Because learning about your brain and sleep can be fun . . .
Success at video games often calls for strategy. Strategy is often an underappreciated benefit of dream journaling. Many artists over the years have taken inspiration from their dreams. They’ve found a way to express themselves within their dreams. Their dreamlens provides a focus for the emotions and experiences within them. Less appreciated, however, is the…
Is it an alternative to a sleep divorce? Can it make sleep difficulties better? Or only make them worse? A lot of stuff published on the Internet seems to exist for one reason and one reason only: to sell something. That seems to be the case with the Scandinavian Sleep Method. The idea was featured…
Cancer is a devastating disease that creates a lot of fear and confusion, not just for those diagnosed but also for their family members. It’s a disease featuring the unchecked growth of a tumor or cancer cells in a part of the body. The effects of the tumor or tumors soak up a great deal…
Why should you say your prayers at bedtime? Need a reason to hit your knees before hitting the hay? Look no further than John 15:1-8: communicating with God right as you drift off can help wrap up an eventful day and keep you on top of all that needs doing. Plus, it’s easy to fit…
Short sleep duration seems to burn out hormone-releasing systems in the body—but does it play a role in erectile dysfunction? Scientists made progress in understanding how short sleep duration affects the ability of men to have and maintain an erection in 2022, a literature review maintains. The picture, however, is still far from completely clear.…
When the histories of our era are written, AIs and robots will be noted as just one of the many changes generations alive today had to navigate. It very well could be the biggest. While technology has been marching along for hundreds of years, the need for adaptation hasn’t been anything compared to what will…
By the time you reach middle age, you surely have been around when a friend or coworker got sick and threw up everywhere. Or maybe it happened one time in school (and it’s a story that even might come up at the class reunion). Whenever it happens, the scene can be hard to get out…
As part of a bedtime routine, reading can help you fall asleep as fast as possible every night. Many people pick up a book and read it before bed. They swear reading helps them fall asleep. Some people assume if you’re going to read for sleep that you have to read something boring like a…
Outside of a house, a car is the most valuable possession many people own. Consequently, for most people, the theft of a car in a dream represents the loss of something valuable. The loss of the car in a dream can evoke despair or feelings you’ve got to make adjustments within the dream. As with…
Dreams are an offshoot of the conscious mind. Well, usually, it seems that way. After one keeps a dream journal for a couple of months, it’s obvious. Day-to-day life inspires dreams. Some dreams are replays of your daily life. Others are full of symbolism, reflecting the issues you’re contending with. Sometimes your subconscious is urging…
—Oneiromancy—the idea you can foretell the future in dreams—doesn’t work, and you shouldn’t ever trust it. Foretelling the future through dreams isn’t accurate enough. It will lead you down the wrong road and have you making foolish decisions. Doubt this? Look at the record for prophets foretelling the end of the world. Lots of predicting…
Everyone everywhere has to sleep: rich, poor, young, old, tall, and short. Since charities help people of all types, many will take your used mattresses, bed, or other furniture donation. A low-cost or free mattress or bed can help someone of modest means stretch their dollar. Or it can help a homeless shelter or another…
Flu season is raging. This year it’s type A, at least in Arizona where I work full-time in an emergency department. Whether type A, type B, COVID, or the plain old common cold, homemade chicken soup is good for recovering from sickness. It’s one of the foods that fight viral infections. Just like sleep, chicken…