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Hello, Movie Mavens! Welcome back to the B Movies Blog. Today, we’re popping content to watch on sleepless nights into the ol’ VCR. 

For context, I have anxiety-induced insomnia. Whenever I’m stressed out or super upset, I can’t sleep. 

I’ve had insomnia for as long as I can remember. In fact, it’s yet another reason why I’ve seen so many movies. When I couldn’t sleep, but didn’t want to wake KP up, I’d surf through all of the movie channels that our cable provider supplied and would watch whatever looked good; it’s how I wound up watching Fight Club. 

Needless to say, this insomnia has carried over into my adulthood. In my early to mid 20s, I worked late hours, so I became a bit nocturnal. After work, my friends and I would watch movies into the wee hours of the morning. 

I Am Baillee’s Young Brain being exposed to a parody/exploration of toxic masculinity 

Now that I’m in my 30s, I’ve found ways to help myself sleep. However, insomnia does sometimes get the best of me. And, on those nights, I find myself mentally back in my childhood bedroom, surfing for content. 

I know I’ve talked about my comfort shows before, and there is a little bit of overlap between these shows and the shows I turn to when I can’t sleep. The biggest difference between the midnight specials, as I’m calling them, and my comfort shows are that these pieces of content can be stopped and started at any time. 

These are shows that will keep you entertained in the wee hours of the morning without making you think too hard about your impending alarm. Sure, there’s something comforting in them. And yes, they can also be something you turn to when you’re sick. 

I Googled “sleeplessness stock images,” and I found one that was eerily accurate

But, overall, these are shows you tend to rewatch post-midnight after you’ve been tossing and turning for hours, and flipping your pillows over multiple times doesn’t do anything. 

Without further ado, here are 10 offerings for those sleepless nights: 

• Any of the Smosh content marathons 
• The Midnight Gospel 
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• Psych 
• House
• Boy Meets World 
• Parks and Rec 
• How I Met Your Mother (Keep in mind how outdated this show is) 
• Greek (Same deal as HIMYM) 
• Everything Sucks