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Is there a disease that kills by preventing sleep?

Stuff You Should Know

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Fatal Familial Insomnia

Jerry did not get any sleep last night. We were talking about it before he recorded. She got like a couple of hours, like one of those deals where you wake up and then you just stay awake for hours and hours. I don't typically get insomnia, but sometimes I can psych myself out a little bit mentally with a bout of it. It's crazy how suggestive how stuff works articles are.

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