Anyone with insomnia bemused at how people are reacting to having to go to work after watching the England match?

I hate when people tell you that you’re fine because you’re used to it, you NEVER get used to it!

⬆️ This with knobs on! My friend says to me "you just don't need so much sleep".
I do I do, because I know how wonderful I feel when I get 8 hours (rare as hens teeth).

Fellow insomniac here. One bonus... I woke (as normal) turned telly on, saw one goal, turned telly off within minutes. Rinse and repeat for another goal and the penalty. And I don't even like football !

I honestly think people who sleep well have no idea how draining it is to be an insomniac. Very occasionally, maybe once every few years, I have a sleep that is the same as my bestie friend... 9 hours and it is a revelation because I feel I could conquer the world and I think to myself, so THIS is what it is like to sleep well, you do not know how lucky you are.

I was like this from a young child, I remember being at primary school and being awake in the night.

I can't have early nights because I wake at 2 or 3am then. I'm old and it has got worse the older I've got, but luckily I am retired now so can cope. But I do get sick of dragging myself around through tiredness.

Yep. I did wake up deliberately to watch the game and have definitely felt worse with actual insomnia. Or having a toddler and a 5 year old and just being generally exhausted.

Yes! I was thinking this. I can get by on very little sleep so a day of only a few hours sleep before work wouldn’t really bother me.

Are you really wondering why people are talking about it? It’s part of the biggest news story / talking point of the day.

I developed severe tinnitus over a year ok and haven't slept properly since. Life is a slog.

I wish I only had a single night of less sleep than normal!

It probably has more to do with the alcohol consumed than lack of sleep.

I get mine from Amazon. My son put me on to it and I find it genuinely makes a difference.

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Not really a competition is it. My three year old still doesn’t sleep well. I don’t compare my tiredness to people who aren’t parents and don’t sleep well. We all have different circumstances.

The lack of sleep for such a big game is just part of the hype, don’t be so miserable about it all.

Plus I assume that you’re not usually in the pub until 5am each night with your insomnia.

I don't think it's the insomnia, it's hyping up that the England men's football team have won a game and so yet another excuse to cover it. There was not the same coverage about the Scotland game in the middle of the night UK time.

I love sleep and having been woken at 4.30 by some idiots yelling “England!!!” on repeat as they walked home has definitely made me wake up more tired. I wont dare mention it as everyone else in my team stayed up to watch and can’t comprehend that I simply do not care.

I hear you. There was a time when dropping off at 4am to awake at 8am was a good nights sleep for me. As a student I often do all nighters now because it’s honestly when I work best. But it’s far from optimal and I’m much better when I get 8 hours (thanks to mirtazapine!). It’s all relative. Many people fast all day for weeks on end, I definitely couldn’t cope with that. So if people who usually sleep well are struggling on a few hours sleep, who am I to judge?

I have insomnia, and agree that I do think the football watchers can just get on with it.

But ... there is a difference between at least lying quietly in bed/trying to do something relaxing and being in a highly adrenaline charged environment with lots of noise for many hours last night (which is the case for a lot of people I know that watched the football).

Absolutely everything in life is relative.

In fairness, I think the performative tiredness is all part of the drama of it, isn't it? A bit like when you're young and stay out all night, then compare stories of falling asleep in meetings/the stationary cupboard/the train and ending up the other end of the country.

That’s interesting, where do you get that from?

I’ve wondered about trying to buy melatonin online but again people say it’s dodgy so I don’t know. It’s so hard to know what’s best.

Blimey what's this a race to the bottom?!

Try not to worry about it too much. Easier said than done though. I’m hyper vigilant of myself, at 72 every memory lapse scares me. I take Lion’s Mane now and have noticed a definite improvement in my mental acuity.

What's the point of the thread? People can't feel tired because someone on MN has insomnia?

I think this is a bit odd. If you are making a fuss about going to work after the England match you could always not have watched the England match.
But I don’t think insomnia, while awful, is a relevant comparison really. Sorry OP.

But sleeping pills also have an increased risk of Alzheimer’s so you’re damned if you do and damned if you don’t! That story does give hope though, it’s a frightening existence!

Agree! I have had insomnia since I was a teenager. When I had a baby my friend told me that it was so much harder for her at night because I was used to being awake and she was used to 8 hours sleep so her life was tougher. Yes, because 20+ years of exhaustion makes waking up to feed a baby ever 1-2 hours a ✨doddle✨

I hate when people tell you that you’re fine because you’re used to it, you NEVER get used to it!

I am bleary eyed from insomnia (couldn't sleep until gone midnight but my brain wakes at 4.30am and won't stay asleep after that) and if one more person asks if I stayed up to watch the footy!!

Strong coffee is just what I need to function!

Staying up to watch footy is self inflicted sleep deprivation!

So do I. It’s a horrible fear, isn’t it?

Why is is bemusing? Surely if you experience insomnia you know exactly why it is a big deal not getting enough sleep. You also know how you have grindingly adjusted to all the horribleness of it -- so that it is no longer the unfamiliar awfulness of experiencing it as a one-off.