Comments on: Worried Mornings turn into Days, then into Worried Nights. http://www.mikedidonato.com/2008/04/15/worried-mornings-turn-into-days-then-into-worried-nights/ It's hard being a superstar Fri, 09 Jan 2009 23:37:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: mike d. http://www.mikedidonato.com/2008/04/15/worried-mornings-turn-into-days-then-into-worried-nights/#comment-77395 mike d. Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:06:14 +0000 http://www.mikedidonato.com/2008/04/15/worried-mornings-turn-into-days-then-into-worried-nights/#comment-77395 My theory is that it actually amplifies concerns. Fun fact: The chemical profiles of our brains change depending on what's going on in our lives. I read an article awhile back... check it <a href="http://www.world-science.net/othernews/060120_lovefrm.htm" rel="nofollow">here</a> ... that talks about how our brains actually respond in a similar fashion to people with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder when we fall in love. I get that same obsessive compulsive feeling late at night when I wake up paranoid. I wonder if our brain's chemical profiles might also change with night so that we become obsessed with our worries? This is a shot in the dark (har har) and I have no research supporting it, but I like the idea. My theory is that it actually amplifies concerns.

Fun fact: The chemical profiles of our brains change depending on what’s going on in our lives. I read an article awhile back… check it here … that talks about how our brains actually respond in a similar fashion to people with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder when we fall in love.

I get that same obsessive compulsive feeling late at night when I wake up paranoid. I wonder if our brain’s chemical profiles might also change with night so that we become obsessed with our worries? This is a shot in the dark (har har) and I have no research supporting it, but I like the idea.

]]> By: mike d. http://www.mikedidonato.com/2008/04/15/worried-mornings-turn-into-days-then-into-worried-nights/#comment-77392 mike d. Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:00:16 +0000 http://www.mikedidonato.com/2008/04/15/worried-mornings-turn-into-days-then-into-worried-nights/#comment-77392 Yes! I often find myself getting up to clean in order to help get my mind off things. I bet homes across America are cleaner because of this phenomenon. Yes! I often find myself getting up to clean in order to help get my mind off things. I bet homes across America are cleaner because of this phenomenon.

]]> By: mike d. http://www.mikedidonato.com/2008/04/15/worried-mornings-turn-into-days-then-into-worried-nights/#comment-77391 mike d. Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:59:39 +0000 http://www.mikedidonato.com/2008/04/15/worried-mornings-turn-into-days-then-into-worried-nights/#comment-77391 That was just for you Schenk. That was just for you Schenk.

]]> By: Ryan Schenk http://www.mikedidonato.com/2008/04/15/worried-mornings-turn-into-days-then-into-worried-nights/#comment-77390 Ryan Schenk Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:50:42 +0000 http://www.mikedidonato.com/2008/04/15/worried-mornings-turn-into-days-then-into-worried-nights/#comment-77390 Mmm, excellent usage of "face melting" Mmm, excellent usage of “face melting”

]]> By: Jesse http://www.mikedidonato.com/2008/04/15/worried-mornings-turn-into-days-then-into-worried-nights/#comment-77389 Jesse Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:49:22 +0000 http://www.mikedidonato.com/2008/04/15/worried-mornings-turn-into-days-then-into-worried-nights/#comment-77389 Night does not amplify worries, it quiets everything else... Night does not amplify worries, it quiets everything else…

]]> By: Jes Saint http://www.mikedidonato.com/2008/04/15/worried-mornings-turn-into-days-then-into-worried-nights/#comment-77387 Jes Saint Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:36:22 +0000 http://www.mikedidonato.com/2008/04/15/worried-mornings-turn-into-days-then-into-worried-nights/#comment-77387 I know what you mean about night amplifying worries. Some nights I get myself so worked up over something that I have to get up and do something to take my mind off of it. I once cleaned the bathroom at 2am just so I could distract myself enough to get back to sleep. I know what you mean about night amplifying worries. Some nights I get myself so worked up over something that I have to get up and do something to take my mind off of it. I once cleaned the bathroom at 2am just so I could distract myself enough to get back to sleep.

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