The Huffington Post shared the eerie nighttime photographs of Michael Massaia, a photographer with chronic insomnia.
While the nighttime project wasn’t recommended by a doctor (and treatment varies depending on the person), Massaia says it allows him to turn the disorder into something positive. He also hopes the photos inspire other people with health conditions.
“I hope people take away from the project a kind of compelling isolation, or perhaps something as simple as being able to turn a defect into something useful,” Massaia said.
An estimated 60 million Americans deal with insomnia in a given year. The condition causes severe fatigue, low energy, mood issues and more. Doctors are increasingly working to find effective treatments, some of which include over-the-counter or prescription sleep aids and cognitive behavioral therapy.
See the pictures at www.huffingtonpost.com
A person with insomnia would be well advised to seek an evaluation of their temporomandibular joints (TMJ’s).
Have an image (x-ray or MRI) made of their jaw joints.
My experience states that a large percentage of patients with insomnia have a lower jaw sitting too far back in the joint space.
This pinches nerves in the joint and disturbs sleep. The backward displaced jaw also places the tongue too far back and narrows the airway. The reduced airway disturbs sleep.
An appliance fitting over the teeth can support the mandible in an improved down and forward position. Now the pinched nerves are relieved. Now the airway is improved. Now sleep is improved.
The best part of this treatment is no drugs are needed. There are no side effects of drug use.