Exhaustion & Epiphanies
I haven’t slept in weeks.
For all the years that I “knew” I was unable to have children, much of my saving grace was all the luscious, luxurious sleep I was and would continue to be able to get. I absolutely love to sleep, to nourish my body with the deep rest it craves. And I had to learn a lot of tricks because of insomnia stemming from chronic conditions, so much of my adult life has been about learning optimal rhythms to balance my circadian rhythm and hormone cycles, about transdermal magnesium being more readily absorbed than oral doses, about red light therapy and eating on a schedule and putting my body on a path that allows it to have its needs met.
And all of that has exploded now.
I haven’t slept in weeks.
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