I didn't sleep last night.
According to recorded data, the longest episode of insomnia, or time spent without sleep, belongs to Randy Gardner, a teenager who stayed awake for 264 hours (just over 11 days) in a sleep deprivation experiment in 1963, setting the world record for the longest time without sleep; this record is no longer officially tracked due to safety concerns.
Staring at the ceiling
Wishing for a rem cycle
Has nothing to do with wishing for the end of the world
Sit up
Lay down
Toss
Turn
Go to the bathroom
Go to the fridge
Go to your knees and beg
Pull the covers up
Stick one leg out
The times are so interesting
12:34
1:23
4:00
Only 12 hours until work ends
The alarm
Coffee
Insomnia
As a longtime insomniac, I am pretty sure I have beaten that record. There was a time when I was working nights, and I remember not really sleeping for about three months. It isn't an official record. All I can recall is staring at walls and clocks and taking handfuls of sleeping pills and being completely exhausted the whole time.
I still have my nights...probably once or twice a month...where sleep escapes me. It gets a little rough. If you struggle with insomnia too just know that I am praying for the thing you need most...a good nights sleep!
Here's a good article written by a fellow insomniac.
ReplyDeleteA bedtime bowl of raisin bran with half skim-half cream knocks me out.
ReplyDeleteOnce you retire you’ll be able to nap strategically.
After considerable thought on your condition, I'd say its basic cause is 'dual citizenship,' having been born in Baudette, Minnesota, residing in Rainy River, Ontario throughout your childhood; briefly living in Thief River Falls, Minnesota then wrapping it up in, of all places, Dodge City, Kansas! -- No wonder you can't sleep! Add to that the incongruence of a conglomeration of basically incoherent measurement systems of your mother-country vs your mother's country; the terrible difficulty of cultural assimilation & language adaptation; racial segregation; radical climate change; monetary devaluation (just sounds loonie); the total lack of poutine in your diet. No wonder you're a zombie, eh.
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