Night time is quiet, no loud talking downstairs, no annoying kids yelling outside, mostly no sirens, less cars = less noise, good time to calm down and think about stuff… stuff like weird philosophical questions and questioning if reality is real, also browsing the web in silence, looking for my next [youtube video / film / tv / anime] to watch.
It’s like 6:30 AM here lolz.
Once I’ve been through the recommended deep breathing exercises, I lay still for as long as possible, and then, if I’ve not fallen asleep, I get up, turn on the computer and do something mindless in Minecraft until I’m tired. I might watch videos online. I have Redshift installed which reddens the screen at night, so I don’t get too much blue light.
It usually takes an hour or three and then I’m ready to try sleeping again.
Or at least, that was the case until I got on new medication which helps with falling and staying asleep. Now, if I do wake up with mind spinning, it’s usually three or four hours before I get up anyway, so I do all the above but don’t go back to bed at the end of it. I just have something for breakfast and then carry on a normal day.
I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of times I’ve felt the need for a depression nap since I’ve been on them. Doesn’t mean my depression is cured, but I’m almost never tired enough during the day to want to take one.