Posted by jane d on September 24, 2002, at 10:44:20
I know several people have posted here about experiencing sudden attacks of sleepiness. I liked this description from Maya Angelou's autobiography (latest) "A Song Flung Up to Heaven". She has just learned of the murder of a friend, and walked straight to the bedroom in the home she was visiting and fallen asleep.
"At times when my life has been ripped apart, when my feet forget their purpose and my tongue is no longer familiar with the inside of my mouth, a touch of narcolepsy has befriended me. I have fallen asleep as an adored lover told me that his fancy had flown. When my son was severely injured in the automobile crash, I couldn't eat and could barely talke, but I could fall asleep sitting on the straightback metal hospital chairs beside his door.
"This time I woke up in a strange room knowing everything. I was still in Aunt Lottie's house, and Malcolm was dead."
I don't experience this. I do sleep too much especially when under stress. I think that is probably something different but I'd love to hear the experience of anyone who has experienced both.
Jane
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