I'm sitting in front of my computer at work, falling in and out of sleep as I struggle with one of my heavy sleep attacks that have been more prevalent as of late. I've taken another dose of my medications, but they take awhile to kick in. I wouldn't wish this on my worst enemy, but at the same time I wish there was some way I could explain what it feels like. I've been searching for the words to explain it recently, but I haven't figured it out just yet. This latest bout ran me over as I was once again looking for a way to explain what it feels like, while waiting for one of my programs to finish its test run here at work.

How do you find the words to explain something when all your brain and body want to do is sleep?

Perhaps more importantly, how do you explain what it feels like to never, ever be fully awake?

How do you explain why it takes ten minutes to write a post so short that it should have only taken one minute?

1 Comment

1. Mandi on July 10, 2008 at 10:27 PM

   How do you explain why reports you turn in at work have missing words, or extra word that make absolutely no sense in the sentence--because that's what you were dreaming?
   
   And how do you describe what it's like to be fully awake, because you've never really experienced it?
   
   I understand, and am glad to find someone else's experiences of narcolepsy.