The Upsides of Insomnia



       
       Hot milk? Check.
       Beer? Check.
       Sleep naked? Check.
       Count sheep? Check.
       Avoid caffeine? Check.
       Exercise before sleeping? Check.

       And still, you can’t get enough sleep and you’re still sleepy and a little groggy during the day? So what do they say about something you can’t lick? Join `em. Or enjoy `em. Enjoy the following benefits of insomnia (yes, it has).

       1. You can do movie or TV marathon every night. Finish three seasons of Game of Thrones in one night.
       2. You can read more books. You can even memorize the dictionary in one night.
       3. You have longer working hours and you can work in utter silence (the only noise coming from your earphones blaring some progressive rock music).
       4. You have lots of time to think. Think about what? About why they don’t sell balut in the morning, for example. Many great ideas came from insomniacs., many great works were hatched late at night.How about a flavored balut? Now that's a great idea. Strawberry-flavored balut seems delicious.
       5. Enjoy the little but awesome things. Hear the crowing of the rooster, see the sunrise from your window, hear the lovemaking of the cats outside your house. Okay, the last one is annoying as hell.

       But you can do all of these things for only a very limited time. People who can’t get enough sleep all their life, well, uhm, you know, die early.  Prolonged sleep deprivation will give you illnesses (high blood pressure, heart problem, diabetes among others). You will also be prone to vertigo, sleep paralysis, forgetfulness, accidents and your work will suffer, you'll make mistakes, your behavior will be erratic and your sex drive will diminish (I don't think this concerns me, I have no use for a sex drive. Lol.)

       So forget all those that are bothering you, overthinking about things you have no control over and stressing yourself too much is one major cause of insomnia. Life will always be unfair, people will always be strange and your crush is not obliged to like you back and your FB posts won’t always have many likes and hearts.

       Just sleep.

       Sleep is life.



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