Johnni laughed. She was supposed to keep a diary of her sleep patterns for a week before they would do the sleep study.
She had been faithfully writing; the small journal the lab had given her was becoming dog eared and smudged. Sighing, she took up her pen:
DAY 3: Today is the third day since I started this journal. But it’s my 6th day without sleep. I can’t make the thoughts stop. What is wrong with me? I lie here night after night thinking TONIGHT is the night I will be able to sleep.
Question: is exhaustion my new normal?
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Written for two weekly prompts: Trifecta’s NORMAL and Velvet Verbosity’s EXHAUSTION.
Let normal return to her life. 6 days without sleep. Must be terrifying.
Oh, that would be miserable. Makes me want to go catch sleep before I miss it 🙂
This sounds horrible! But who am I to talk? I’m writing this at 4:40 AM! Very nicely done.
I have never experienced insomnia – I have, however, as a result of my chosen career in computers, been up and awake for as much as two days at a time. By the end of two days awake, things start getting a little freaky, for me. Hallucinations and all that.
I try not to do that any more.
I like your piece – I need to suggest a couple of edits: “would the sleep study” needs to be “would do the sleep study” – and then to keep your word count correct, you could change “faithful in writing” to “faithfully writing”. Yes?
Wow..a powerful piece! I had insomnia and it ruled my life, I realized that when I am having a piece of mind like now , after my divorce and now that I am remarried to the most wonderful man, I sleep so much better.
Great job!
hugs
shakira
Thanks, Lou. Your edits are “spot on.” Can you tell I’ve been watching the Olympics in between bouts of writing?
This is a tense piece. I can feel her anxiety coming through the page. Thanks for linking up with us again. Don’t forget to come on back for the new challenge tomorrow.
Sounds like my life, for real. Great piece!
I feel that way sometimes. I do keep a notebook next to my bed so I can write down the random thoughts that wake me up in the middle of the night.
I hate the feeling of not being able to sleep.. I have a notebook as well!