starry-night
Bronze Member
I'm feeling really low today.
After a good spell for a couple of weeks (including better sleep, for longer), my husband tripped and fell in our house right on the floor next to me while I was asleep last night.
I woke up with such a fright. It's one of the triggers I've never been able to deal with, being woken up at night.
I couldn't go back to sleep afterwards. That was about half past midnight. My heart was pounding all night long.
I was pretty tired yesterday after a chat with our downstairs neighbours about loud music (theirs, daytime...on loud for hours and hours at a time). I tried to explain my insomnia, and that a sleep for a couple of hours in the afternoon is sometimes the only sleep I get in 24 hours, so it's really important for me to be able to get this sleep. I ended up in tears, practically unable to string a sentence together. I don't know them at all. I felt utterly humiliated.
About this time (early autumn) I should be gearing up to start my part time job again, after the summer break. But the place where I worked closed a couple of months ago. I feel so down about that, I really liked working there. I had worked there for almost 10 years. I've tried and tried and tried, and I've not been able to find another job. Some of my work colleagues are planning a night out, but I have no income at all now.
I feel so awful today. I've still not been able to get up out of bed, or get washed, or anything.
I'm dreading this being the start of a new cycle of insomnia. It was really, really bad about 6 weeks ago. I was only sleeping 2 hours in 24 hours. I don't think I could go through all that again, so soon.
Someone please help. Even if it's just to say you're out there.
After a good spell for a couple of weeks (including better sleep, for longer), my husband tripped and fell in our house right on the floor next to me while I was asleep last night.
I woke up with such a fright. It's one of the triggers I've never been able to deal with, being woken up at night.
I couldn't go back to sleep afterwards. That was about half past midnight. My heart was pounding all night long.
I was pretty tired yesterday after a chat with our downstairs neighbours about loud music (theirs, daytime...on loud for hours and hours at a time). I tried to explain my insomnia, and that a sleep for a couple of hours in the afternoon is sometimes the only sleep I get in 24 hours, so it's really important for me to be able to get this sleep. I ended up in tears, practically unable to string a sentence together. I don't know them at all. I felt utterly humiliated.
About this time (early autumn) I should be gearing up to start my part time job again, after the summer break. But the place where I worked closed a couple of months ago. I feel so down about that, I really liked working there. I had worked there for almost 10 years. I've tried and tried and tried, and I've not been able to find another job. Some of my work colleagues are planning a night out, but I have no income at all now.
I feel so awful today. I've still not been able to get up out of bed, or get washed, or anything.
I'm dreading this being the start of a new cycle of insomnia. It was really, really bad about 6 weeks ago. I was only sleeping 2 hours in 24 hours. I don't think I could go through all that again, so soon.
Someone please help. Even if it's just to say you're out there.
