insomnia

[cacian]

how severe is it?
a lot of people I speak to suffer from it especially those in the writing career sometimes sleeping gets in the way and so instead one carries on writing till the odd hours.
do you skip hours of sleep to keep writing?

[cafolini]

I don't think insomnia has to do with skipping hours of sleep to keep writing. It has to do with not being able to sleep. To capture the moment of productivity in writing, many keep going until they are tired enough not to be able to concentrate.

[cacian]

I don't think insomnia has to do with skipping hours of sleep to keep writing. It has to do with not being able to sleep. To capture the moment of productivity in writing, many keep going until they are tired enough not to be able to concentrate.

I guess you are right but insomnia must start somewhere. If one gets themselves into the habit of skipping sleep then insomnia builds up.

[cafolini]

I guess you are right but insomnia must start somewhere. If one gets themselves into the habit of skipping sleep then insomnia builds up.

True. But I think it has to do with possible biological causes, or often because of ignoring it, like you say. I don't know where it starts, although I know it's more common to people that suffer anguish and/or anxiety.

[Delta40]

I have manic phases associated with bipolar. Having said that, I have no trouble going to sleep, I just don't stay asleep for long before I'm up and racing about. Often I will write but creativity doesn't change. It only lacks structure.