reflect parts of our subconcious (did I spell it wright?). That I, myself, conciously feel very selfsufficient while deep down I simply might be looking for protection...

[fleursdumal]

Stillness, I sleep with clothes on, only when alone...a lot lately :)). When with the one I love, I want nothing in between our skins...
And yes, I too do other things at night, when have trouble falling asleep: writing (I wish I could write in English just as nicely as I do in my own language, I'm also good with writing, also poetry and stuff...not kidding), thinking...
I just mentioned this covering stuff because it made me realize how much I need being protected, deep down. How old are u, Stillness, if u don't mind me asking?

[Angeline Elise]

I like to sleep with at least one layer over me, it used to be a comforter ALL YEAR ROUND, but I'm trying to move past it....

I don't mind sleeping nude I just hate waking up nude.

Is that weird?

[EarthyFireCracker]

I Love waking up nude!
It always comes as a pleasant surprise.

"well would you look at that... I'm in mah birthday suit! Happy birthday to ME!"

[Angeline Elise]

"well would you look at that... I'm in mah birthday suit! Happy birthday to ME!"

Hahaha! Oh man, you are so frickin' hilariously rad.

It always comes as a pleasant surprise.

Once I fell asleep with a bf who was also wearing PJ's and we woke up without our bottoms on, no underwear, nothin' . Neither of us remembered anything. I can't even confirm what did or did not happen.

That surprise was not so pleasant.

[EarthyFireCracker]

I read it as:

"That surprise was not so pleasant."

I will admit that I like sleeping in the nude alone more often. Who wants to be rudely woken by a pair of sweaty testicles to the bum?

NOT I!

[Candy]

This probably has no relevance.. But my grandmother(Pisces) always told me to cover up myself when I sleep.. Because if i don't the angels won't visit me at night.

So I'm guessing when you don't cover up they aren't with you... and that gives way... to having the bad dreams..etc. It has happened to me a couple of times.

Maybe it is a need for protection.. Personaly I hate sleeping alone...

[EarthyFireCracker]

I just thought it was like the experiments they did on those poor baby monkeys. Where they left them in cold steal cages with nothing but a blanket instead of the other monkeys who had their mother. And they found that the baby monkey just HAD to have the blanket and separating it from the only comfort was heartbreaking.

I quietly cried in psychology 101 that semester...

[Angeline Elise]

;_(

[Begin Anew]

I also have always needed something covering me when I go to sleep, no matter what the temperature is like outside. I have some weird sleep/night habits. I wear ear plugs to bed every night because when I was little I had insomnia, and through trial and error, learned that blocking out all noise was the way I fell and stayed asleep the best. (Highly sensitive to noise, light, etc.) I think this is probably a Taurean comfort thing for me. I don't even like sleeping at other peoples' houses or sharing my small bed with someone because breaking the nightly routine can throw me off balance! If I'm just plain exhausted or feel comfortable enough, I can basically crash anywhere, but for the most part, I've grown an attachment to my finicky sleep habits.