*Take Care Of You!*
With an economy like our nation's, one of the most inherent calamity is poverty, and so people strive to make ends meet, a lot of times they do so at the detriment of their health.
A lot of times, most families become nocturnals, working day and night to pay for social necessities like food, clothing and shelter. This stress has attributed to insomnia, a lack of sleep.
Studies have shown that more than two (2) million Nigerians have one time reported not to sleep for more than a week.
Statistics from the college of medicine, university of Ibadan shows that more than 53% of the population within the ages 19-40 suffer from insomnia every year!, often this is attributed to bad sleeping habits, weather and most of all work related stress (86%).
Last year I had taken a lot of classes online while combining them with studying and my job as a teacher.
It was an exciting experience until recently I found out that I couldn't sleep. You know, when you just found out that you can download all the movies you want and watch them, I was there.
But after a few days, I knew this wasn't normal, with the migraines and lack of concentration setting in at full force, I knew that this wasn't normal.
That was when I heard of insomnia, in all it had lasted for 26 days, with my constantly taking pain killers for the migraine, I regretted not sleeping and almost wished I didn't even start it!.
While we strive to make ends meet, keeping our heads above water in this unfavorable economy, its important that we don't forget that only health is true wealth and above all, you should take care of you!.
Ikechi Fortune Kelechi
ANSA Nonfiction Writer Of The Week Contest