PLT DISORIENTED IN TFC PATTERN AT NIGHT. POSSIBLE NMAC.

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I AM A CFI WHO NEEDED TO GET NIGHT CURRENT. IT HAD OBVIOUSLY BEEN A WHILE SINCE I HAD FLOWN AT NIGHT SO I THOUGHT I'D HEAD INTO A LITTLE CTLED AIRSPACE FOR A WORKOUT WITH ATC. I HAVE NO FEAR OF FLYING AT NIGHT; BUT I DO TRY TO BE A BIT MORE CAUTIOUS. I HEADED DOWN TO CAK AND WAS CLRED STRAIGHT IN FOR A TOUCH-AND-GO ON RWY 19. I WAS TOLD THAT I SHOULD MAINTAIN RWY HDG AND MAKE R TFC FOR RWY 19. ON CLBOUT; APCH WANTED TO EXPEDITE THINGS SO THEY DECIDED TO HAVE ME MAKE R TFC FOR RWY 14. I BEGAN TO TURN AND MUST HAVE GOTTEN DISORIENTED BECAUSE THEY THEN HAD ME MAKE L TFC FOR RWY 23. THE CTLR SAID IF I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND HIS INSTRUCTIONS THAT I SHOULD ASK. TO BE SAFE; I ASKED FOR A VECTOR TO THE RWY. I WAS ISSUED A CLRNC TO LAND AND HOLD SHORT OF RWY 19 WHICH I DID. I WANTED TO GET ONE MORE STOP AND GO; SO I COULD HEAD BACK TO KENT STATE FOR A FULL STOP AND THAT WOULD BE 3 FOR MY NIGHT CURRENCY. I TOOK OFF AND ATC ASKED FOR MY INTENTIONS. I TOLD THEM I WANTED ONE MORE. I REMEMBER BEING VECTORED AROUND AND BECOMING CONFUSED AT ALL THE DIRECTIONS WHILE TRYING TO FIND THE PROPER RWY AT NIGHT. I CAME ON THE RWY AND COULDN'T RECALL BEING CLRED TO LAND; SO I WENT AROUND. I WAS THEN TOLD TO FOLLOW TFC INBOUND BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE LOW APCH ONLY AND I COULD LAND. I FOLLOWED WHAT I THOUGHT WAS MY TFC AND WHEN I WAS ABOUT TO TURN FINAL; I WAS ISSUED INSTRUCTION TO IMMEDIATELY EXECUTE R TURN BECAUSE OF OTHER TFC ON FINAL. I NEVER SAW THIS ACFT BUT I TURNED HARD R AND ATC ASKED ME TO DEPART THE AREA SO I WENT BACK TO KSU FOR 2 FULL STOP LNDGS. I HAVE DONE ALL OF MY FLYING IN THIS AREA AND AM VERY FAMILIAR WITH CAK AND ITS LAYOUT; BUT I THINK THAT DARKNESS AND THE CTLR'S WANTING TO 'EXPEDITE' THINGS PROVED TO BE A BAD COMBINATION. I AM A CFI AND GOT DISORIENTED SO I'M SURE IT COULD HAPPEN TO A STUDENT OR A PVT. MAYBE CTLRS COULD IMPROVISE LESS AT NIGHT.