Can Medieval Sleeping Habits Fix America’s Insomnia?

[Mindful]

The history of “first sleep” and “second sleep” holds surprising lessons about preindustrial life, 21st-century anxiety, and the problem with digging for utopia in the past.

Can Medieval Sleeping Habits Fix America’s Insomnia?

The history of “first sleep” and “second sleep” holds surprising lessons about preindustrial life, 21st-century anxiety, and the problem with digging for utopia in the past.

www.theatlantic.com

 

[initforme]

Americans are overworked, underpaid, and overstressed. Recipe for health problems

 

[gtopa1]

The history of “first sleep” and “second sleep” holds surprising lessons about preindustrial life, 21st-century anxiety, and the problem with digging for utopia in the past.

Can Medieval Sleeping Habits Fix America’s Insomnia?

The history of “first sleep” and “second sleep” holds surprising lessons about preindustrial life, 21st-century anxiety, and the problem with digging for utopia in the past.

www.theatlantic.com

Wow!! I'm medieval.....I often wake up at 3am and go back to sleep at 430 am and sleep for two more hours; about 7.5 hours in total. That's why I'm on this site at that "medieval" hour. lol

Greg

 

[Woodznutz]

My sleep has improved since I greatly reduced my coffee consumption. I also quite drinking alcoholic beverages which helped as well (my feet aren't cold at bedtime anymore).

 

[Mindful]

I go to bed too early. Nothing much to do on these cold dark evenings, nothing on the telly. I’m Netflixed out.

 

[braalian]

Yeah, if only I could be as healthy as people in the Middle Ages.