How did Rihanna’s song Disturbia become insomnia?

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2 min readMay 25, 2021

How to beat insomnia? Things not to do before sleeping. How can I relax? Things you must do before sleeping. Can you cure chronic insomnia? To breathe or not to breathe. Meditate in the mornings or in the evening. The list goes on.

My personal troubles are how to stop singing in my mind? and oh shit I have to pee, again. I’m way past the sleep.fucking.hygiene., yoga, tea, count sheep part.

There are certain (un)spoken groups you come to realize their existence only you become a member of them. It’s like a connection you never need to assure yourself, you know it’s there and it exists. Probably forever, but some do disappear over time or you outgrow them. You appreciate there are others like you there, and the connection but not necessarily being in the group. It’s definitely not the popular one.

I don’t remember how, or why when I was young I thought insomnia was cool. LOL. I really laugh when I think about this. That’s all I can remember, I guess I was thinking it’s some kind of famous person thing. Oh, young me, how naive was I.

Now I find myself sitting on the toilet singing (around 3:42 AM)

Your mind is in insomniaaaa (Disturbia)
It’s like the darkness is the light
insomniaaaaaa(Disturbia)
Am I scaring you tonight?
Your mind is in insomniaaaaa (Disturbia)
Ain’t used to what you like
insomni-aaaaa (Disturbia)
insomni-aaaaaa (Disturbia)

Bum bum be-dum bum bum be-dum bum
Bum bum be-dum bum bum be-dum bum

I obviously make up some words in between but without realizing what the lyrics actually are. What a coincidence.

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Guess who still writes a blog? Insomniacs. My diary of fluid and conflicting thoughts and a lot of insomnia.