by Jim Stitzel | Feb 23, 2026 | General
I slept five hours last night. I was expecting seven, but of course my anxiety had other ideas. Do you know what it’s like to wake up in the wee hours of the morning, not yet fully awake but just semi-comatose enough to know that something isn’t right? You hear...
by Jim Stitzel | Dec 13, 2025 | General
(Content warning: discussion of death and dreams of bullying and violent behavior) I don’t understand my sleeping mind. I can’t remember the last time I had a true nightmare. But for a number of years now, the kinds of dreams I have feature situations and scenarios...
by Jim Stitzel | Nov 19, 2025 | General
I want to sleepAnd never wake up. Most days. Some days?A lot of days. I want peace. Of mind. Of body. Of spirit. Of every fucking thing. Which is — Unattainable. Unaccountable. Unachievable. At least for...
by Jim Stitzel | May 14, 2024 | General
It’s weird. Almost every night before I fall asleep, I experience these moments of emotional chaos that are some combination of depression, anxiety, and snippets of other emotions that all coalesce into a slurry that makes my nerve endings stand on end. I know this is...
by Jim Stitzel | Apr 3, 2019 | General
I can’t remember the last time I had a regular, steady sleep rhythm. At the least it’s been months. At most it’s been several years. I know that at least one contributing factor is my ongoing battle with anxiety, though it’s been a few weeks...
