Copenhagen, Denmark F 26

When I wake up i the middle of the night there is almost always only two reasons. One, I have to pee. Or two, Im having i nightmare, so I wake up crying or by my own screams

Toronto, F 29

Sometimes I Wake up in the Middle of the Night because I think an earwig is going to get stuck in my ear.

Hamilton, Ontario, F23

Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night....

Usually because housemates are loud but mostly its my brain that is loud...

I can't stop from thinking about anything and everything. I think an awful lot about my problems in the middle of the night. I wonder if I am going to get better and over come my mental illness, the disease of anorexia, depression. I wonder what the future holds for my partner and I. I wonder when the struggle will finally stop.

Toronto, Canada M48

Luckily, I’m a sound sleeper. I rarely have nightmares. Sometimes, I have a quick jerky body spasm that wakes me up, but it doesn’t keep me up. I fall asleep right away. Sometimes my boyfriend will elbow or knee me in his sleep, or I’ll do the same to him. Both scenarios have woken me up in the past. Our bedroom gets cold, so sometimes, I’ll wake up because I’m cold and notice he’s hogged all the blankets.

We live close to train tracks, so sometimes the trains will wake me up. This again is rare because I find the sound of the trains actually help me sleep. I find them romantic; the sound makes me feel like I’m traveling, somewhere else.

Corner Brook, NL (NewFoundland) M26

The inability to breathe properly when I have a cold wakes me up in the middle of the night. Also: coughing, running nose.

London, England, F 30

Sometimes I wake up in the night and think Im in the water with sharks

London, Ontario M 28

Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night from dreams I don't want to come true, and I can't get to sleep because I know they probably will, somehow I could never foresee.