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I swear to get around to 2021 at some point, I said exactly that last year. This is again from last December, I saw these berries and then noticed the lines of spider silk, it resembled to me a sort of Neural-Pathway or Neural-Network, neurons of some description anyway. It is something to marvel when you look at galaxies and then see neurons in the brain, or the construct of the eye, one can easily see the limitation of the imagination that is the construct behind the simulation we all live in, when these designs start to combine in their individual design.
I hope everyone is well, here's to a great weekend and so as always, thank you! :)
So I probably am insane, I don't care, I applied an awakening to this moment, for me personally I never see a road, I see demonstrational neurological existential consciousness, ready to send out the little messengers of thoughts of which we are all in the driving seat, master this and you master the Universe. Imagine if you would, realising that thinking decides reality and a new universe can be created from thus an infinitesimal moment's conjuring, it can be mind blowing and frightening to yield that level of conscience, be mindful of your thoughts but what an incredible playground of exploration awaits if we could ever can comprehend the absolute freedom that awaits, so go ahead Angel, blow my mind, I am ready!
I hope everyone is well and so as always, thank you! :)
I submitted dis piece in our local open call for new artist
if accepted you become an Allied Artist of the local community
it was selected and now I am an Allied Artist
The Wellness Center is a wonderful community resource that helps people with strokes, MS, and neurological problems cope.
I still work out there…
- SOLUTION OF A PUZZLE/ 190910 -
solution: the 30 consonants of the tibetan alphabet in the right order(s.below) [ chalk drawing/ AQVARELLE ARCHES/France/
185 / GM2 - 56x76CM/ Arjo Wiggins/Feuille-Grain/Torchon-Rough/ ca.1995/ RA ]
[ if you add the 4 vowels, 37 superfixed and 34 subfixed letters, the neaders, dots
and verticals you've 108 (!) letter forms ]
Short biographical explanation:
After my study (medicine) and following philosophy [Munich] felt that I hadn't yet found
an answer for my questions about "life".
I started a correspondence with the private secretary M.R. of his holyness "Dalai-Lama".
He'd given me the 'link' , that I would have to learn the tibetan language before going for a unfixed time into a monastery near by the mountain Kailash.
I studied then ( beside to my profession[ neurology ] ) 4 years at the central asian faculty at the
university Bonn/Rhine/Germany this language.
And then: my experience with the tibetan-buddhism, - this time shall be left absolutly in privat.
The painting above is next to many photos thee painting by my own, who has an central place in
my studio. RA/190910
The field of psychiatry and neurology are rapidly changing. The revolution in research brought about by the discovery of non-invasive means of looking inside the brain has resulted in a rediscovery of the fundamental truth that the serious mental illnesses are the result of genetic, chemical, electrical, structural, or traumatic problems in the brain. More and more, we are discovering that Alzheimer's Disease, Tourette Syndrome, Seizure Disorders, Schizophrenia, Anxiety Disorders, and Depression are brain illnesses and deserve equivalent levels of treatment and compassion.
But, because we cannot know about nor provide information about all brain illnesses and traumas, we are especially concerned about Anxiety and Panic Disorders, Bipolar Disorder, Severe Depression, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, and Schizophrenia which are among the most devastating of the brain illnesses and about which there is still great misunderstanding and prejudice.
While other brain illnesses--from Alzheimer's to Seizure Disorder--can be equally debilitating, we find that the illnesses we are most concerned about continue to need our especial care and concern because of the misconceptions, discrimination, and potential for destruction that are involved in having or loving someone who has one of these five categories of brain illness.
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Here it is, the last in the series "Welcome to the Psych Ward". This has really been some of my best, and personal favorite, work on flickr I've done yet. I've learned so much and realized how truly, utterly, frighteningly complex the human mind is. I want to thank everyone so much for all of the views, comments, faves, suggestions, ideas, support, and love. You all are just too amazing for words. HUGE thanks to anyone who followed the project since the start.
I apologize if you had a mental illness suggestion i coulnt get around to or if my brain totally died and i just plain didnt have any ideas.
SO now when you hear about someone with some mental illness, maybe youll have a bit more interest to check it out. Cos were all morbid like that :)
I hope all of you learned something too
DoctorGlassEye is in, completely certified, let's begin the procedure. Here's the MRI test from last night, I'm afraid your condition could be terminal. I'm afraid I may have to saw your head open and examine it closer. This shouldn't hurt a bit. I need to know how you think, and I'm afraid there isn't another option present currently. Look at the MRI, LOOK AT IT! Your neurons are off the chart!
