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fatal familial insomnia (ffi)

something that literally traumatized the haikyuu fandom forever. its a rare disorder that affects the part of your brain that controls the sleeping cycle. patients usually die from it within year or two. something used in a bokuaka fanfiction, (bokuto x akaashi) and it killed akaashi's lover forever and now we're all emotionally numb
person: hey whats fatal familial insomnia (ffi) ?
yes, it means fatal familial insomnia and that means an illness that kills you overtime from weight loss, dementia, and sleep deprivation basically.

*crying noises*
by no that is not a disease January 3, 2021
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Hym "Tuesday I was up all day from like 9am until 6:30 and I had to work so I only got 2 hours of sleep. I get to work and I could not focus whatsoever. I spent most of the night pacing around the kitchen. I get home and again I couldn't sleep. Insomnia. I end up staying up again until like 8, right? My skull is on fire! Literal, physical heat. I'm laying in bed and I just can't sleep. I have to work again. I didn't actually have to work Wednesday until someone altered the schedule. This is something they do all the time. Ridiculous."
by Hym Iam March 7, 2025
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Person 1: I couldn’t sleep at all last night... I think I have insomnia

Person 2: me too
A whole group of kids from literally no where: Same
Me, a real diagnosed insomniac: HOW THE FUCK DOES EVERYONE HAVE INSOMNIA!!
by Black Army Leader #2 January 26, 2020
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fatal familial insomnia

A scary-ass incurable condition cause by none other than prions. Worst part it can spread to other people via contaminated surgical equipment.
move over cancer fatal familial insomnia is the new disease to be scared of.
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ironic insomnia

When you don't chronically suffer from insomnia yourself, but are in a relationship with someone who does, and the nights you suffer from insomnia are the nights your partner is asleep at a reasonable hour.
"My ironic insomnia happened 3 times this week grrrr"
by 5tephani3 July 26, 2014
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When the heverans cannot get any sleep due to DJ Ian blarring his new mixtape and because Marry is chewing Tom's G string
kwengface -"Hey Ian are you sure you got sleep"
Ian- "Insomnia
I can't get no sleep
I used to worry
Thought I was going mad in a hurry
Getting stressed, making excess mess in darkness
No electricity, something's all over me, greasy
Insomnia, please release me
And let me dream of making mad love to my girl on the heath
Tearing off tights with my teeth
But there's no release, no peace
I toss and turn without cease
Like a curse, open my eyes and rise like yeast
At least a couple of weeks since I last slept, kept taking sleepers
But now I keep myself pepped
Deeper still, that night
I write by candlelight, I find insight
Fundamental movement, huh, so when it's black
This insomniac, take an original tack
Keep the beast in my nature under ceaseless attack
I can't get sleep, I need to sleep"
by Marrys knickers202 October 27, 2018
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Fatal Familial Insomnia

An extreme, ultra-rare form of insomnia that is downright terrifying to even think of. First identified in the mid-18th century, fatal familial insomnia (FFI) is a progressive disease that makes it physically impossible for a person to sleep.

The symptoms of FFI can be divided into several "Stages" which are as follows:

Stage 1: Habitual sleepiness/drowsiness
Stage 2: Hallucinations

Stage 3: Memory loss/dementia

Stage 4: Coma, then death

Fatal familial insomnia is not curable, and there are no methods of slowing it down that medical experts are aware of. One might think that sleeping pills are a good idea, but that couldn't be farther from the truth; remember the main symptom is that you CANNOT SLEEP no matter what. Sleeping pills actually make it progress quicker. The disease generally kills in less than three years, and in some cases even less than a year. However, there have been anomalous cases where people have lived for five years or more with the disease.
Fatal Familial Insomnia is a terrifying disease. The initial symptoms before you start to (literally) lose your mind last just long enough for you to realize that it's happening, and the fact that it cannot be stopped once it starts REALLY ramps up the panic that ensues.
by Ubeenbamboozledson February 6, 2022
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