Insomniughhh…A zine about Living with a Circadian Rhythm Disorder, issues one and two.
Over the last 6 months I have gotten into live tweeting TV shows late into the night, along with a small but loyal community of on-line tweeters, specifically the Saturday night lineup of bad horror, old sci-fi, Batman, Star Trek, and (what I feel is the crown jewel of the lineup) Battlestar Galactica. I have become online friends with the author of the Insomniughhh zine who is a huge Galactica fan and goes by the online name of “Ashleystar Galactica.”
Ashely sent me issues one and two, both of which deal with her insomnia.
I have a passing familiarity with insomnia, having gone through a serious bout of it in my 20’s (I’m not really ready to get too deeply into that yet). But Ashley has a chronic condition that she lives with and shares about in a way that hit home on a few levels, especially the bits about people trying to suggest things when you have already tried everything.
Insomniughhh is a half-sized, hand printed and tightly focused publication that in many ways, is exactly why God invented zines. Issue One introduces the subject, laying out the difference between Larks (morning people) and Owls (night people.) She explores the many things that people say will help but don't, and she shares the things that she tries that only kind of help.
Issue two is a direct continuation of what she started in the first, a litany of pills mixed in with a few personal touches about how this affects her life. I have to admit, my favorite part was one sentence that fills the whole page saying simply
“Everything is Horrible.”
This is a pretty quick read that nonetheless offers quite a bit of good info and insight on insomnia and Circadian Rhythm disorder.
Insomniughhh is a free zine and I believe the author is open to trades. You can find it on this site:
https://sites.google.com/view/insomniugh
Ashely sent me issues one and two, both of which deal with her insomnia.
I have a passing familiarity with insomnia, having gone through a serious bout of it in my 20’s (I’m not really ready to get too deeply into that yet). But Ashley has a chronic condition that she lives with and shares about in a way that hit home on a few levels, especially the bits about people trying to suggest things when you have already tried everything.
Insomniughhh is a half-sized, hand printed and tightly focused publication that in many ways, is exactly why God invented zines. Issue One introduces the subject, laying out the difference between Larks (morning people) and Owls (night people.) She explores the many things that people say will help but don't, and she shares the things that she tries that only kind of help.
Issue two is a direct continuation of what she started in the first, a litany of pills mixed in with a few personal touches about how this affects her life. I have to admit, my favorite part was one sentence that fills the whole page saying simply
“Everything is Horrible.”
This is a pretty quick read that nonetheless offers quite a bit of good info and insight on insomnia and Circadian Rhythm disorder.
Insomniughhh is a free zine and I believe the author is open to trades. You can find it on this site:
https://sites.google.com/view/insomniugh
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