{"id":8995,"date":"2023-04-25T14:03:33","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T13:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=8995"},"modified":"2023-04-25T14:10:06","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T13:10:06","slug":"health-wellbeing-hypersomnia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=8995","title":{"rendered":"HEALTH & WELLBEiNG: Hypersomnia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Nowadays we\u2019re building towards a situation where we have terms for just about everything one can think of. That can be both good and bad. It\u2019s good inasmuch as it gives us a handle on stuff, but it can be bad if inaccurately or lazily applied. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was recently pondering on the phrase \u2018addictive personality\u2019, and how, despite it being a term or phrase that medical science largely rejects, nevertheless, practically speaking, it can be used to understand one\u2019s own behaviour. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps in a similar vein, I am now thinking about hypersomnia? On and off throughout my life I\u2019ve definitely struggled with the more common or garden insomnia. I still do at times. But just recently – since a bout of taking zopiclone sleeping pills, funnily enough – I\u2019ve seemingly transitioned from insomnia to some form of hypersomnia.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Am I medically hypersomniac? I don\u2019t know!?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Personally I think my own current personal brand of hypersomnia – excessive sleep as well as excessive tiredness – is (unless there\u2019s an underlying medical cause I\u2019m unaware of?) almost completely down to depression. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My most recent bout of depression was kicked off by being summarily fired from a music peri\u2019 teaching position I\u2019d been in for four years, by a new music head not yet in his job even four months. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe I was heading depression-ward already? I must admit I can\u2019t really unpack it all at present. As my mind is not in the fittest state it\u2019s ever been in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other stuff – most of which I\u2019m keeping resolutely private for the time being – has deepened the depression. So much so I\u2019ve had a few crises. Some of these have been akin to episodes in my past. One or two are unprecedented. And scarily so. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think mind and body are reacting to these stresses by a desire to shut down. Mind especially so, with body following, in the form of total and perpetual exhaustion. I\u2019m also experiencing neck and headaches that are both very frequent and pretty intense. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One way out?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

All of this combines to make me want nothing more than oblivion. This has manifested in, most upsettingly, what nowadays is sometimes called suicidal ideation. And in more mundane terms, the desire to stay in the warm cosy cocoon that is bed, and not venture out to face the world and all it\u2019s depressing drudgery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway, speaking of which\u2026 it\u2019s 2.05 pm. And I\u2019m still a-bed. Shocking, eh? But increasingly normal for me. I guess I\u2019d better haul my sorry carcass out of the sack, and attend to some depressing drudgery\u2026 here goes nuttin\u2019\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nowadays we\u2019re building towards a situation where we have terms for just about everything one can think of. That can be both good and bad. It\u2019s good inasmuch as it gives us a handle on stuff, but it can be bad if inaccurately or lazily applied. I was recently pondering on the phrase \u2018addictive personality\u2019, … <\/p>\n

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