There's nothing quite like lying in bed at night, wide awake, but completely exhausted. Unfortunately for some EDS sufferers this is a common occurrence. When we finally do get to sleep we don't sleep as deeply as many others do.
We're often referred to as light sleepers. You turn over in the bed next to us and we wake up. You get up out of bed in the morning and we wake up. You whisper quietly in the other room and we wake up. Believe me when I say that it's as annoying for us as it is for you.
Unfortunately this also has some other side effects. Not only are we hyperaware in our sleep but we don't sleep as well because of it. There's nothing like a good night's sleep when you wake up a dozen times. (sarcasm) This can make us feel like we've not slept at all. We can lay down for long periods of time trying to rest and still wake up exhausted. Our body hasn't really shut down. We might not be conscious, but our body hasn't entered that restorative state that people refer to as sleep.
We all have bad nights where we don't get good sleep, but imagine if that was a week instead or a month or even years! I'd bet that you'd be tired too. Does that make us lazy?
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