I Don’t Have to be Like Everybody Else
By LooeyVille
@LooeyVille (62)
United States
November 14, 2026 6:56pm CST
I’ve decided that just because I’m doing something differently than the majority of other people doesn’t mean that I have to change
My case in point is back in April when my psychiatrist put me on the medicine to keep me awake during the day. I was going to bed early and getting up early.. what is so wrong with that? I’m retired and I don’t have to get up at any certain time so what does it matter if I take a nap in the afternoons? How is that hurting anybody?
When he first addressed it as the initial thing he was going to work on I was impressed that he thought of something different outside the box. But now I’m thinking he actually put me in a box..
I haven’t told that doctor yet, but I stopped taking the wakefulness medication three weeks ago and I am much much happier. Sure, I’m taking some naps, but who cares? It’s 8 PM and I’m still awake and I might sleep in until 8 AM but why is that wrong? If I have an appointment, I set an alarm and I make it.
And don’t even get me started about this stupid hormone patch that I didn’t need. It did me more harm than good..
So I’m going back to just being me with all my wuirks and eccentricities and loving and living life my way
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@AmbiePam (133346)
• United States
19h
Well, I’ve said this before in a post about my stepmom, so you talking about long naps (or maybe you aren’t talking about long naps in particular, but frequent cat naps), but my stepmom takes three hour naps. This worried me when I saw a segment on TV about studies showing people who take naps two hours or longer during the day, hasten dementia. Now, I can’t quite figure out where the naps came from. She used to work full time, and get home around 8:30pm, and never nap. Maybe once she retired it all caught up with her. And she works really hard in the garden. Still, her long baps scare me. But, I guess people do what makes them feel better, and she says she feels better after a three hour nap.
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@MarieCoyle (65175)
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18h
In a way, don't we ALL have our quirks?? And quirks are one of the things that makes us unique and special. I have friends that think they absolutely have to be in bed at a certain time, and get up at a certain time. Why, I don't know, as they are retired. One of my friends takes a one hour nap every day. She sets her alarm for it. Why? She isn't going anywhere after the nap, but she sets it anyway.
I am quirky and no one else is just like me, no doubt because the world could only handle one of me at a time. And that's OK. One of the most important things in life is to accept yourself. It's taken us years to get here, let's celebrate the quirks and enjoy a little bit of what makes us different!
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@valherma00 (6278)
• Zagreb, Croatia (Hrvatska)
3h
these doctors sometimes forget that we know our bodies the best and that they can't generalize every person which they do, almost always. i think napping is great and healthy, actually.
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