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Why We Can’t Sleep

Who can sleep during all of this?

Jessica Valenti
GEN
Published in
3 min readAug 17, 2020

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I’ve always had issues with sleep: One of my earliest memories is wandering around the halls of my childhood home in the middle of the night, unable to get back to bed. Decades later, I’m still doing the same thing.

I’ve tried melatonin and prescription sleeping pills, weighted blankets, eye masks, and rain…

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Jessica Valenti
GEN
Writer for

Feminist author & columnist. Native NYer, pasta enthusiast.