Restless Legs Syndrome

You lie down. You want to sleep. The day was long, the body is tired — and in the very moment when stillness should settle in, your legs begin to pull. A tingling, an aching, an inexplicable urge to stand up, to walk, to move — not because you want to, but because something inside you has to.

Medicine calls this Restless Legs Syndrome. It speaks of dopaminergic dysregulations, of iron deficiency, of hereditary disposition. And these are real factors — the body has its own biochemistry, and that deserves attention. But when you ask yourself why you in particular carry this symptom, why your legs go into uproar precisely in the moment when your life should come to rest, a different door opens.