mood changes at night

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i both love and hate nighttime i love the dark and the lovely stillness but i allways get scared no matter what i do my brain goes bananas.

I don't notice mood changes at night so much... usually it changes the most drastically in the afternoon when I start feeling grumpy and burned out.

There's something about night that just messes me up. Typically I'll either become extremely delirious to the point where I can't stop laughing or I'll become extremely bitter, sometimes to the point of suicidal thoughts, as has been the case for the past few hours.

Other times still I'll become extremely paranoid. This, coupled with my extraordinarily sensitive hearing, often leads to me thinking that somebody's broken into the place. After hearing a loud noise, I'll go around with a flashlight (and knife) and inspect each room thoroughly. Although, lately I have grown sick of this, and my new rule is to ignore loud sounds (almost all of which originate from across the street, or even across the block). At this point I figure I'd rather just be stabbed to death by a trespasser than go through the same annoying "clear out the rooms" routine every time I hear a crash. It's just not worth it.

i too have mood changes. very drastic ones

Same here. I actually avoid going to sleep until I'm ready to pass out because if I'm in bed and still awake, my brain is free to have an emotional overload and everything comes flooding in.

I was pretty much a creature of the night back a few months ago. During the day I used to be lethargic and didn't want to be bothered with much, and sometimes I slept for long periods during daylight hours. But when it became dark, it was almost as if a switch had been flicked within me and I just "came alive".

I hit energetic, productive, imaginative at about 11pm. Until then I am bored, tired, sleepy. And I wonder why I am a night owl. I can get more done in 3 hours at 11, than I can all day.