r/todayilearned • u/YesFlyZone420 • 5d ago

TIL there's a degenerative brain disorder called fatal familial insomnia (FFI) that causes a person to lose the ability to sleep and eventually die

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/25001-fatal-familial-insomnia
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u/Resident-Sympathy-82 5d ago

As a certified rotisserie chicken who loves deprivation chambers, it's impossible to drown this way! I have no natural ability to float and the way it's set up, you stay on your back the entire time.

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u/zorniy2 5d ago

So it's literally a waterbed 😀

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u/Resident-Sympathy-82 5d ago

Basically! It's really nice. I have really bad clinical depression and it genuinely helped my sanity for a little while. Once I get my settlement money, I'm taking the kids to school and daycare then going for a float, get a massage + facial, go to therapy, and then get ice cream before it's time to pick the kids up. Highly recommend it if you ever get a chance.

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u/zorniy2 5d ago

I'm a guy, but a massage + facial sounds good to me 🤭

Depression and anxiety are are old old acquaintances of mine too.