Myth #1. Humans Need Eight Hours Sleep a Night
There are many ways of sleeping and few cultures sleep in eight-hour consolidated blocks like we do. In places like Bali and New Guinea, people tend to slip in and out of sleep as they need it, napping more during the day, and getting up more at night. Until the industrial era, many Western Europeans divided the night into “the first sleep” and the “second sleep.” They’d go to bed soon after dark, sleep for four hours then wake for an hour or two during which they’d write, pray, smoke, reflect on dreams they’d had, have sex or even visit neighbors. In fact, there’s some evidence to suggest that this sleep pattern may be the one most in tune with our inherent circadian rhythms.
Heligt värre, alltså, det här låter ju som världen den här bloggarens kropp kommer ifrån. Med tanke på min dygnsrytm, när jag blir trött, när jag piggnar till igen, när jag faktiskt går och lägger mig, kan jag tänka mig att min kropp fortfarande är fast i för-industritid.
Egentligen är det värt ett försök, att testa om rytmen fungerar för mig, nu medans jag fortfarande är arbetslös och inte behöver vara orolig för att försova mig.
Second sleep. Yes.
buffleheadcabin: heyhope: robot-heart: Myth #1. Humans Need Eight Hours Sleep a Night There are many ways of sleeping...
Myth #1. Humans Need Eight Hours Sleep a Night There are many ways of sleeping and few cultures sleep in eight-hour...
Myth #1. Humans Need Eight Hours Sleep a Night There are many ways of sleeping and few cultures sleep in eight-hour...
Myth #1. Humans Need Eight Hours Sleep a Night There are many ways of sleeping and few cultures sleep in eight-hour...
This makes sense to me. I need a lot of sleep, but not in one large chunck. I am a huge fan of naps, even the long ones...
Yessssssss. (empahsis mine)
i need all the sleep in the world
This makes me feel much better about my standard 5 - 6 hours of sleep per weeknight.
Also a tip for overcoming jetlag: follow your own body clock. If you’re sleepy, sleep. Easy as that. Works for me.
There are too many theories about sleep patterns to count. With enough will, anybody can adapt to any sleep pattern they...
Heligt värre, alltså, det här låter ju som världen den här bloggarens kropp kommer ifrån. Med tanke på min dygnsrytm,...
I can believe this. When I was “funemployed,” I’d wake up at 2:30 or 3am every night, move out to the living room, read...
Well, that’s sometimes how I sleep (fall asleep when I get home, get up and do a few things, then go back to sleep)…but...
This explains much and is not at all conducive to a traditional 9 - 5 work schedule. Siesta anyone?
Apparently I am Balinese.
i need to show my mom this. she’s gotten mad at me for like the past 2 weeks cuz i stay up too late writing lyrics/music...
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