Society has a strange flirtation with the condition of insomnia. Unlike other mental illness (such as depression and ADD) which are frequently lauded as exaggerated and imagined, insomnia has a special place in our society. I’ll be the first to admit to claims of insomnia, and I’ve heard many claims too. I now realize why this condition has such a mystique, and why people are so eager to have it.
Insomnia is the thinker’s disease. It is when your thoughts are irreconcilable, and will not wait until tomorrow. It is when you ask a rhetorical question and a voice that is not yours whispers back to you. To have insomnia is to have your demons shout at you no matter how cleverly you’ve hidden them away. It is when you refuse to sleep, knowing that after another dreamless night, there are only grim, bleak, and cold mornings waiting to greet you.
To have insomnia is to be troubled, thoughtful, but vulnerable. What a dark, foreboding, and mysterious attribute; it’s really no wonder why it’s so popular with the young ones. If only I could package and market myself so elegantly.
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