It took me a very long time to believe that someone who snores while sleeping can never know they do so unless they record their sleeping moments. Way back at home, my mom would come at me about my bad sleeping habits of snoring, and I would hate it so much because I was sure I did not snore in my dreams. I would go and start feeling bad and frowning my face because it seemed like an unfair attack to me.
She knew I hated it, she knew the accusation made me sad, but trust African moms who don't care; all they want is to fulfill their quest, not minding if their actions are going to affect the child.
Meanwhile, I hated that snoring, and imagining that I snore gave me a headache, and I couldn't comprehend it.
There was one of my uncles who stayed with us and he snored so badly. We used to sleep in the same room (our parlor) on a big bed, and during those moments, sleeping was never sweet because his sounds were vibrating with tremblings, and many times, I would stylishly kick him just for him to come back to earth a little before he launched back to dreamland again.
Those days were horrible because I never had a complete night's sleep. His snores were capable of waking someone from the deepest dream. So, my mom coming to me that I snore made me feel bad and I thought a lot of things and found it hard to believe that I had the sleeping trait of my uncle because in our house, none of us snored.
I didn't believe her; it was hard to comprehend that, and one day after her many talks, I told her to get me evidence to make me believe. Back then, we weren't opportuned to have a camera phone or any phone that could record sound, so the only way for her was to wake any of my siblings to witness it and second it whenever my mom came. Yes, they did it and came out with proof, and when I was told by mom and seconded by my immediate younger sister, I saw it as a cooked-up lie; maybe my mom had bribed her to support her when she's going to tell me.
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I didn't buy their experimental result in their presence, but when they left, I felt they told the truth and I needed to work on it. A problem known is half solved, right? Okay, I knew this problem, but how could I solve it since it's something that happens in my unconscious state? The only solution I could fathom was not to sleep again, which was totally impossible because I can't use because I snore and I want to stop it, and I will stop sleeping. I just let it slide; I didn't bother again. I didn't even bother to go to a medical center to check for solutions; no, it was very unnecessary.
For now, I don't know whether I still snore; I no longer give concern to it. I don't even bother to ask someone to confirm for me. It's so unnecessary.
Thank you!
This is my entry to the #Aprilinleo prompt, Day 14.
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