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I rushed out of the studio today.
I headed out to get a drip because I’ve reached the peak of my fatigue.

It’s been awhile since I’ve bathed in the afternoon sunlight like this.
The light is dazzling.

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The moment the drip started entering my body,
all kinds of thoughts were swimming in my head.

Yeah, I had a weird dream again yesterday.
I rarely have dreams.

However, for this past week, I’ve been having weird dreams, one after another.
I had a nightmare again today, and woke up at 4 in the morning.
Thanks to that, I couldn’t fall asleep,
and in the end, I got stuck with working since morning.

Those around me often say to me, could it be a sleep disorder? …
This isn’t a disorder,
but the habit of being fine even without sleep, that I’ve fostered since I was 20.

Despite that, the other day,
I was talking about sleep with friends who have sleep apnea.
I have heard of 【sleep apnea】 but
I don’t know very much about it.

That friend said,
because it really is a dangerous illness,
it can get quite dangerous if you don’t do anything about it!
Go to the hospital! he warned…

The girl who slept next to me said to me
『When Waka is sleeping, it looks like you’re not breathing at all』

and when I told my friend what I’m always being told when I wake up, he said
『That’s definitely sleep apnea syndrome!』

sounding like I’ve confirmed it for him… but…
Hm, I see… I said, and looked it up.

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Sleep apnea is an illness
where one stops breathing when they’re sleeping.
Medically, it seems that you’re considered to have sleep apnea if
you have a minimum 10-second interval of not breathing (a state where the airflow in your airway has stopped),
and having that occur more than 30 times in the span of a 7-hour long sleep, or more than 5 times in an hour.

So next, if these things apply to you
it seems highly likely that you have sleep apnea.

When sleeping.
* You snore
* You stop snoring, and breathe in loudly before starting to snore again
* You stop breathing
* Irregular breathing, and feeling breathless
* Choking
* Waking up multiple times (waking up in the toilet)
* Having night sweats

I don’t snore…
It seems that my breathing stops.
I’ve never felt difficultly with breathing…
I don’t remember whether I choke or not.
Indeed I do wake up.
Night sweats? Hm, maybe it’s because my room is hot.

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When you wake up.
* Mouth is dry
* Head hurts, and it pounds
* Don’t feel well rested
* Don’t feel refreshed when you wake up
* Feels like your body is heavy

Indeed I do drink a lot of water.
My head does indeed hurt when I sleep too much.
I often feel well rested!
I wake up too refreshed!
I’ve never felt like my body is heavy!

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When you’re awake.
* You feel extremely sleepy
* You feel languid
* Can’t focus for long
* Always feeling tired

I don’t feel sleepy but I’ll suddenly fall asleep…
I don’t feel languid…
I have an insane ability to focus!
I don’t really feel tired…

Hm,
I noticed that there aren’t many points that apply to me…

Instead
when I heard about this
the face a of man who fits these symptoms suddenly appeared…

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This person…

He’s always sleeping.
He snores…
He wakes up halfway numerous times…
And his mouth is definitely open…

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He always seems sleepy…
His face always looks languid…
No, more like it’s a languid face…
He always has tired eyes.
No, his eyes are already dead…

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Also,
whenever he sleeps, his neck is broken…
When looking at him from a low angle, he’s rather ugly…
His open mouth is like a rubbish bin…

Well then…
Since my throat got dry from worrying too much about TAKUMI
I think I want to have tea.

Everyone,
do be careful of sleep apnea too.

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Translation: GACKT ITALIA Team

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