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Confessions Of An Angry Insomniac, Gayle Greene
Confessions Of An Angry Insomniac, Gayle Greene
Scripps Faculty Publications and Research
The first thing to go is your sense of humour. Then it's the desire to do the things you used to do, and then the desire to do anything at all. Parts of your body ache that you don't even know the names of, and your eyes forget how to focus. Words you once knew aren't there any more, and there's less and less to say. People you once cared about fall by the wayside and you let them go, too.
Why We Can't Sleep, Gayle Greene
Why We Can't Sleep, Gayle Greene
Scripps Faculty Publications and Research
Can't sleep? Well you're not alone, especially among women. A 2007 poll by the National Sleep Foundation found that 67 percent of women frequently experience sleep problems and 29 percent use some type of sleep aid at least a few nights a week. Other surveys have consistently found that nearly half again as many women as men complain of insomnia.