"You'd think that after a summer spent testing the greatest insomnia cures known to science and TikTok, I'd be sleeping like a Calpol-stuffed baby. Well, for weeks, I wasn't. I half-dozed by night and dragged myself through each day; slow, unsmiling and stripped entirely of mojo. Because just as I'd packed away the sleep aids, my cat, Iggy, died. You've met Iggy."
"The Ikea Valevag triumphed in his claw-sharpening test, but the Origin Hybrid Pro was his favourite for sleeping, especially when it was propped up in the hallway awaiting collection by the appropriately named hardship charity Scratch. He'd scramble up the cliff face of the mattress's sleeping surface and curl up atop its edge, carpeting it with his silky white fur. I like to think a few strands are still there, waving in the breeze of a sleeper's happy snore."
A summer of testing insomnia cures produced mixed results; some remedies induced sleep but did not maintain it. A cat named Iggy served as a constant companion, muse and sleep-testing variable, favoring certain mattresses and influencing sleep patterns. The Ikea Valevag excelled at claw-sharpening tests while the Origin Hybrid Pro was the cat's favourite for sleeping. Mouldable silicone earplugs proved effective by blocking high-frequency noises while preserving the low-frequency hum of city life, helping sustain sleep rather than merely initiating it. Iggy's death after roughly 14 years produced deep grief that undid the benefits of prior sleep aids and left nights and days heavy and joyless.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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