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Would you happen to remember any details such as the school name, approximate year of publication, name of the author, etc? I would sure like to dig it up and find out which school awarded a doctorate for a dissertation on "Sleep Can Cure Cancer"...
This is annoying. I referred to a study I read. I posted a question in the Alternative Health section on "sleep and rest" as a healing method.
I am not going to get into an argument about this person's experience and what he wrote about or give details about the school or anything else.
If anyone has an opinion on sleep and rest as healing, that would be awesome. Thanks
AND I NEVER SAID SLEEP CAN CURE CANCER - way to twist what I did say. One person used this method of healing and wrote a dissertation. ONE PERSON. Nothing was extrapolated to the general population.
Yes, the trauma is the cause and I am trying to recover from it.
I was just wondering what people think about sleep/rest as a way to recover from stuff.
I do have vitamin deficiencies that I am trying to restore.
I am also doing a little with weights, and walking - so not all rest, but much more rest than I have ever done before, hence the fear I am getting lazy.
I think sleeping more can be restorative. When I am deeply troubled, cannot handle my depression awake- and I've called all the crisisline people I can- I sleep. It is a relief and allows me to rest from the troubles. Sure, I wake up and it's still there but at least I'm rested and can deal with it a little bit more.
Over the last few years I have rescued a number of animals from situations of neglect and/or cruelty. Even when the physical injuries have healed, the diet has been restored to optimal and medications have been finished, they spend an inordinate amount of time, for their age, sleeping. This goes on for months. The older the animal, the longer the process. I suspect humans are not that much different and need a tremendous amount of sleep for an extended period of time to complete a recovery process from trauma.
OP, let me suggest something simple that has helped me. In the morning, get outside, take off your glasses if you wear them and get some morning sunshine in your eyes. I'm not going to get into the biology, but it triggers your hormones into working correctly, will help you make melatonin to help with sleep, will make seratonin to make you happier, will get your circadian rhythm working right.
Eat in the morning, don't eat after dark. So much research is coming out lately about the importance of the circadian rhythm, even a recent Nobel prize. If you sync your day with nature, then your sleep at night should be more restorative.
Over the last few years I have rescued a number of animals from situations of neglect and/or cruelty. Even when the physical injuries have healed, the diet has been restored to optimal and medications have been finished, they spend an inordinate amount of time, for their age, sleeping. This goes on for months. The older the animal, the longer the process. I suspect humans are not that much different and need a tremendous amount of sleep for an extended period of time to complete a recovery process from trauma.
OP, let me suggest something simple that has helped me. In the morning, get outside, take off your glasses if you wear them and get some morning sunshine in your eyes. I'm not going to get into the biology, but it triggers your hormones into working correctly, will help you make melatonin to help with sleep, will make seratonin to make you happier, will get your circadian rhythm working right.
Eat in the morning, don't eat after dark. So much research is coming out lately about the importance of the circadian rhythm, even a recent Nobel prize. If you sync your day with nature, then your sleep at night should be more restorative.
I have never heard about the eyeball thing! I will try it.
This is annoying. I referred to a study I read. I posted a question in the Alternative Health section on "sleep and rest" as a healing method.
I am not going to get into an argument about this person's experience and what he wrote about or give details about the school or anything else.
If anyone has an opinion on sleep and rest as healing, that would be awesome. Thanks
AND I NEVER SAID SLEEP CAN CURE CANCER - way to twist what I did say. One person used this method of healing and wrote a dissertation. ONE PERSON. Nothing was extrapolated to the general population.
As for your symptoms: It looks like you are addressing them, however, you mentioned having vitamin deficiencies. Vitamin and/or mineral deficiencies can cause the symptons you described. You could try scrutinizing your diet and include more whole foods high in your deficiencies. It's possible that your body is not absorbing vitamins from the supplements.
I know that by the end of the day, my knee and back aches something terrible and know when I wake up the next morning after a good night's sleep, I will ache a lot less. Thank goodness my aches/pains don't keep me awake. Guess all the supps and sleep stuff I take does the job..
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