WE USED TO SLEEP TWICE A NIGHT – UNTIL THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION RUINED IT For thousands of years, humans had two sleeps: one at sundown, a wakeful “watch” around midnight, then another stretch till dawn. That midnight wake-up? Totally normal. People prayed, read, made beer, philosophized, had sex – or just talked. It was literally built into our biology. Then the Industrial Revolution showed up with gas lamps, factory bells, and productivity sermons. Suddenly, biphasic sleep was “weird,” and being awake at midnight meant you were slacking. By the 20th century, the “8-hour block” became gospel – even though it’s a historical blip. Now we panic if we wake up at 2AM, instead of realizing: it’s how we’re wired to sleep. Congrats. You traded midnight chats and dream recall for alarm clocks and burnout. Source: History Season
WE USED TO SLEEP TWICE A NIGHT – UNTIL THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION RUINED IT For thousands of years, humans had two sleeps: one at sundown, a wakeful “watch” around midnight, then another stretch till dawn. That midnight wake-up? Totally normal. People prayed, read, made beer, philosophized, had sex – or just talked. It was literally built into our biology. Then the Industrial Revolution showed up with gas lamps, factory bells, and productivity sermons. Suddenly, biphasic sleep was “weird,” and being awake at midnight meant you were slacking. By the 20th century, the “8-hour block” became gospel – even though it’s a historical blip. Now we panic if we wake up at 2AM, instead of realizing: it’s how we’re wired to sleep. Congrats. You traded midnight chats and dream recall for alarm clocks and burnout. Source: History Season
Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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