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

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Whiski · 06/07/2026 08:22

I know it’s not the norm for many people, but if you suffer with insomnia, going to work and pushing through the day is something we have to do on an almost daily basis and there is very little sympathy from employers.

Watching breakfast TV people are acting OTT at the one day they didn’t get a full nights rest.

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VickyEadie · 06/07/2026 08:38

BIossomtoes · 06/07/2026 08:33

It isn’t. My mum could sleep anywhere, any time. My dad was an insomniac. She got dementia and he was sharp as a needle to his last breath at 99. It gives me hope.

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God, I HOPE so!

VickyEadie · 06/07/2026 08:36

KettleHead87 · 06/07/2026 08:30

I take sleeping pills and I still wake up! Insomnia is the worst. It’s lifelong torture. I often wonder what else I could have done with my life if I had been able to sleep

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Me too. I'm a lifelong insomniac and I'm afraid to say it's actually got worse as I've got older!

Those saying "Your body gets used to it" have no idea when it's because of insomnia (rather than situation-related lack of sufficient sleep). It's like - as another pp has said - TORTURE to be unable to sleep night after night...

BIossomtoes · 06/07/2026 08:33

KettleHead87 · 06/07/2026 08:31

Oh, and I await the Alzheimer’s which seems to be inevitable

It isn’t. My mum could sleep anywhere, any time. My dad was an insomniac. She got dementia and he was sharp as a needle to his last breath at 99. It gives me hope.

StormGazing · 06/07/2026 08:33

Having limited / broken sleep is awful, after having children then going through peri and having AI issues that don’t help me sleep is really awful, but I don’t recall ever not going to work because the babies meant I only got a few hours sleep / my body clock was being a grinch and I only got sleep til 3am …. Saying that, I wasn’t drinking booze 🤣

FeelingALittleWoozyHere · 06/07/2026 08:33

Kind of, but also it's not a competition and its not the 'norm' for them. Its like when we have 35C heat and are complaining and people in Florida are like...we have that ALL THE TIME. Well they might but it doesn't make it any less hot here and we aren't used to it. There is always going to be someone who has it worse than you but that doesn't mean you can't find it hard work

BIossomtoes · 06/07/2026 08:32

Fellow insomniac here. I couldn’t agree more.

RandomMess · 06/07/2026 08:31

WolfRamHeart · 06/07/2026 08:23

Because its not the 'normal' for them?

Just because it’s “normal” for some of us to be awake half the night doesn’t make it feel any less awful/hideous day after day after day. Having to work when you feel like death warmed up rinse and repeat day in and day out.

KettleHead87 · 06/07/2026 08:31

Oh, and I await the Alzheimer’s which seems to be inevitable

KettleHead87 · 06/07/2026 08:30

WonderingWhetherToHaveABurgerOrChips · 06/07/2026 08:27

Had ashawanga, magnesium and melatonin as per and still up at 3am.

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I take sleeping pills and I still wake up! Insomnia is the worst. It’s lifelong torture. I often wonder what else I could have done with my life if I had been able to sleep

EmeraldShamrock000 · 06/07/2026 08:30

You body becomes accustomed to lack of sleep over time. It is not good for you but you get used to it.
I worked till 7am for years. I would get home, get the children to school, have a few hours nap, live life before the next shift.
Looking back I don’t know how I managed on 3/4 hours sleep.
I think insomnia would send me over the edge. On the rare occasions when I can’t sleep it drives me bonkers.

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Whiski · 06/07/2026 08:28

WonderingWhetherToHaveABurgerOrChips · 06/07/2026 08:27

Had ashawanga, magnesium and melatonin as per and still up at 3am.

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This is me with magnesium too

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WonderingWhetherToHaveABurgerOrChips · 06/07/2026 08:27

Summerhillsquare · 06/07/2026 08:25

I know! I didn't stay up, but I got the results because I wake up at 3am whether I want to or not.

Had ashawanga, magnesium and melatonin as per and still up at 3am.

Summerhillsquare · 06/07/2026 08:25

I know! I didn't stay up, but I got the results because I wake up at 3am whether I want to or not.

WolfRamHeart · 06/07/2026 08:23

Because its not the 'normal' for them?

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