Sleep
Sleep deprivation is a horrible thing. It is used to torture people all over the world. It makes you absolutely crazy. There is just no other way to describe it. I come from a long line of insomniacs. My grandmother sometimes suffered with it, my mother, myself and now my son. Add to it the changes of entering menopause well you have a very bad combination of things coming together to make you crazy. Not good kooky crazy but totally freakin out of your mind. I have been sleeping poorly for months. I would often wake up feeling like something was lost and I can't find it. My poor dog is in a declining state suffering from arthritis. She wakes up growling or barking every time anything gets near her, namely my foot which she sleeps near. My husband snores and I have many nightmares or don't dream at all. So let's just say I've been living in a very dark place lately for much too much time. I guess I've been ...