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Laura's avatar

I've only had short bouts of insomnia in my life but they certainly did not feel short when I was experiencing them.

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Dascha Paylor 🇨🇦🍁🐻‍❄'s avatar

The effect of lack of sleep is cumulative. I sometimes reach a point at which I feel I'm functioning through a haze. Fortunately, there are times I manage to catch up to an extent and function better.

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Annelise Lords's avatar

I have had sleep issues for years that I ignored. Now I have to deal with it. It's hard, but thanks to my rich history of gentle herbal cures and remedies, I am healing naturally.

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Dascha Paylor 🇨🇦🍁🐻‍❄'s avatar

I'm so glad you're healing!

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Jason McBride's avatar

I’ve rarely slept all the way through the night. Once I accepted that this is just how I am, it removed the anxiety around it and made it easier to sleep and shortened (but not eliminated) the periods of being awake at night. Now I know I need to plan on a mid-day nap and plan on being in my bed at night for shorter periods trying not to worry about the sleep I’m not getting

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Dascha Paylor 🇨🇦🍁🐻‍❄'s avatar

There's actually some historical data that suggests it's normal to sleep in stages. There are diary accounts talking about the first and second sleep. I think it might have been Jefferson who commented about working between those sleeps.

When I'm awake I usually meditate, read, or do some writing, depending on just how awake I am.

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Jason McBride's avatar

My views shifted when I read a few articles about how people in the Middle Ages slept in stages and how afternoon naps were much more widely accepted in most of the world until industrialization. When I lived in Taiwan, I found afternoon naps, especially in the sweltering summers, to be divine!

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Dascha Paylor 🇨🇦🍁🐻‍❄'s avatar

It probably more matches humans' natural rhythms.

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Dana Bennett's avatar

I went through a long period of problematic sleeping and went to someone who believed she could help me. It was always temporary. Now I can sleep just fine. Sleep is a mysterious thing we do. Certain major changes happened over time. I can understand why your character couldn’t sleep

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Dascha Paylor 🇨🇦🍁🐻‍❄'s avatar

Insomnia plagues so many people. Mine started because of ongoing pain after a car accident. Prior to that, I slept soundly. I don't think I've slept through the night since.

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Dana Bennett's avatar

Yeah. Sleep is a habit wrapped around by many other little habits - I have a whole routine!

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Dascha Paylor 🇨🇦🍁🐻‍❄'s avatar

Me too. And I listen to Nothing Much Happens. It puts me out. Now, if I could just stay asleep. 🙂

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