Because learning about your brain and sleep can be fun . . .
Many think analog watches, the ones with “hands” on the watch face, have little practical purpose in today’s world. People don’t seem to need them, they say. There are digital clocks everywhere: on your phone, on your computer, on your TV screen. In many places, children are taught to use them, but they forget. Telling…
Crouched, waiting in the shadows, our hero springs. He comes up behind the guard and places a chloroform-soaked rag over the guard’s face. The guard gasps and inhales the chemical deeply. He faints. Our hero pulls the guard’s body to the side in the shadows. He opens the door and leaves. Chloroforming someone is a…
With trial and error and an adaptable attitude, you can sleep when you’re sick. When you’re sick, sleep is essential. The key to kicking your cold isn’t taking antibiotics or antivirals. It’s not healthy food or getting enough vitamins. It’s not ignoring your illness. It’s rest: sleep and rest are the key to getting over…
The recovery position can help you or someone else recover Most people prefer to sleep on their side, either the right or left. There are problems with sleeping on your back or face down, like with breathing or being uncomfortable by having your weight smash in your nose. Generally speaking, lying on the left is…
Dreamwork, what they call working with your dreams, can be tricky. You can go for a period where you think you’re not having any dreams. When that happens, dreamwork is hard. If you’re not having any dreams, you’re not able to work with anything. Yet you are. EEGs and the techs at a sleep lab…
You spend about 1/3 of your day asleep in your bed in your bedroom. Then, most jobs—even the ones where you work from home—account for another 1/3 of the day, a total of 16 hours. Many people have a toilet, shower, and sink near or adjacent to the bedroom. You’re going to shower…
If you don’t try to remember, journal, and understand your dreams, you’ll never know what insights you’re missing. What you miss out on is a nightly chance to understand the world and yourself better. Most people don’t take any steps to make use of the time that they’re asleep to more fully experience and understand…
Ideas don’t have to be complex to be powerful. Rather, they have to be acted upon. They must be tried. The idea has got to be taken from the page into practice. Product of your environment Do you know anyone who has beat the odds growing up? They come from the kind of place where…
No matter where the facility is located, falling is one of the most common problems patients have when coming into the emergency department. Falls can be serious. You fall off of a ladder, fall down some stairs, or “fall” in prison (that’s what the inmates say when they’re attacked and don’t want to rat out…
The road was icy in places. The clouds gathered, dark and menacing. The winds whipped past the SUV making its way down the highway. The clouds offered what’s called a “wintry mix” and the schoolteacher steering the car struggled to stay awake. This experience isn’t unusual for the residents of West Texas. Living remotely, and…
Lotioning your face and hands before going to bed is a good idea for everyone, man or woman. If you’re well-hydrated, you’re going to look better. Putting lotion on and letting it soak in helps you do this. If you live in a dry climate, the difference it makes is noticible. The skin is the…
You forgot something. How are you going to get it back? What are you going to do about it? It’s a classic dream with many variations that many people have from time to time or over and over. It could be that you find yourself at a party of some sort and you realize that…
Does journaling your dreams sound interesting and useful, but there’s no free time in your action-packed day? Just two to five minutes: Dream journaling can take as little as two minutes after you wake up. You don’t have to fully journal every single dream to benefit from dream journaling. Journal the big ones. The intriguing…