Some people have trouble sleeping, and they need to create a conducive environment to help them drift off to dreamland.

This man needed to rest even though other family members were doing loud housework like vacuuming. Earplugs solved the problem at first, but then his family was insistent about waking him up.

Read the story below for all the details.

AITA because I put earplugs in while I slept and missed my family trying to get a hold of me?

I haven’t been sleeping well lately.

A family member told me the night before that they’d be up early and probably loudly trying to clean the house last minute before the holiday.

This man had so little sleep.

I had intended to get up with them and work on my own last-minute stuff.

Like work on double checking and wrapping holiday stuff and then throwing something together in the crockpot for dinner later.

However, I got *maybe* 3 hours of sleep between wife’s alarm for work, other family ‘s sleep schedule, and various animals needing to go out.

Apparently, he gets seizures from too much exhaustion.

This wouldn’t normally be a problem, except that:

1. I have seizures and exhaustion is a big trigger.

2. This isn’t the first time this week I’ve been lucky to get a handful of hours of sleep.

3. I’ve literally been having seizures again lately and my family is at a loss as to why.

(Meds are being taken/on time, no new diet or antibiotics/meds, etc.)

So, he went down for a nap but put some earplugs on.

So, I tried to get a small nap before I went to go start the day.

I knew people were probably going to vacuum and overall, be loud any minute, so I put on some earplugs and called it a day.

Besides, there wasn’t anything I needed to be up to help people with.

This wasn’t a problem before.

And previously, there were times I didn’t get up/start the day early, and everyone just teased me about ‘sleeping in’ and we went about our day.

Except I woke up to someone pounding on the door, screaming my name.

They only stopped when I screamed back.

I was awake and okay.

But at this time, he couldn’t be woken up by the people in the house.

I keep my phone on silent when I’m asleep, but apparently, I had a dozen missed texts in the span of 5 minutes checking if I was alive and asking if they could vacuum.

Now, they’re throwing and banging things outside the (bedroom) door, screaming at all the animals and sighing loudly.

Now, he doesn’t know what to do.

I feel like I’m in hell. I can’t go back to sleep.

I’m wide awake and have so much I need to do before the holiday break starts, but I feel like I’m trapped in the bedroom and if I leave, I’m going to get screamed at (again).

Am I the jerk for handling everything the way I did?

Sleep is important. It’s too bad his family won’t let him take a much needed nap.

Let’s find out what others have to say about this on Reddit.

Put your health first, says this person.

This user also has severe sleep deprivation problems.

This person agrees that his actions were fine.

This person is blaming the entire family.

Finally, some personal thoughts from this user.

The pounding was unnecessary, but perhaps they were just worried about him.

If you liked that post, check out this story about a guy who was forced to sleep on the couch at his wife’s family’s house, so he went to a hotel instead.