How to sleep like a caveman
Dr. Darkness delivers bro science
This post is a sleepy hollow follow-up to part one here.
Sleeping issues, a man-made disease.
A new phenomenon.
People aren't tired enough.
Do you ever wonder if the wandering Early Man had problems sleeping at night? Let's assume he's taken care of any immediate threats. The tribe is solid, and he can trust the safety net they built within the Ooga Booga community. No night-time attacks from fanged beasts or warring tribes.
He spends his day hunting and foraging and mating, endless movement.
No couches, no elevators, no cars.
He eats plants that come from the soil, and animals that coexist in his habitat.
No Starbucks, no Lay's Classic, no dive bars.
There is a local watering hole, but the only bev on tap is rich with minerals.
Man and deer make awkward eye contact as they share Mother Nature's teat.
He sleeps like a caveman, and does it all again the next day.
These people were tired. Their lives were hard. Too hard to fathom.
Our lives can be hard too, but it's never been easier to be a person.
We are surrounded by an abundance of comforts in all directions. We've become overwhelmed by the availability of convenience. Our evolved brains, a near identical copy of the Early Man, can't comprehend this paradise we've created.
When Ooga Booga brain lies its head down to count sheep, all it can wonder is why it didn't chase around sheep for breakfast, lunch or dinner.
It’s trapped in the body of laptops and sedans.
Throughout all of human development, we were physically active. Our bodies were designed for lots of movement. This physical exertion makes us require sleep. Only in the past few decades have we become far more sedentary.
This lack of movement is confusing for our brains. The brain expects the body to be exhausted, and yet it's not. The brain might be mentally fatigued from an active day of thinking, but the body is still primed for movement. Exercise will create the environment for better sleep.
You should be getting seven to eight hours of uninterrupted, high-quality sleep. If that's not the case, you might have some habits that prevent you from getting the best sleep possible.
The lack of movement during your days.
Eating fake foods.
Too much booze, too many gummies.
The constant drip of caffeine.
Ignoring your problems.
... The causes of the disease.
Is this bro science? Yes.
Dr. Darkness, Mr. Count-Your-Sheep, enlighten us.
You're too damn stressed out, and have unresolved stuff that keeps your mind racing up until the second you lay your head down on the pillow, following you into your dreams.
Substances prevent your brain from reaching its deepest levels of rest. Booze and weed might help you fall asleep, but it reduces the amount of time in deep sleep. It lessens the quality of your sleep.
Regular night-time pot smokers are familiar with the strange experience of having crazy dreams if they take a night off from a pre-sleep toke. This happens because the brain builds up "dream juice" that it will unleash during the deepest sleep cycles.
But this dreamy brain juice is blocked by substances, sometimes for consecutive nights, until it all comes out at once on the rare occasion Captain Kush takes a night off, causing a flurry of vivid dreams.
#SCIENCE
The amount of time in sleep doesn't always result in high-quality sleep. You can sleep for eight hours, but not feel rested. The above list are the causes for this.
Get better sleep, wake up earlier, and make your life easier than it already is, you cute little Neanderthal.
Ooga Booga!
(Goodnight, sleep tight!)
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The man in the picture has clearly taken care of all possible threats.