Breathe

Lately, sleep has turned into this weird nightly battle. Every time I finally lie down, something happens. My nose suddenly plugs up, like something fills it from the inside, and I can’t breathe right. It jolts me awake over and over again.

The strange part is that once I sit up, things usually go back to normal within a minute. I can breathe again. Everything clears. But as soon as I lie back down, there it is again. Same thing. Same frustration.

This has been going on for a while now, and it is exhausting. It is not just losing sleep. It is the constant interruption, the anxiety of knowing that the moment I relax, my body might betray me again. Nights feel longer when you are stuck half awake, waiting for your own breathing to cooperate.

I do not know what is causing it yet. I just know that I miss the simplicity of lying down and letting sleep happen without thinking about it.

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