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As I understand it, and I know at least a few of you are in a position to comment, insomnia is typically characterized by lying in bed, with the lights off, unable to sleep, for hours at a time, sometimes with a period of giving up and deciding to make something of the time you can't sleep. Right?
What do you call it when you're pretty certain that if you were to lie down and close your eyes, you'd fall asleep within a few minutes, yet you can't actually bear to do so? You reach the point where you can tell that lack of sleep is affecting you: thinking slower, reflexes poorer, slight dizziness; and, yet, you keep finding ways to keep yourself occupied rather than sleep? Until, of course, you do eventually concede to physical need and go to sleep.
What do you call it when you're pretty certain that if you were to lie down and close your eyes, you'd fall asleep within a few minutes, yet you can't actually bear to do so? You reach the point where you can tell that lack of sleep is affecting you: thinking slower, reflexes poorer, slight dizziness; and, yet, you keep finding ways to keep yourself occupied rather than sleep? Until, of course, you do eventually concede to physical need and go to sleep.
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