I start off on my back, head against the pillow, blanket under my chin, but within the next several hours I will attempt various positions with the same outcome.
Do I blame the insomnia on my profession as a writer? Or do I blame my profession as a writer on my insomnia?
What is it about writing that seems intricately related to insomnia? Is it that we have so many ideas going around in our heads that we cannot sleep? Perhaps somewhere inside our brains, there is a horde of characters, protagonists and antagonists working together, just sitting on our hypothalamus poking it with large sticks every time we lay down to sleep. They want their story told and so they will keep poking and prodding until they have been heard, until we have recorded their accounts.
Any other writers out there who struggle with this menace known as insomnia?
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Is that your drawing in the image you posted? It describes me so much.
I wouldn’t say I suffer from insomnia. Most of the time, I refuse to sleep, because I feel this need to write down whatever idea I’m having. Sometimes, I find it hard to sleep even when I want to, because thoughts are running through my brain a mile a minute.
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Lol yes, it was my post-it-note doodle. Ha, me as well!
I completely understand that, I usually turn over in my sleep to grab my phone to put something in my notes before I forget
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I can so relate to this…
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I really like your drawings! Sadly, I can relate to them. I draw too, you can find some of my cartoons on my blog http://www.luthienthegreen.wordpress.com if you’d like to look.😊 Thanks for the post!
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Thank you! 🙂 I did another one under the Writer’s block blog if you’re interested 👍🏻
I’ll take a look!
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Is that the one I saw just now? I think so, I commented on it.
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It was, and thank you!
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I’m actually making another one right now that will be posted in about 10minutes 🙂 be sure to check it out if you have the time
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Will do!
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might try L-TRYPTOPHAN which I use myself. Health food stores carry it – all natural supplement. It helps you go to sleep and you wake up with a good feeling instead of a drugged feeling common with sleeping pills.
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Thank you for the suggestion 👍🏻
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welcome – it’s has worked well for me for 20 some years or more.
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some additional info from Net:
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Never had any side effects using this.
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