It seems the normal response to any condition that people don't understand is usually to yell. I have no idea what it is supposed to accomplish, maybe they think it would motivate or clear up the whole issue. When I was 12 I was placed in my grandmothers home. Until this time I had not spent a lot of time with her, only visiting once in while,at this time I found out how different my mothers way of parenting was from her mothers. My mother went trough several jobs,in a verity of professions. I remember that she was always very tired, my father preferred to use lazy and was sure to do things to help cure her of it. Some of it worked in a way, her habit of sleeping trough her alarm was one he helped her with. He took an Oogah horn (which I haven't the foggiest how to spell, so hopefully you will understand it is a horn that is named for the sound it makes, VERY LOUDLY)and connected it to a timer and a car battery then set the timer for after her alarm was set to go off. They had a water bed and my mother always said it was the hardest thing to get out of, but I have heard she had no trouble that day. On that day she learned to levitate, which she did when when that horn went off straight up and across the room and did not touch foot to floor til she had smacked it hard enough to stop it. I was not around for this and although she tended to be very tired a lot of the time, I don't think she has slept through an alarm since. My grandmother on the other hand got up early and was going the whole day. I no longer got to rest during the evenings and sleeping in was not an option. school on the other hand did not change much I still had a long walk to the bus stop even had the same teachers, my sleepiness I think stayed about the same for the most part at least. My grandmother had 4 kids, two girls, and two boys. All of her kids are determined that she was happy. My inability to conform to this change and grandmothers constant having to hunt me during the day (I usually was trying to nap) made me the target of many scoldings most of which included them saying "Just do what she wants, and you should know what to do, It's not that hard." I never wanted to upset her but as she once told me"Your mother was my worst child and you are worse than her!!!" I put this at risk of reproach but I am not saying she nor her kids are unfair or wrong as a matter of fact I did not make it easy on her and she still is one person who still tries to improve me, it took a long time but, I learned that a lot of the time she is right and the rest of the time she knew how to look it up. I used to think she had it out for me, I now think she just has faith in me.
The differences between my mom and her mom are vast and yet not so much. Years ago my mom had a sleep study done, she found out she had narcolepsy, not long after my only sib was next and as a weird twist my grandmother was next. I was not tested at that time due to my family being sure I did not have it. But about 5 years ago I had my test and so now my family has 4 diagnosed cases, and my sister and I are the 3rd generation. The weird twist ... none of us have the same major issues, even though we have common symptoms. It just goes to show how hard it is to identify people who have it.
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