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A Thousand and One Sleepless Nights
By PATRICIA MORRISROE
February 25, 2010

All-NightersAll-Nighters is an exploration of insomnia, sleep and the nocturnal life.

In Ernest Hemingway’s short story “Now I Lay Me,” Nick Adams, the writer’s alter ego, stays up at night listening to the silk worms feeding on mulberry leaves outside his army tent in Italy. During World War I, Hemingway had himself developed insomnia so severe that he was afraid to go to bed with the lights out. And he struggled with sleeplessness the whole rest of his life, although this issue was often hard to separate from his other ailments — including severe depression, chronic alcoholism and diabetes. “I myself did not want to sleep,” he writes, “because I had been living for a long time with the knowledge that if I ever shut my eyes in the dark and let myself go, my soul would go out of my body.” .. continued .. .. http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/25/a-thousand-and-one-sleepless-nights/

Would prescription drugs have saved Hemingway and others before him? Maybe, maybe not .. .

18 Celebrities Who Died from Prescription Drugs
http://www.pharmacytechs.net/blog/18-celebrities-who-died-from-prescription-drugs

Depression is a terrible malady, as a good friend reminded me the other day,
acceptance, of who and what we are, and of the world in which we live, helps.

Yes, many talented people do succumb, as do many more not so talented,
while others of both ilk appreciate life in itself enough to survive.

Famous Depressed People: You're in Good Company

Are you feeling ashamed of your depression? Feeling like you’re the only one who is depressed? You’re not alone. More
than 20 million people are depressed during at any one year. Depression knows no boundaries. It affects people
from all walks of life, ethnic backgrounds, young and old, rich and poor, men and women -- even celebrities.

One of many of the talented listed here who has with amazing spirit and achievement has coped ..

Stephen Hawking – Physicist, wrote popular best selling book, “A Brief History of Time,” known for his contributions to theoretical physics, cosmology, black holes. In the early 1960’s, Hawking became depressed shortly after being diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease (amyotropic lateral sclerosis). In 1976, he also succumbed to depression after being hospitalized for medical reasons. .. more .. http://www.depression-help-resource.com/articles/famous-depressed-people.htm

Paranoia, phobias, depression are terrible conditions. A love of living in itself. Acceptance. Helps.