{"id":13252,"date":"2017-01-09T00:13:27","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T05:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/verastic.com\/?p=13252"},"modified":"2017-01-09T00:06:08","modified_gmt":"2017-01-09T05:06:08","slug":"help-cant-turn-brain-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/personal\/help-cant-turn-brain-off.html","title":{"rendered":"Help! I Can&#8217;t Turn My Brain Off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You guys, I&#8217;m going through Insomnia. Seriously. I&#8217;ve always been a night person and I&#8217;ve always preferred to be awake at night, but usually, whenever I put my head down, I still fall asleep. And although I go to bed late, I still get at least six hours of sleep &#8211; whether I go to bed at midnight or at 2am or at 4am or even at 6am. I have been especially able to flex my sleeping muscles since Yeere came because then I could stay awake without disturbing or being disturbed by Ada Verastic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13254\" src=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/AdobeStock_96115522.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/AdobeStock_96115522.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/verastic.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/AdobeStock_96115522-300x200.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Everything has changed now. No matter what time I go to bed, I just lie there and toss and turn, and before I know it, it&#8217;s morning. Then, just as I start to fall asleep, Ada Verastic wakes up and needs my attention. I&#8217;m sleepy during the day, but I keep myself awake because I want to fall asleep at night, but when night comes, sleep eludes me. You know how you&#8217;re so sleepy that your eyes burn? That&#8217;s how I usually feel, but sleep still refuses to come.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Saturday night into Sunday morning was just terrible. I couldn&#8217;t fall asleep, and each time I did fall asleep, I couldn&#8217;t stay asleep. Eventually, I abandoned my bed and came to sleep on the couch in the living room. It was about 7am when this happened, and church was at 11am. It took a while, but I finally started falling asleep &#8212;- then Igwe woke me up at 8:30. Oh. My. God. I became a raging ball of fire. I was pissed. He thought he was doing me a favor by waking me up and urging me to go back inside. Back in my room, I couldn&#8217;t fall asleep. So that was the end of my sleep. I didn&#8217;t sleep again till after church. Church was great by the way.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Oh, and when I&#8217;m lying down and trying to sleep, my brain&nbsp;is busy thinking of everything from what to blog about to what I want my future kitchen to look like and to how many plates of nkwobi&nbsp;I will eat once I land Nigeria. I just can&#8217;t shut it off.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I admit, I have been stressed lately, and I suppose that this is contributing to my lack of sleep, but I&#8217;m becoming desperate. Tomorrow, I&#8217;m thinking about going to the pharmacy to grab some sleeping pills. My body cannot handle another sleepless night.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Help, Sweet Potatoes!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You guys, I&#8217;m going through Insomnia. Seriously. I&#8217;ve always been a night person and I&#8217;ve always preferred to be awake at night, but usually, whenever I put my head down, I still fall asleep. 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