Many respondents reported having issues sleeping in the CCAC, often citing their physical or
mental health issues:
It's so difficult because every night I don’t sleep. In my mind I am feeling
something uncomfortable, asking many questions in my mind. For a long
time[...] I don’t sleep because it’s difficult to breathe. Sometimes I take
painkillers because it’s painful. I told them but they don’t give any respect to
me. No help, nothing. So I still have trouble breathing.
Sometimes I use some sleeping tablets. MSF [Médecins Sans Frontières] gave
them to me and I use them, but otherwise I cannot sleep because of the camp
stress. If there was no MSF in the camp for us, some people would die there.
Because the camp doctor makes no effort. You tell them you are feeling bad,
they simply tell you to go out. The workers in the camp are very, very wicked.
Sometimes I feel like harming myself because of the stress of being in the
camp
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