Because learning about your brain and sleep can be fun . . .
[OC] UPDATE – 2.5 years of my GF and I tracking the sleep quality impact of various choices/behaviours. These were the 9 most significant effects. Note – white dash indicates the % effect 5 months ago. byu/HeroJournal indataisbeautiful While it’s impossible to track everything because not everything can be assigned a numerical value, this is…
Think you’ve been having too many dreams? Would you like to completely shut them down? Are you such a control freak that you are even trying to control what dreams you have? Do you think it would be fun to have dreams about a certain person or a certain place? Whatever you wish, when it…
One morning Gregor Samsa woke up unable to get up. He was stuck on his back and couldn’t leave the bed. He had, inexplicably, been transformed into a giant cockroach. So begins the events in “The Metamorphosis,” a novella by Franz Kafka. While dreams didn’t inspire the novella, the “horrible vermin” is representative of just…
What the bear in your dream represents depends on the way you feel about the bear and how it’s presented in the dream. That is, of course, true for most objects in dreams. Yet themes have emerged about bears in cultures around the world. Considering these can help you understand what the bear might symbolize…
Tips for night shift workers Several extensive studies have given working the night shift a bad name over the last fifteen years. Working the shift seems to promote lousy health habits. Night shift workers smoke more. They weigh more. They’re three times more likely to get into traffic accidents. These effects pool together. Altogether they…
Can two people have the same dream at all? A female friend is telling you about their dream from last night: “There was this field covered with grass. We were standing next to each other. I looked up into the sky and there were clouds, but the thing was that they were in the shape…
No matter what the dream you’re dreaming is about, a dream where you dream you’re dreaming can seem like quite a puzzle. This includes where you dream you’re sleeping in your bed or anywhere else. The picture that’s presented is something like one of those M.C. Escher prints. It’s like a gaze into a dimension…
And what about dreams of other kinds of storms? Even if they’re anxiety-provoking, the sirens in tornado early warning systems are a blessing. Before such systems with their air raid sirens were developed, many more people were killed by tornadoes. A dream about a tornado can also often be compared to an early warning siren,…
Another name for the herb lemon balm is melissa. Melissa is also a girl’s name. The headline of this article could also read, “Can Melissa Work for Sleep?” The answer to that question is, “Yes, she could, but, hopefully, not just for sleep. She should also try to get paid while working.” But seriously, besides…
I’ve never thought of it that way before! What a good idea!  That makes sense! Those are the kinds of thoughts you might find yourself thinking in the middle of the night when a great idea strikes as you lie in darkness. I’ll have to write it down in the morning and work on it…
Having a dream where a dead person you’ve known is talking to you is one of the most exciting dreams you can have. They’re especially common around this time of the year. October 31 is Halloween. November 1 is All Saints Day. November 2 is the Day of the Dead or All Souls Day. As…
Now, what was all that about? You know you had a dream, but the memory is a haze. Can you remember more of the dream? You’re going to need at least a few more details if you’re going to understand more about it. Focus on the one thing you do remember Is there just one…
Sometimes they’re triggered by the potential for a May-December relationship or addiction troubles/questions. Vampires are interesting creatures in the popular mind. They’ve got a lot going for them in some ways—eternal life, incredible strength, and invulnerability to most things. On the other hand, they live with some terrible disadvantages, too. They’ve got to keep feeding…