i am neurotic.

My pajamas absolutely have to match. I cannot wear just anything in the drawer to sleep in and because of that I sleep in mostly black shorts and t-shirts. Almost everything matches black.

When I was younger I had to sleep with every stuffed animal in a very specific equal order to keep them from getting jealous and attacking each other or me. I only sleep with one now to prevent that! Ever since watching Toy Story when I was five, I can’t shake the idea that they might be alive!

I absolutely cannot stand to press “snooze” on my alarm. The alarm must be shut off after it goes off. If this means I have to set more than one alarm to make sure I get up, so be it, but snoozing is NOT allowed.

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I cannot sleep unless I fold my pillows to put my head higher. They don’t have to be perfectly in half, but I need to feel the height and the crease alongside my face. I’ve tried using multiple pillows to get my head to the right height, but then I end up folding the top pillow anyway.

i am completely afraid of falling asleep in class. i worry that all my muscles will relax too much and will fart as i fall asleep, and when i wake up everyone will be laughing at me.

I cannot physically fall asleep when someone else is driving. I feel like if I close my eyes and go to sleep we’ll go careening off the road.

I have a lot of pillows on my bed. I only like to actually sleep with one, but if my husband rests his head on my sleeping pillow, I get terribly upset and have to swap it with one of the other pillows that I normally leave on the floor during the night. He loves to make fun of me for it. Bastard.

A few years ago I had sleeping problems. Then I found my little ritual to help me fall asleep. I could sleep only with socks, and the point was to put them on correctly (heel on heel) in the dark, not touching the heels. If I succeeded, I could fall asleep peacefully.

I cannot sleep with total silence, my noise creator of choice: a small fan.

My cell phone & remote controls must be placed under my pillow when i go to sleep.