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To: Right Brother

I have no trouble falling asleep. However, I awaken at 2
or 3. Have two mugs of coffee with my Internet, collapse about 6.

Awaken again about 8. Nap 1 hour after a 1PM lunch. Drag myself to tasks.

Doctor says I need REM sleep, but adding my nap says, “Close enough”.


11 posted on 02/04/2024 2:46:54 AM PST by Does so ( πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦..."Christian-Nationalists" won WWII...Biden NOT NEXT DNC nominee!)
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To: Does so

Falling asleep for a few hours, waking for a few hours, and then finishing sleep for a few hours is called biphasic sleep and may be perfectly natural for adults. There is little “science” on it, but many references in ancient literature to a first sleep and second sleep.

I’ve been experimenting with it by setting up peaceful but productive tasks before I go to bed so those waking hours are pleasant rather than laying there for 3 hours in despair because I can’t sleep! So far so good...I feel much better.
It isn’t the waking period itself that made me feel bad, it was the stress I put on myself over it!

A solid sleep block of 8 hours may be a 19th century habit, like eating 3 meals a day. IOW, not how people actually lived for most of human history.


14 posted on 02/04/2024 5:32:30 AM PST by meowmeow (In Loving Memory of Our Dear Viking Kitty (1987-2006))
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