I'm A Patient. There's A Reason I Don't Go To Sleep Anymore. 

As someone who suffers from many sleep issues (insomnia, circadian rhythm sleep disorder, delayed sleep disorder), this story is particularly terrifying.

I hate that I love this so much. I’m already paranoid enough.

This is the stuff of true nightmares! I’ve often wondered what goes on in the mind of someone slipping into insanity. Do they know they are losing their grip on sanity? Do they fight against the ebb and flow of rationality? Do they feel trapped within themselves? This was excellent writing and narration 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Hey brother sorry I haven't been commenting as much lately I've recovered enough and went back to work finally and ive been busy. But I still listen to your amazing narrations every chance I get. Stay awesome

My first year of college, I had a severe vitamin B12 deficiency that the doctors there didn't catch. This caused a few absolutely bizarre, somewhat psychotic symptoms like lack of sensation (they pricked me with a pin while unable to see my arm to see if I'd flinch, and I couldn't even sense the pressure of the needle on my skin, let alone the prick), hours spent skin picking, and sleeplessness. I'd go days without sleeping until I'd fall into microsleeps, or waking REM cycles every now and again, little seconds or maybe a minute where my brain would just blip. These would give me actual waking dreams, somewhat similar to hypnopompic hallucinations. Just... so weird. I'm actually missing huge chunks of memory from that time. But apparently, I'm a very boring person, and all that happened is I completed a shitload of schoolwork I look at now and have zero recollection of. Seriously, there are two or three pretty damn good essays I know are mine but I have no memory of writing (I'm one of those people that can look at a random sentence scribbled down in middle school and remember that moment in time perfectly, so this disconnect is odd), some drawings obviously in my style I don't remember doodling, a couple speeches I must have orated and their graded rubrics, and even a maze game I programmed for compsci which has assets I made myself. It's so weird looking back now, and missing so much. Honestly, when I came home for the summer, my mother was convinced I started taking hard drugs. No, I just went vegan and no one told me how important B12 was. But yeah, I've always been bad at sleeping, but those few months were... something else. If yer gonna give up animal products, kids, make sure you're getting B12.

Don't know what it is but I selected this story to fall asleep to but didn't even get past the first paragraph. Amazing

Listening right now. My cat too loves your voice. Purr purr😸 Thanks a bunch Lighthouse💡

I have the opposite problem - hypersomnia. I sleep too much. WAY too much. 11-14 hours per day. Even when I’m not asleep, I’m exhausted. All I have to do is lie down and I’m out. I take medication to help me wake up, but it doesn’t always work. Often, I’ll sleep sitting up. Maybe my shadow self needs to do some complicated and time-consuming projects while I’m unconscious. I just wish he’d give me a day off every so often. Chronic fatigue sucks.

I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS SLEEPING For Years . PTSD CHRONIC PAIN HIP REPLACEMENT KNEE REPLACEMENT ANXIETY. THIS HIT HOME. THANKS FOR ALL YOUR STORIES. MAYBE I'LL SLEEP TONIGHT.

Not sleeping hmmm.... sounds familiar glad it's only familiar, dang sleep paralysis I'm truly just glad I never had to experience something like this.

Wow, I'm first! I suffer from lifelong insomnia so this one hit very close to home. Excellent as usual Lighthouse!

I kinda know what this guy must be feeling. I go without sleep for days at a time sometimes.

"Switched the TV on, the radio the kettle and started the washing machine" Boy your neighbours must love you 😂

So this one is extra creepy for me because I have blackouts and do things during those blackouts that I have no recollection of......scary

Oh dang, I've had this happen before so many times.

Love the background you chose for this. And it’s a nice, creepy story. Always love a good mental creepypasta.

Holy cow, I could have written the first few minutes about myself. I've gone 72 hours without sleep before. I've suffered insomnia for over 40s. I've had sleep studies and the Dr was shocked to see me take 50 MG ambien over the course of 5 hours and still not fall asleep.

I semi relate cause I see shadow people. They don’t do anything, they just stare but I’m kinda scared of them

Great to hear a Dresden Files reference! And one that lets me know you read the books too!

This lack of views angers me.

I figured it out about your voice..I just started listening to you about 2 months ago...Your voice reminds me of a voice as a child in one of those christmas specials...You should try doing rudolph the red nose reindeer...I cant remember which one..but as a kid i remember that voice...

Wow! Just found this channel thru my other horror ones and this story blew me away, so intricate and absorbing. It kinda resonated with me, although not sleep deprived, I have mental health issues and the three figures on the page hit me as feeling three different people. I'll be visiting this channel in the future, thank you for this great story brother, really got me thinking

I was going to wait till tomorrow to listen while I'm having coffee and the only time the kids are still sleeping lol but I couldn't wait and was totally worth it 👍

Just watching this video now. Must have been one I missed but let Me tell ya. This left me feeling like, “be careful what you wish for” and “I’m glad I’m not her” LMAOO 😅

Wow, simply wow! That story kept my attention the entire time. Well written and narration!

