I don't have a point of no return. If I wake up in the middle of the night I will lay in bed until my alarm goes off whether I've fallen back asleep or not. I usually do fall back asleep. If I wake up in the middle of the night, besides getting a drink or using the restroom, I don't move. I don't look at a device, read, watch TV, or get up at all. I feel like my body needs the rest, even if my brain does not.
My husband, on the other hand, if he wakes up, he's UP. Last night I woke up at 2:30 and got a drink. He heard me, woke up, and stayed up. A few times he would go to sleep at 9 and wake up at 1:30 and get up and go into work by 3, a full 4 hours earlier than necessary. He just can't fall back asleep.
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