25 Can't Sleep Quotes About Insomnia And Struggling With Sleep Disorders
It's 3 a.m. again...
Some nights it feels like it's impossible to fall asleep. Like, you know you have to get to sleep soon, because you have a big day tomorrow, but you just cannot seem to turn everything off.
Insomnia is a surprisingly common sleep disorder, and according to Science Daily, 1 in 4 Americans develop insomnia each year. 25% of the population is a lot of people struggling with falling asleep at night.
Insomnia and having trouble sleeping can be caused by a number of factors, and exhibit some common symptoms — one of them being acute anxiety, which is "characterized by difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep for as little as three nights per week for at least two consecutive weeks up to three months," according to the same study.
Science Daily explains that insomnia can turn into a chronic issue "when it occurs at least three nights a week for more than three months."
Michael Perlis, a PhD associate professor of Psychiatry and director of the Behavioral Sleep Medicine program in Baltimore, stated that "Whether caused by stress, illness, medications, or other factors, poor sleep is very common."
Did you know that, according to The Good Body, "Roughly 27% of working women suffer from insomnia, compared to 20% of working men?" That is a scary statistic.
Also, for women during pregnancy, 80% of women experience insomnia while they are pregnant and nearly 50% of adults over 60 years old suffer from insomnia.
The Good Body reports that insomnia is a widespread sleep disorder which affects around 60 million Americans, where 22 million people have sleep apnea, 12 million have restless leg syndrome, 3 million suffer from REM sleep behavior disorder, and .2 million people suffer from narcolepsy.
Believe it or not, insomnia has been credited with causing a loss of productivity in the workplace where it has cost the American economy 63 billion dollars a year.
You never really think about how not getting a good night's sleep is costing you and the economy.
Some of the major causes of insomnia are overwork, where people are spending more than 60 hours a week at the office, and insomnia has also been linked to a family history of the disease.
So, here are some quotes that show how insomnia is a common experience.
1. Let's have a midnight chit chat.
"Insomnia is just another word for chit chat with the demons during bedtime." —Daniel Saint
2. Time moves so slowly.
"Insomnia = 1:51 a.m. + eternity + 1:52 a.m. + eternity + 1:53 a.m. + eternity." —Unknown
3. Sometimes sleeping takes a lot of effort.
"I hate people who can go to sleep as soon as they close their eyes. Like, that takes me 4 hours, 600 position changes, and a sacrifice to the sleep gods." —Unknown
4. Loneliness causes insomnia.
"I think the most common cause of insomnia is simple; it's loneliness." —Heath Ledger
5. Why can't we just think when we are supposed to?
"Insomnia is a glamorous term for thoughts you forgot to have in the day." —Alain de Botton
6. Don't let things keep you from sleeping.
"It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it." —John Steinbeck
7. Why is the night the time when we want to think?
"4 a.m. knows all my secrets." —Unknown
8. Let's just cancel.
"Due to tonight's lack of sleep, tomorrow has been canceled." —Unknown
9. Some of the most random thoughts happen when you cannot sleep.
"Brain: I can see you're trying to sleep, can I offer a selection of your worst memories from the last 10 years?" —Unknown
10. Heavy thoughts are hard to move on from.
"My eyelids are heavy, but my thoughts are heavier." —Unknown
11. Insomnia feeds on your fears.
"Insomnia is a gross feeder. It will nourish itself on any kind of thinking, including thinking about not thinking." —Clifton Fadiman
12. Insomnia is kind of like limbo.
"When you have insomnia, you're never really asleep, and you're never really awake." —Chuck Palahniuk
13. Such a vicious cycle.
"At night, I can't sleep. In the morning, I can't wake up." —Unknown
14. Insomnia has been around since the beginning of time.
"The worst things: to be in bed and sleep not, to want for one who comes not, to try to please and please not." —Proverbs
15. But is it really?
"The best cure for insomnia is to get a lot of sleep." —W.C. Fields
16. The moon only just wants company that's why you cannot sleep.
"Insomnia has this romantic way of making the moon feel like perfect company." —Sabrina Beniam
17. Paradise can become torture in the middle of the night.
"Insomnia is a vertiginous lucidity that can convert paradise itself into a place of torture." —Emil Cioran
18. Everyone suffers from insomnia at some point.
"Some of the nicest people I know have insomnia!" —Anonymous
19. At night, it's when the dreams are the loudest.
"Nothing is louder than overthinking after midnight." —Unknown
20. Insomnia is overlooked.
"Insomnia is an increasing problem. I've become convinced that sleep disorders are perhaps the most overlooked, ignored, underrated cause of health and performance problems in the workplace." —Sean Sullivan
21. Let yourself feel inspired.
Insomnia is my greatest inspiration." —Jon Stewart
22. Mind over mattress.
"Insomnia is only mind over mattress." —Jane Ace
23. Worry is what gets to you.
"If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep." —Dale Carnegie
24. Life.
"Life is something that happens when you can't get to sleep." —Fran Lebowitz
25. Insom-nom-nom-nom-nia.
"I have a condition that makes me eat when I can't sleep. It's called Insom-nom-nom-nom-nia." —Unknown
Emily Francos is a writer who covers astrology, pop culture and relationship topics.