In high school a very common and routine conversation is made between students everyday. It goes a little like so, “Oh my gosh i’m so tired”, “Yea me too”. Turns out these somewhat morning ventilations are becoming more universal for all generations.
Researchers have begun to find that almost 20 percent of americans suffer from a sleeping disorder any given year. But what does it really mean to have a sleeping disorder? Sure being tired is normal but how does one know they have a disorder? Turns out most of the individuals don’t, they just assume their bodies are worn down and tired. The definition of a sleeping disorder is any abnormality during the sleeping cycle of an individual. This includes insomnia, snoring, sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome, and etc. Insomnia is a …show more content…
I actually was diagnosed with insomnia when I was ten years old. It began with innocent nightmares. Eventually the nightmares got too much for me and I started fearing sleep. I would stay up until 6 A.M. when the sun would come up and fall asleep only to wake up at 7:30 to go to school. But things began to become much harder in middle school. Mornings moved to starting at 5:30 or 6:00 because school started earlier. Obviously I began to run into problems. The nightmares weren’t as bad but my body had adapted to staying up and not sleeping no matter what until the sun came up. Well if I wasn’t going to bed until 6 and mornings started at 6 when did I get sleep? Well that's the problem I never did. I was very involved with cheer and choir almost everyday which made for long days. Long days and no rest just began not working for my body. I have an inflammatory immune disorder which as a young kid around 5 I was diagnosed with, the doctors said they might never find a cause or cure for me and I still do blood and gene testing with research teams in Vanderbuilt. But something the doctors did know is that when my body is tired and is
Researchers have begun to find that almost 20 percent of americans suffer from a sleeping disorder any given year. But what does it really mean to have a sleeping disorder? Sure being tired is normal but how does one know they have a disorder? Turns out most of the individuals don’t, they just assume their bodies are worn down and tired. The definition of a sleeping disorder is any abnormality during the sleeping cycle of an individual. This includes insomnia, snoring, sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome, and etc. Insomnia is a …show more content…
I actually was diagnosed with insomnia when I was ten years old. It began with innocent nightmares. Eventually the nightmares got too much for me and I started fearing sleep. I would stay up until 6 A.M. when the sun would come up and fall asleep only to wake up at 7:30 to go to school. But things began to become much harder in middle school. Mornings moved to starting at 5:30 or 6:00 because school started earlier. Obviously I began to run into problems. The nightmares weren’t as bad but my body had adapted to staying up and not sleeping no matter what until the sun came up. Well if I wasn’t going to bed until 6 and mornings started at 6 when did I get sleep? Well that's the problem I never did. I was very involved with cheer and choir almost everyday which made for long days. Long days and no rest just began not working for my body. I have an inflammatory immune disorder which as a young kid around 5 I was diagnosed with, the doctors said they might never find a cause or cure for me and I still do blood and gene testing with research teams in Vanderbuilt. But something the doctors did know is that when my body is tired and is