Sleep Efficiency (SE) is the percentage of total time in bed that you are actually asleep. Those with clinical insomnia usually spend more and more time in bed trying to sleep but not sleeping, and their Sleep Efficiency drops below 85%. Effective training includes sleep compression and restriction, stimulus control, and changing your thought patterns (see CBTi). If you are … [Read more...]
Was Molly Bloom an Efficient Sleeper?
Molly Bloom spent a lot of time in bed, but was she sleep efficient? The musings of Molly Bloom's soliloquy at the end of the James Joyce novel Ulysses would lead us to believe she was not. Molly's famous last line, "...yes, I Said, Yes I will, Yes", underscores her unsettled state of mind, perhaps intensified by ineffective sleep. Like many people, Molly Bloom may have … [Read more...]
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The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise
Driving in early, a hint of eastern light, the lyrics and Les Paul's guitar loud in my head: "Dear one, the world is waiting for the sunrise..." We are creatures born to be intrigued by sunrise and sunset both, but aren't we less likely to wait for the sunset? Nevertheless, both waking and sleeping are active states, one preparing for the other. Both absolutely … [Read more...]