Waking Up With the Feeling of Broken Bones

Stings in the neck, neck pain, tired mind, and the body asks for rest: why? A little story

For some time now I have been waking up with a sensation of broken bones: a sting on the neck, a sore neck, a tired head, and a body still asking for rest. It is as if you never sleep long enough to restore the whole organism, from a physical and psychic point of view.

There is no point in going to bed early or later, reading a few pages of a good book before sleep, watching a good movie, or choosing an episode of the latest series pushed by Netflix.

Whatever the way I fall into Morpheus’ arms at the end of a long day, the next morning I open my eyelids and feel certain tiredness, as if I have not slept in days.

In fact, in recent times the hours available for my sleep have probably been reduced in a way that cannot be calculated. It must be said that even the continuity of my rest is affected in this period by some interruptions, pauses, and restarts.

It can even happen to me to hear whims and desperate cries in the heart of the dark. Often it even happens to me that I have the impression of being suddenly kicked in various parts of the body.

But then, in rare moments of lack of clarity, I remember that for 17 months a lively little creature has been around the house who at some point every night leaves his cot and inevitably ends up in the bed.

The nights, therefore, resemble Greco-Roman wrestling battles between lovers and boxing duels with very soft gloves: the mattress in the master bedroom transforms into a family ring, on which even the dog Jinnie often gets on board.

So for some time in the morning, I wake up and look at my side: next to the pillow, there is my son Tommaso and, despite this sweet tiredness, it is the most beautiful thing that has ever happened to me.