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your brain refusing to read the bedtime story it wrote itself.
means the persistent inability to fall asleep or stay asleep, even when you're exhausted and want nothing more.
from Straight from Latin: in- ("not") plus somnus ("sleep"), the same root that gave us somnolent and the god Somnus, the Roman personification of sleep. So literally, "not-sleep" — a tidy little negation that has kept humans staring at ceilings for centuries.
fatal kindA rare genetic insomnia kills by erasing sleep entirely
record holderLongest documented wakefulness: 11 straight days, 1964
clock blameLight from screens convinces your brain it's noon
counting sheepStudies show it actually delays sleep, not helps
the paradoxTrying harder to sleep keeps you more awake