Insomnia, as defined by Merriam-Webster, is the prolonged inability to enough sleep. The side effects of having insomnia, though, are extensive. It affects both physical and mental health. For example, it can cause new mental health disorders or worsen existing ones. It can cause high blood pressure and heart disease if it goes untreated for a long enough period of time. Source.
Sometimes it feels like the advice doesn’t work
I’ve got my alarms set to a schedule
But it simply doesn’t work
Every hour and minute is accounted for every day
Still I lie awake in bed unable to get any sleep
I take a hot bath and a read from a poetry book
I fluff my pillows and turn the lights down low
And then I lie awake for who knows how long
Actually, I do know – it’s all night
I tried to follow the doctor’s advice
I must not be doing it right
because
It simply doesn’t work
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