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Award-Winning Narcolepsy Film Premiere & Writer/Producer Q&A: Walking Through Peanut Butter

Watch Premiere 6/27 @6pm ETLive Q&A 6/27 @6:10pm ETGrab your popcorn and join Project Sleep on Monday, June 27th at 6pm ET for a special online premiere of the award-winning short film about narcolepsy, Walking through Peanut Butter, written and produced by Rising Voices advocate, Anna Marr. The film, based on Anna’s real experiences navigating…

Alex: Celebrating 2022 LGBTQ+ Pride Month Part 3

June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month! Project Sleep is proud to highlight insights from LGBTQ+ members of our community throughout the month of June. See Full SeriesMeet Alex (he/they): Hi Alex! Please tell us about yourself. I live in the Bay Area, California, with my wonderful fiancé, Matt, and our little zoo – two cats, four…
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Nap Roulette: My Daily Game with Idiopathic Hypersomnia

Written by: Mary Murray Art by: Brandi Wheeler My family and I love to play games. One of the first things my husband and I bonded over was board games. We used to go to friends’ houses on Friday nights and play together. The joy of learning a new game was something we quickly began…

Chris: Celebrating 2022 LGBTQ+ Pride Month Part 2

June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month! Project Sleep is proud to highlight insights from LGBTQ+ members of our community throughout the month of June. See Full SeriesMeet Chris (he/him): Hi Chris! Please tell us about yourself. My name is Christopher and I am a disabled trans artist, but I go by Chris. I use he/him pronouns…

Boston Children’s Hospital Pediatric Hypersomnolence Screener

The Pediatric Hypersomnolence Survey (PHS) was designed to improve early identification of narcolepsy (type 1 and type 2) and idiopathic hypersomnia (IH) in children and adolescents ages 8-18 years. This screening tool that can be used by clinical health providers, school professionals, and concerned family to help identify children and adolescents in need of further…

Nashville Event: Innovations in Narcolepsy Awareness & Advocacy

Join Us in Nashville! On Saturday, August 13, 2022, please join Project Sleep in Nashville, TN for Innovations in Narcolepsy Awareness & Advocacy, a unique one-day meeting to empower the community with updates from the forefront of narcolepsy advocacy and awareness. The event will take place at the Scarritt Bennett Center (1027 18th Ave S, Laskey Great Hall, Nashville, TN 37212) from 10am…
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Taylor Dillon: Celebrating 2022 LGBTQ+ Pride Month Part 1

June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month! Project Sleep is proud to highlight insights from LGBTQ+ members of our community throughout the month of June. See Full SeriesMeet Taylor Dillon (she/her): Taylor is 24 years old, bisexual, and obsessed with Hello Kitty. She calls Los Angeles home. Hi Taylor! Please tell us about yourself. I’m Taylor. For…

Sleep and Mood: Mental Health Awareness Month Part 4

May is Mental Health Awareness Month! Project Sleep believes that mental health and sleep health are closely intertwined. We are excited to share interesting connections between sleep and mental health. See Full SeriesWhat is the connection between sleep and mood? Research shows that people who are sleep deprived report an uptick in negative moods and…

Sleep and Anxiety: Mental Health Awareness Month Part 3

May is Mental Health Awareness Month! Project Sleep believes that mental health and sleep health are closely intertwined. We are excited to share interesting connections between sleep and mental health. See Full SeriesWhat is the connection between sleep and anxiety? According to a study done in 2019 at University of California – Berkeley, a night…

Sleepiness, Fatigue, or Depression? Mental Health Awareness Month Part 2

May is Mental Health Awareness Month! Project Sleep believes that mental health and sleep health are closely intertwined. We are excited to share interesting connections between sleep and mental health. See Full Series“Why am I always so tired?”  When your energy feels off, it can be hard to know what’s wrong and what to do…