Insomnia

Hullo humanoids. As I have mentioned in previous posts I have insomnia. Insomnia is a sleeping disorder that makes it difficult or impossible to fall asleep no matter how exhausted you may be. I'm writing this post in the hopes of explaining what it's like to have insomnia. I'm a writer so therefore I wrote a short story that describes what my insomnia is like. Though I must note that not everyone experiences insomnia in the same way as I do. This is just a description of what its personally like for me. 

So here's the story:

You're exhausted. You worked hard all day at school or work and you feel as if you'll pass out as soon as your head hits the pillow. So you head to bed ready for sleep to take you.

You lay down and close your eyes, awaiting the well needed rest. But as time passes you just start to feel more awake. You can't keep your eyes closed. That task of simply closing your eyes seems impossible. You stare at the wall wishing sleep would come. You toss and turn with your mind is reeling with thoughts and ideas.

Time passes. You're not exactly sure how much time but it's been about an hour or so. Nothing has changed so you decide to do something. Maybe you just need to wear yourself out a little more. So you start to read or maybe check Facebook.

It doesn’t take long. After a few minutes you feel as if someone pulled the plug on your energy. You lay back down in hopes that you'll be able to sleep now but no rest comes. You try to read again but anything requiring mental energy is difficult despite the fact that you feel as if you're wide awake when you lay in bed.

Eventually you get up and start pacing or maybe doing some exercising. You continue this until you're sore before returning to bed. You feel a little tired now but you still can't fall asleep. It's nearly 3am now.

You don't know what else to do so you just stare at your ceiling. You're thinking about everything and anything. It doesn't matter you just need something to think so you don’t go insane from the stillness of the night.

Eventually things become a little fuzzy. You can close your eyes now but you still aren't really tired. Time passes and you start to fade….

You wake up at 7am. Despite how little you slept you feel wide awake. You try to go back to sleep but you can’t. After fruitlessly trying to fall back asleep for awhile you decide to just face the day. You get out of bed and hope that sleep comes the next night.

That is my personal experience with insomnia. I hope that this post has helped you understand what it's like have insomnia. For those of you who have also dealt with insomnia comment below with your experiences.