According to the Sleep Association, one in three adults occasionally suffer from insomnia and one in ten have chronic insomnia. It can affect people at any age but older people tend to experience it more frequently. It usually affects more women than men.

I am one of the one in ten chronic insomnia sufferers. Although the inability to sleep is what insomnia is all about, the effects of insomnia are different for everyone.

I share what insomnia looks like for me and what people need to know about bouts of insomnia in general.