A man who hasn't slept in two years...Even sleeping pills don't work
Aug 26, 2025
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According to the Daily Mail and other foreign media, Oliver Albies, 32, was living a normal life working as a train attendant just a few years ago.
Since he suddenly couldn't sleep one night, his life has changed completely. It's not just insomnia, it's the beginning of a nearly two-year `sleepless nightmare.'
Albies has described the past 21 months as "time spent trying to survive in a burning body".
He has spent a huge amount of money trying to solve the problem, but he has yet to receive a clear diagnosis. He said "It's not just a lack of sleep, it's a state where sleep itself has disappeared" and "I'm not sleepy, I'm not falling asleep. Endless days and nights continue, and it is like torture."
Also "I lost almost everything. The old me no longer exists. I can't believe that sleep is so natural and essential that it can be completely gone" "I don't want to die, but it's hard to endure this pain anymore. I want to close my eyes and fall asleep even if I give up everything I have" he appealed.
The extreme lack of sleep paralyzed his daily functions. It is said that muscles and bones are always painful and heavy as if they were wearing metal balls. The snow seems to be burning, and the brain pressure is unbearably high. It is difficult to walk, so it is not possible to maintain even a straight line, and vision and digestive functions have deteriorated.
To find the answer, he sold his new home and went back to his mother's and tried numerous treatments and drugs around the world.
Various treatments, drugs, and even hallucinogenic herbs have been tried in India, Italy, Turkiye, and Colombia, but the calm sleep has not returned. It is said that he did not lose consciousness even when he was given a powerful sleeping pill.
He "When I wander the streets every night, I envy the homeless sleeping in front of the store. If I could fall asleep just once, even in exchange for them, I would give everything."
Controversy is growing as Albies' story spreads online.
Some believe his arguments, but others argue that it is biologically impossible for humans not to fall asleep for two years. According to animal experiments, dogs are known to die after 17 days and mice are completely deprived of sleep for more than 32 days.
Some specialists raise the possibility that he is 'paradoxical insomnia'. In reality, this is a symptom in which the patient believes that he is awake even though the brain is in a shallow sleep state.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
