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

[Whiski]

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.

I’m bitter, yes. I’ve had over 20 years of broken sleep, over 20 years of feeling horrific over 20 years of sleep-related health issues. I’m broken, it’s horrific. So yeah, I’m fucking bitter about having insomnia. I’m not bitter about people staying up for the football that’s their choice, but I’m fucking bitter that this is the hand I was dealt in life. If you haven’t experienced decades of insomnia, please bugger off, you have no idea of its impacts.

I think pretend-moaning about the tiredness is all part of the shared experience. I’ve watched F1 for years and as any fan will tell you we often have to watch it at odd times - part of the fun.

@Whiski you made me feel a bit better for reading your post. And not alone.
Wimps! Can’t do it after one day.
I am so jealous of them.

There are plenty of SEND parents giving others the side eye over their fussing about the kids being up at 1am or too wired to sleep. Welcome to our world.

If the majority of men were doing night feeds for babies at the same level women do something would be done to help them for sure.

I had to survive on about 2-3 hours a nights sleep with both my kids for over a year, as I was bf. They wouldn’t take a bottle and both woke for a feed multiple times a night. I just had to get on with it (working full time too) but it was hell and I didn’t feel safe to drive.

It's horrific, mate. It permanently damages your mental health - and you're calling us "bitter"?

Perhaps it will increase understanding from non-insomniacs.

I’m tired today. It’s a one-off to be watching football until 4am. So worth it though

I don’t have insomnia but I have a skin condition that keeps me awake and so also spend most of my life incredibly tired. It becomes a way of life but it’s not pleasant at all!

And those who are just tired for one day won’t be massively into sleep deficit from the start so will be feeling a good deal better than those who are.

I can’t imagine what it’s like to spend a day feeling refreshed now.

For some reason these things never do!

Insomniacs ask for a smidge of understanding on a day when others might be able to open their eyes to how they feel, and get called “bitter” 🙄

Well exactly! I would've expected "my god how do you cope with broken sleep and being awake hours in the night, it was just a one off for me and I'm knackered!"

Yes, insomniac here and I struggle to have sympathy when I can average 3/4 hours broken sleep a night. However I’ve been a little better recently and am noticing how much worse I feel when I’ve had a bad night so do get it really.

Thank you ❤️

Depends on your job surely too? And start time?

I am now wondering if non-insomniacs are just somniacs.

I did have to bite my lip today. I overheard someone who arrived to work at 10.30am saying they'd only had 6 hours sleep and that was the reason they needed to leave at 3.00pm...

I'll take the 'sharp as a needle' option! I too, live in hope.

I was thinking this. People choose to have interrupted sleep to watch a game and then moaned that they are tired today.

I am a grumpy insomniac. You don’t get used to it.

Different people need different amounts of sleep. My dc are adults:

My oldest can go for several days with only a 4 hours a night, then sleep 12 hours at the weekend and be fine. She'll happily sleep 4-8am.
My middle one can burn the candle at both ends for weeks on end with no ill effects.
My youngest needs to have a decent night each night and is the only one who thrives on early bed early rise.
This has their pattern of sleep since babyhood - obviously more back then but the pattern was there.

I used to be able to do what my eldest did. Then I had glandular fever in my 20s and since then I struggle on less than 7 hours and I also struggle to catch up - I can't do the long deep catchup sleeps that used to sustain me if I'd had a few bad nights.

My toddler woke up in the middle of the night and my husband was up with him, so he thought might as well watch the match. He was fine going to work after

I guess people who have spent years chained to radiators, having their fingernails pulled out and water dropped on their heads for 48 hours straight scoff in disbelief at insomniacs bemoaning their lot.

My husband keeps saying how tired he is and what about me - I've told him it's more or less business as normal being awake for a good proportion of the night!

Do you feel better now?

Sleep deprivation is a form of torture. It has been used, throughout history, as a form of torture because it is so bad for the human brain.

But nice try to make people who are already feel very low, despite some of us finding a little comfort talking to others on this thread, feel even worse. I hope you’ve given yourself a pat on the back and told yourself what a clever little person you are. Bless.

Yes I was surprised at how many people said they were struggling to stay up till 1am that would be an early night for me