To sleep with the light on or off

@aprilten (1966)
Philippines
December 16, 2008 7:23pm CST
Which do you prefer? Sleeping with the lights on of off? As for me, I find it hard to sleep with the lights on. If ever I dose off with the lights on, I would wake up in the middle of the night feeling tired. So I would hit the switch to turn it off. How about you?
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@808nala (640)
• United States
17 Dec 08
I prefer the lights to be turned off. I have a hard time staying asleep if the lights are on. The weird thing is that I fall asleep faster if the TV is on. I'm not sure why that is especially because the TV not only has lights, but it has sound. I feel like it's the sound that helps me sleep. I'd wake up at 6 in the morning or when it's already bright outside and turn the TV off. I don't understand it, but it works for me.
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@aprilten (1966)
• Philippines
17 Dec 08
There are lots of times when I get to sleep while the TV is running. But because of the high cost of electricity here, I always set the sleep timer of the TV. That way the TV will turn itself off when the timer stops. Thanks for posting!
@mindym (978)
• United States
17 Dec 08
I can also fall asleep with the tv on, as long as the volume is not too loud.
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@808nala (640)
• United States
17 Dec 08
Oh good. I'm glad I'm not the only one. I guess I'm not weird after all. Thanks for making me feel normal again. Lol.
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@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
17 Dec 08
DOnt matter to me I can sleep with them on or off find myself lately sleeping with them on and turn off in the middle of th night
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@aprilten (1966)
• Philippines
19 Dec 08
You're lucky. Thanks for sharing and happy myloting!
@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
19 Dec 08
your welcome!
@annjilena (5618)
• United States
17 Dec 08
i got addicted when my ex-house was working third shift i was home a lone my daughter was away million of miles so i only had my adopted son and he was a baby.but the wall would creep and i would hear noises at night so the lights stayed on at night.to this day it,s still on.
@aprilten (1966)
• Philippines
19 Dec 08
Thanks and happy mylotting!
@annjilena (5618)
• United States
17 Dec 08
error)=my ex-husband
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@micahbrul (307)
• Philippines
17 Dec 08
Yeah, I do sleep without or with lights on. But I would prefer to turn it off, it gives calming atmosphere, you sees nothing so none will hit your mind. But when I'm definitely knock down I don't care anymore if its on or off. I just drift fast to sleep until morning I woke up without noticing that my lights were still on. lol!
@aprilten (1966)
• Philippines
19 Dec 08
Lights off for me, too. I feel the same calmness. Thanks for sharing!
• Philippines
19 Dec 08
oh,, your very Welcome!
@wanted123 (121)
• India
19 Dec 08
i sleep with the lights on because i am scared of darkness so i dont want to make room in darkness but when i am so tired i wont look to the darkness just off it and sleeps but it would cost more if u keep on and sleep your monthly expense will increase and even u wont have anything to spare and i wanted to tell u take care of your money because now u striving hard fr money through jobs and internet so i think rather collect it rather spending it wasteless
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@aprilten (1966)
• Philippines
19 Dec 08
That's right. Sleeping with the lights on is a waste of electricity. Thanks for joining in!
• China
19 Dec 08
I'd like to sleep with the light on, I don't why if I woke up in the midnight I must turn the light on, or I will hard to sleep again!
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@aprilten (1966)
• Philippines
19 Dec 08
Thanks for sharing!
@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
17 Dec 08
I sleep with my eyes closed. If I am tired and feel like sleeping, I just close my eyes and go to sleep, even if the lights are 'on' or somebody is watching Tv (of course at low volume). I do not sleep rather cannot slip in standing or a sitting position, I sleep in a reclines position.
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@aprilten (1966)
• Philippines
19 Dec 08
Do you think a person can sleep standing up? It's hard for me to imagine that. On second thought there may one or two who can sleep standing up. Thanks a lot!
@bbsr13 (4196)
• India
17 Dec 08
Hello! I can sleep with light on and in the dark.But I prefer to put off the light because of the bill.So we switch off all but one point.This point provides dim light to all rooms including the bedroom.thanx.
@aprilten (1966)
• Philippines
19 Dec 08
Some lights is okay for me, too. I also dislike total darkness even while I'm sleeping. Thanks for joining in!
@Humbug25 (12540)
17 Dec 08
Hi there aprilten I hate to sleep with the light on but at the moment I have to leave the light on, on my landing because if I turn it off my 3 year old will get up around 5am so I leave the light on but shut my door as the light comes straight into my room if I don't. I thought last night I would try and turn the light off for once, the first time in 2 weeks or so but nope he woke up!
@aprilten (1966)
• Philippines
19 Dec 08
In that case, you don't have a choice. Try turning the lights off again sometime later until he outgrow that habit. Thanks for sharing!
@cndn420 (2062)
• Canada
17 Dec 08
i definitely prefer to sleep with the lights off. if the lights are on i can still see them even when i close my eyes and try sleeping ya know what i mean? and they would bother me, so definitely off
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@aprilten (1966)
• Philippines
17 Dec 08
Same here. Thanks for sharing!
@mods196621 (3652)
• Philippines
17 Dec 08
I prefer to sleep with lights on it's hard for me to sleep without light because I can't breath well. I feel suffocate and it is the cause of my heart to palpitate fast. And if the lights on when I sleep it makes me feel complete and i feel the deep sleep ever. Unlike to close the light so really hard.
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@aprilten (1966)
• Philippines
19 Dec 08
Oh, that's hard. I do hope you can overcome that. Thanks for sharing!
@legend4u (1019)
• India
17 Dec 08
i don't like lights when i am sleeping. it let's go off my sleep. i usally put lights on when my alarm clock rings as i am very lazy i will not get up even if alarm comes up. so i put light then with in 15 minutes i slowly get's up. strange! yes .. that's me
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@aprilten (1966)
• Philippines
19 Dec 08
One thing I can say is it's really hard to get up in the morning. Thanks for posting!
@mindym (978)
• United States
17 Dec 08
I sleep with the lights off, but can fall asleep with the tv on. Ever since I have lived on my own, I have not had a tv in my bedroom, so I am used to sleeping with the lights and tv off. But if I was somewhere else and there was a tv on and I was trying to sleep, that would not bother me as long as the volume was not too high.
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@aprilten (1966)
• Philippines
17 Dec 08
I remember one time when I slept over at a friend's house. The lights were off but she was watching this concert on TV. The volume of the TV was not that loud but the singer was shouting and it was very irritating and I had a hard time sleeping. It's really hard to sleep when it's noisy. Thanks for sharing!
@ljy559 (181)
• Malaysia
17 Dec 08
for me, I'd prefer sleeping with the lights off so I wouldn't have anything to 'see' when I sleep. I just slept with my lights on last night =.= and it made me really tired...When I went to bed last night, I forgot to turn the lights off, and by the time I remembered it, I was really lazy and decided not to climb out of bed, walk to the switch, and turn the lights off. Took me a great deal of effort to fall asleep!!
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@aprilten (1966)
• Philippines
17 Dec 08
Sleeping with the lights on makes me tired, too. Thanks for sharing!