Excellent story as always dude! Hope you are keeping well! 👍

Dude you are killing it

You're awesome. I drive a tour bus long distance up here in Alaska and listen to your stories as I drive. Thank you 😁

Love creepypasta

It makes me wonder if this is how he feels...

Oh wow im just hearing this for the 1st time. I love when i find stories that i never listened too... yeah!

Yay more stories ! Thanks, still keeping it for work tommorow ;D

I’m narcoleptic. The idea of insomnia is just crazy to me! I’d go MaD!

There are people who simply don't sleep or who require much less of it (sometimes as little as two hours) just as there are people like me with Narcolepsy who can sleep 18-20 hours a night (without medication). This is considered natural variation and not a mutation, as the genes involved probably entered the genome thousands of years ago or more, but I can understand the author thinking about it that way. Most people without sleep disorders or medical training don't know this stuff exists.

I love me some Lighthouse Horror

yes, what i fear the most is my mind betraying me. like me being sane today and becoming insane tomorrow without warning. i fear what im capable of being insane.

Damn... Talk about descent into madness.. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽.. loved this soo much

Love me some lighthouse stories. Love your voice your narration is awesome 🤩

Reading some of the comments, it's sad to hear so many people suffer with this.

Great job, I love your work. Also, this is an awesome story. Thank you. :)

fab fab fab narration LH ty so much for that 👍👌👍👌👍👌 excellent as per

As an insomniac i can tell - there is no way you'll be sleep deprived for COUPLE OF DAYS, and feel no effect of it. If you are perfectly healthy, you probably can do 24hr, or even more, without sleep, bit after prolonged time of sleep deficiency, you can be just a walking corpse, even after ocasinal sleep... I don't finish the story, maybe it's some supernatural condition, but doctor, telling his patient "there is nothing wrong with you" after hearing "i don't sleep for couple of days in a row" is an impossibility for sure 😂

Insomniac here! It's 3:22 am. Yeah!

I have had insomnia since a very Young Kid... been prescribed Ambian since 16 and Ativan for severe anxiety sometimes I still only sleep 4 hours a night sometimes after have all the meds in my system I guess I'll sleep 10 hours but that's once a month if that. These days it's worse I'm all alone now no more family hardly any friends still alive or around I get mad nightmares.

Wow, fantastic story and you narrated this so perfectly 😊

Put ads bro 🙏🙂you deserve it

Funny stuff /sar I have PTSD and the first 12ish mins is pretty much exactly how sleep felt for me early on while i was learning to cope... though my trauma was somewhat related to sleep itself. Still have terrible insomnia lol

Good story

Man can I relate a bit!! Awesome stuff

Ok, one, I can't trust anyone who says photogenic memory. B) When I was 17, I stayed awake for 14 days straight, thats 336 hours. No drugs or anything, so, not really a big deal

I mean, outside of a creepy pasta, it does sound like the blackouts are the brains way of compensating for the lack of sleep

Scariest one of all :’(

Just how many personality does this character have?

Nightmare Fuel!!!! Love it. Keep it up!

Not me listening to this on 5 hours of sleep over the last 2 days 😅

I suffer from severe insomnia and I'll go for days and days at a time without sleeping and I've actually seen stuff and sometimes I can even hear stuff and even tho I know it's all imaginary or "all in my head" it seems to be very real to me and I question myself all the time now

Man I love all of your vids, your awesome dude and keep up the good work 👍!!!

Two days in a row? Amazing stuff.

Listened to this for the *nth time

Man, seriously creepy. I recently had a couple of sleepless nights.... one of which was an all nighter. This was right after a bout of hayfever or cold or flu... maybe I do have ptsd..... 😅 wouldn't surprise me, I had about the worst childhood ever...... I was started on sertraline, and when that didn't work, I was put on a half tablet of mirtazapine, which now knocks me out. Without that, I would be screwed. 😂

Ive been staying up for 24 hours + every other day lately. Idk what is up with me.

This one was sad😢

Could this be the same old man who is an SCP.

:) another story.

Hell ya a Harry Dresdon refrince

Brilliant but dark!

Holy Moly! I Hated this. Sounds like dementia flooding rational thought. How horrible!! I can’t finish last few minutes.

Isn't it photographic memory? Not photogenic

Would this guy happen to work at a shitty gas station on the edge of town

very confusing

DID in the house.

Jim butcher l...Dresdon files a great set of books but the tv series suck other than Nick Cage producing it

I feel bad for u cuz this stuff happens

Heh its 4 am 😀😐

Skyrim💖💖💖

I maybe crazy

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i be listening to this stuff n school

This is art.