Comments | tsumiamethyst: I have a problem. It's called insomnia.

tsumiamethyst

I have a problem. It's called insomnia.

Jan 05, 2011 12:08

And anyone who thinks that this is not a problem can fuck right off right now, because I will tear you apart in my Left 4 Dead witch-like RAGE.

Seriously, I feel like tearing my hair out, crying and collapsing all in one. No, I'm not pregnant (I'm starting to think because of my broodiness that these symptoms would be the last things on my mind), I ( Read more... )

rant, propranolol, university, stressed, anxiety, stupidity, insomnia

Comments 2

sincere_pain January 6 2011, 02:56:22 UTC

I love this notion among the medical professionals that insomnia is a completely hypochondriac thing or at worst psychosomatic. I guess you have to have the genetically hereditary, LETHAL kind before they sit up and take notice that this might not be something you invented in order to play hooky. Seriously, people don't realize how precious a thing sleep is before it's taken away ( ... )

tsumiamethyst January 6 2011, 10:23:36 UTC

My Mom fails to consider a number of things, especially when it comes to the health/wellbeing of her close family and friends. I'm not sure if maybe it is a coping mechanism of sorts that allows her to retain her medical know-how, but fail to apply it to us because she doesn't want to think of her family as suffering in some way. She refuses to believe that I have periods of genuinely debilitating anxiety, so it didn't come as a surprise when she doubted my insomnia, but it's still incredibly frustrating ( ... )