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You spend the day feeling like this.
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But the second you get into bed this happens.
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You lie awake at night calculating just how many hours' sleep you'd have if you FELL ASLEEP RIGHT NOW.
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And then you don't fall asleep.
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You check the time throughout the night and literally want to kill yourself as the hours go by and you're still awake.
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Then the birds start singing and you know you have an hour till your alarm goes off. Thanks birds.
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As soon as you do get to sleep, something is sure to wake you up.
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It's really not unusual to survive a whole day at work on just two hours' sleep.
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You feel like this most of the time.
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Coffee is now your best friend.
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People constantly ask if you're OK because you look "shattered".
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"No, really, you look so tired."
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"You really should go to bed earlier, you look tired".
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When people say they understand because "Sometimes I can’t fall asleep till like, midnight."
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It's almost as bad as people saying, "Oh I can't relate at all, I fall asleep as soon as I get into bed, if anything it's annoying."
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You try to feign interest when people suggest having a bath/milky drink/reading before bed.
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Tiredness makes you emotional. Things get outta control upsetting.
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It also makes you hungry. In fact, you just feel permanently in that hungover GIVE ME CARBS stage.
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You've been called lazy because you have a lie in at the weekend - mainly because you didn't fall asleep until 5 a.m.
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Oh, by the way, weekends are also pretty much a write-off.
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You've experienced emotions ranging from anger to despair when you've tried EVERYTHING to try and sleep and nothing works.
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You have begged for sleeping pills.
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At some stage you've even counted sheep.
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You dread any time when you have to sleep anywhere other than in a bed.
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You feel so happy when you meet someone else with chronic sleeping problems.
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Every time there's a new theory on how to beat insomnia, thinking that this will be the one to help.
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SPOILER ALERT: It never is.
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But just remember when you're still lying awake...
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There will be one night sometime soon when you will sleep. And nothing feels as good as waking up the next morning.
