Insomnia Monologue

The rain had just stopped pouring, and we had all gathered in a park nearby, as a makeshift memorial for Johnny. It wasn’t really a funeral, we didn’t have the budget for that, and it wasn’t like his parents cared enough to give him a proper goodbye.

The message of the text "Out of my Mind" in my opinion, is to ´never judge a book by

The horn has already sounded and I’m still running. I can feel my blood pulsing in my ears. The sounds of useless advice feels the air. I continue to run. I come across a cave and ran into it. I gasp in shock and as I walk into a lab filled with mindless people editing videos. A film crew rushes at me and says, “If you were able to be in Divergent, which character would you be?” I shake my head in confusion. I attempt to back up slowly, but they grab me and place me in front of a computer and yell, “Edit!” The slam the headphones on my head and everything becomes a blur.

In the poem, “Insomnia” by Elizabeth Bishop, the speaker discusses her feelings and experiences of restlessness and loneliness during the night, instigated by her lover’s unrequited love. The poem explores the parallel between the speaker and the moon through their shared dissatisfaction with themselves and the speaker’s aspiration to achieve the strength of the moon. In the poem, the speaker recognizes her paralysis in her feminine role and conveys her desire to escape from the realities of a patriarchal society toward an inverted fantastical reality.

Hey, how are you all doing out there ? Well, me I have just been trying to stay healthy and keep my head high so I can make it back to the only thing I have and that’s you all “my family”. I try not to think about you all too much because when I think about what's going on out there it makes me mad and I am so tired ‘’omg’’. We don't eat that much during war but when we get back to the base we eat pretty good, well actually really good. I notice that a lot of people donate food and medicine and first-aid kits too. I just got an Lee-Enfield rifle and it's a pretty nice gun, it can hold 10 bullets. I just been waiting to use it on, Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire against the Allied forces of Great Britain, and there are some

For some reason you never agree with me when I tell you are strong…but it’s probably like when I never agree when you tell me I’m awesome. You are strong, babe, and here is why:

I remember the first time I told my mom how I felt, it was freshman year. She went into panic mode and insisted I get admitted, but I refused because going away for a week or two to be stripped of everything I am is not what I needed. I needed someone to tell me they cared and the recognized my efforts because I had no one. At school I was invisible, and at home I was alone. People will say that I am to young to be depressed because I haven’t been in the real world yet. You see, that is where they are wrong because I have not had a very nice childhood. I am not crying wolf, I am just

Woah, woah, woah. We got a bitch ass sprog here thinking dissing someone's comment is really going to get us somewhere. You're just a little thirteen-year-old furfag, grow the fuck up already. Anyways, I was just stating the fact that just because other people are allergic to something shouldn't be the reason why something should be illegal same for folks who have asthma. Also the thing on destroying your lungs/cancer there way more other things that cause cancer, but you don't see the government trying to stop it, know do you? All the shit they put in our food cause cancer, but you don't see tons of commercials talking about how we should grow our own food or to eat better. I mean people should have the right to smoke a cigarette if they want

That night it was you lord who eased me, who put me at rest. I was so scared,holding my pillow tightly to my chest In fear and agony, my body so weak Pillow drenched with tears that speak. Yearning someone to rub my back and hug me tight, But I didn't want anyone's attention to make me smile.

By the late 1950’s there were several hostilities against Vietnam that had been increasing ever since. President Kennedy aided South Vietnam in attempts to prevent communistic takeover through a series of attacks. He even had a strong U.S. military presence in South Vietnam. By doing so, Kennedy expanded America’s involvement in the war. But it wasn’t until the Gulf of Tonkin incident that people “had begun to question the government’s assertion” in the war. The Vietnam War brought together strong, opinionated Americans through anti-war protests. The anti-war movement had started on college campuses and grew into an “outspoken liberal minority” that included students, artists, intellectuals, and hippies. They were not only fighting for peace, but against the draft

My mom was very nervous and didn’t know if she was going to miss our lives when we grew up. Such as going on dances, dates, weddings and her opportunity of being a Grandma. It was hard for her to think that far ahead. She was always so sick, and when she started to loose her hair it was even harder. She didn’t want to feel like a “Boy” she would say. She tried as hard as she could to leave her hair in. When she woke up from her naps, that she took daily, the couch would be layered with dirty blond

My life was flashing before my eyes, I was realizing what was happening death was coming. Cold and stillness filled the room while the feeling of death started to overtake my body it was a different feeling but it had to come. My limbs felt heavy and I thought real slow everything was slowing down. Just then something odd happened like nothing I ever thought some sound came into the room an annoying buzzing creature.

     “Insomnia is the inability to obtain adequate amount or quality of sleep. The difficulty can be with falling asleep, remaining asleep, or both” (“Insomnia Encyclopedia“). Sleeping is a major point in physically and mentally restoring yourself for the tasks ahead. Most people say that about eight hours of sleep is an adequate amount, however it differs from person to person depending on their sex, age, and health conditions. An estimated one-third of the population suffers from some form of insomnia. “In recent studies, a survey reported that 30% of American women and 20% of American men took medication to help them sleep during the course of a year” (“Insomnia”). The medications these people took are called

Specific Purpose: At the end of my speech, the audience will understand what insomnia is, what

Insomnia affects almost half of adults living in America. (# 8, 2012) This is a shared sleeping disorder that many people across the universe are diagnosed with. Several causes of insomnia include exercising too much, stress, withdrawal from alcohol or a certain drug, physical circumstances, and diseases. People with insomnia usually have trouble going to sleep or staying asleep, which causes people to have poor-quality sleep, which will affect their mood, energy, and productiveness for the next day. (MediLexicon, Intl., 2012) More symptoms of insomnia include waking up earlier than needed, having trouble falling back asleep, and being in a bad mood the following day. Insomnia can cause many more problems such as weight