This is an entry I posted a while ago on another blog of mine, but just recently it happened all over again. It took me a while to find the entry but once I did it was quite scary to see just how similar the two situations were. Happy reading. 
Does this situation sound familiar?
It’s late. You’re tired, but you can’t seem to fall asleep. You keep tossing and turning, hoping that in time you’ll drift off. An hour ticks by. Another hour. Another. You’re still awake. The reason? You have a song playing over and over in your head and it’s driving you insane.
If this has ever happened to you, don’t worry. You’re not alone! If this hasn’t happened to you then I strongly suggest you manage to keep it that way. It’s torture!
This morning at 3 AM, I woke up and I was incredibly thirsty. I got up out of bed, opened my door and walked drowsily into the kitchen to pour myself a glass of juice. I happily drank the cool peachy liquid, and shuffled off back to my bedroom so that I could get some more sleep before morning. I laid down and covered myself up with various sheets and blankets. As time slowly passed, I realised I wasn’t falling back asleep. In fact, I was getting more awake with each passing moment. This happens to me all the time, so I knew it to be no surprise. In most cases, I usually tough it out and wait for half an hour or so. I usually fall back into sleep no problem – but today was different. It was “one of those” moments. I had the main theme song from “Phantom of the Opera” playing over, and over and over and over in my head. Particularly the one line; “Inside my mind.” If you’ve listened to the music you’ll know exactly what I mean.
The first hour (3:00 – 4:00) was okay. I mean, sure it bothered me that I couldn’t fall back to sleep, but I wasn’t upset to tears about it. The next hour (4:00 – 5:00) started to really get on my nerves. That one line (and some stupid others) were playing in my head so frequently I thought I was going to go insane. What’s more is, the harder I tried to stop thinking about it, the more I did. Finally 6 AM rolled around and I said to myself “Screw it. I’ll get up.” I went back to the kitchen and I found my Dad sitting at the table having his daily coffee before work. I decided to eat breakfast and go watch some television to take my mind of the song. It worked, but sheesh! Talk about a bad night. It’ll be a long time before I can listen to Phantom of the Opera again.
Has this ever happened to you?
July 15, 2008 at 11:26 pm
This last week, I’ve been awake until 12 in the morning after going to bed around 10. I just keep thinking about what people think of me. It’s just crazy. Plus the cat likes to sleep in my bed, in the very middle of the bed so that doesn’t help as I like to stretch out. But, yeah.
July 16, 2008 at 1:12 am
Oh yes. I have those nights. Can’t say I’ve had the Phantom of the Opera lyrics going through my head (In a while), but I do have the odd night where I’ll be thinking about something completely trivial which will keep me up all night.
It’s only frustrating when you know you have to get up early the next morning.
July 27, 2008 at 6:06 pm
Oh Xenu yes, I have. Its always the annoying songs too. “Baby, hit me one more time” and “We’re of to see the Wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Oz”, “We’re breaking free” and “Thriller”. Even theme tunes like Family Guy, Futurama and Heroes get stuck in my head.
It’s frustrating!