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Do you feel like you have a greater penchant for insomnia because not believing in religion means it is on us to solve the world's problems? Or do you sleep better knowing you have not succumbed to the hysteria that is organized religion?
I am definitely of the "insomnia due to the weight of the world on my shoulders" breed.

NoMyGod 5 Aug 5
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I think the world is screwed beyond repair but the Earth will carry on through her cycle and shuffle us off like a dog with its fleas when she no longer wants to share our co-habitation!

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Here's the thing. Part of religion's purpose is to explain everything. (It's God's will) It is usually the blanket explanation for everything. I typically don't just lay awake at night trying to solve the world's problems. I have plenty of my own.

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I don't want to solve the world's problems but I have anxiety about the Trump problem. I do not sleep well because I'm up every 2 hours and piss like a race horse. There is too much fluid and that is how my kidneys work these days.

As for anxiety, I can wake up and wonder if it is time to get up. I look at the clock and go back to sleep. Once my ability to immediately fall back to sleep goes away I might be doomed. 🙂

Religion has nothing to do with this. Imaginary sky beings do not bother me unless they start colluding with the Easter Bunny. I have no worries about hellfire.

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I take all my worries about the world, ball them up and squeeze really tightly until I can swallow them up and ignore them. Same as when I was sorta a believer.

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Not my business to convince no one of anything.... I sleep just the same

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Neither. I have no obligation to "solve the world's problems".
Which is a good thing, because I'm fairly certain that any ideas I
may have, would not be looked upon favorably.

Nor does not believing in religion have anything to do with how I've
ever slept.

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I have a part time job now that begins at 12:30 AM and ends at 4:30 AM. I sleep a few hours before and a few hours after and am amazed at how easy a transition this has become. As a new normal for me I get the enhanced wakefulness of solidarity the middle of the night offers. I've always enjoyed being the only one up in the middle of the night. Eight hours continuous doesn't seem to be required.

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I don’t think any insomnia I have is due to the weight of the world on my shoulders from being an atheist. Rather I think about other everyday concerns...Work, my children, finances etc.

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