The question
What thought won't let you sleep?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
A long-running fixed question in The Guardian's weekly Q&A questionnaire.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Wondering why I can’t sleep.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 11 April 2026 source ↗
Nothing, really. But without little sleeping pills, I’d go crazy.
Fear of the future.
Too much energy.
Foxes making love: it’s a very unsettling sound.
Martin Sheen, simply the kindest and most fun-loving person and serious activist I’ve ever known. If Jesus was alive today he’d point to Martin Sheen and say, “That’s what I was talking about.”
Showing up is at least 90% of it.
Both parents, I’ll write the book someday.
Quietly somewhat funny.
Hasn’t happened yet, it’s coming.
Inability to listen.
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Phoebe Dynevor, Lleyton Hewitt, Roger Allam, Ali Abbasi, Sandy Powell
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