When it’s a Crazy World Inside Your Head

If you ever decide to stay up an entire night without a wink of sleep, I’d suggest you, quite seriously, not to step out of home the next day. The consequences of doing so might just be hilariously serious. Although, I have spent sleepless nights (this is, in no way a metaphor, it is “sleepless” in its literal sense) burdened by the pressure of examinations or presentations, quite successfully, I realise that at 23, my body is already trying to revolt against such horrific feats. Additionally, in case you were to involve yourself in a mentally stimulating activity such as writing ten pages of a play in a single night, rest assured, you may also have to tackle a headache alongside a sore back the following morning.

Now before I get to the point, my first question to you is, have you ever been drunk before? If you have, then you may relate to a few things I will be stating in the due course of this article; in case not, then you’d understand how similar it is to stay sleep deprived and drunk.

Because you are sleep deprived, the moment you sit down anywhere in a moving vehicle, you’d fall over the next person beside you. Be ready to be pushed or tossed over to another neighbour. Please be really careful in case there are female passengers nearby (especially if you are a man) because you might just get a rude awakening.

Once you wake up, whether in between dozes or for good, you won’t be sure which stop to get down. This is because the entire world suddenly appears like a new place on Earth.

You’d wake up suddenly with a jolt thinking you've slept for hours and you've missed out on something important.

You’d smile at a stranger and when he or she doesn't smile back, politely inquire whether you went to college together.

You’d realise that people are watching you, considering you've done all or some of the above, and yet you’d wonder why they are staring at you.

You’d be extra-cautious of your mobile phones and wallet and anybody even accidentally touching you would get a stink eye.

Lastly, when you walk, brushing someone’s shoulder and apologizing to someone else, and people assume you to be slightly drunk, you’re justifying in your head what a horrid night you've had working without a wink of sleep.