I know teamlab shots never do that well for me (much like theme park shots), but nontheless I still wanna try my hand at it. Incase you don't know what you're looking at, this is a room full of dangling light strands, the same room I would shoot True Origins. There is a path you can take winding through the strands instead of just the large open area where you can change the weather sequence with the app. I got several differently colored shots. I tried to get a focused close up of one strand dangling but it didn't work out too well so I just went with the original brackets. The trouble was, even for brackets, not one shot looks the exact same cause I had no tripod and the lights were changing too fast.
I had two in particular that I eyed to do for this post, I had a lighter and a darker image that were both predominantly blue. So I did an interesting fix, I flipped the darker shot and it acted as a better fade for the upper lights on the brighter one. All that was left was to make it even more obvious that this was a light display. As a heads up, when I return to Tokyo (soon), I intend to get more of these kinds of shots at Teamlab Planets. so if you're one of the few that do enjoy these, then stay tuned cause its gonna get a WHOLE lot better.
Benji has a neurological condition in his left rear leg so he uses steps in various rooms of the house to get where he wants to go. Here he jumped from steps in front of his favorite window to his favorite chair. Thank you for taking time from your busy day to view, fave and comment on my images. It is always appreciated!
© C. Statton DiFiori
"Im Rahmen einer Ausbildungsmaßnahme wurde diese Mosaikbank von Jugendlichen Anfang der 1990-er Jahre hergestellt. Interessant ist, dass die Motive des Mosaiks genau die Qualität der Landschaft auf allegorische War und Weise wiederspiegeln. Der Schaugarten wurde von Mitarbeitern der angrenzenden Firma in-vitro-tec GmbH hergestellt und wird regelmäßig gepflegt und neu gestaltet". Dieser Text auf einer Tafel vor Ort stimmt leider nicht mehr ganz. Die besagte Firma gibt es nicht mehr, seit fast drei Jahren stehen die Gewächshaäuser leer, und seitdem verwildern das Paradiesgärtlein und die ehemaligen Schaugärten vor den drei Gewächshäusern und bieten nun einen traurigen Anblick.
‘This mosaic bench was created by young people in the early 1990s as part of a training programme. It is interesting to note that the motifs in the mosaic allegorically reflect the very character of the landscape. The show garden was created by staff from the neighbouring company, In-vitro-tec Ltd., and is regularly maintained and redesigned.’ Unfortunately, this text on a sign at the site is no longer entirely accurate. The company in question no longer exists; its greenhouses have stood empty for almost three years, and since then the Little Paradise Garden and the former show gardens in front of the three greenhouses have fallen into disrepair and now present a pitiful sight.
Am Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts begann die Berliner Stadtverordnetenversammlung mit der Einrichtung städtischer Irrenanstalten am Stadtrand. Eine davon wurde 1893 in Herzberge in der damals noch selbständigen Gemeinde Lichtenberg errichtet, die "II. Städtische Irrenanstalt", eingeweiht. Es handelte sich um eine fortschrittliche Einrichtung mit Gebäuden auf einem parkähnlich angelegten Gelände, die schon damals Ergotherapie für die Behandlung psychischer Erkrankungen einsetzte. Daher schloss sich direkt an das Krankenhaus ein großes landwirtschaftlich und gärtnerisch genutztes Areal an, das von Patienten bearbeitet wurde und dessen Produkte zur Selbstversorgung des fern der Stadt, am Rand des damals selbstständigen Dorfes Lichtenberg gelegenen Krankenhauses dienten. Dieses Gelände wurde 2010 in den heutigen Landschaftspark Herzberge umgestaltet, der heute das Krankenhaus umschließt. Nach wechselvollen Nutzungen in späterer Zeit, wurde das gesamte Krankenhaus an das Evangelische Krankenhaus Königin Elisabeth übergeben. Diese 1838 gegründet und nach seiner Gründerin, der Kronprinzessin und späteren Königin Elisabeth von Preußen benannte Institution war seit 1945 auf einem Teil des Geländes untergebracht, nachdem die Sowjetische Armee ihr Stammhaus für ihr Berliner Hauptquartier beschlagnahmt hatte. Auf dem anderen Teil des Geländes gab es weiter ein städtisches Fachkrankenhaus für Neurologie und Psychiatrie, dessen Funktionen dann an andere Einrichtungen übertragen werden konnten. Die landwirtschaftlichen Flächen wurden zu DDR-Zeiten an ein VEG (Volkseigenes Gut, also einen staatlichen Betrieb) für Gartenbau übertragen. Dieses eröffnete 1981 eine großflächige Gewächshausanlage. In der Zeit nach der Wiedervereinigung Deutschlands stellte das VEG schrittweise seinen Betrieb ein, bis es ganz geschlossen wurde. Einige Folgefirmen und Bildungseinrichtungen nutzten die Gebäude bis Ende der 1990er Jahre, bevor ein Großteil der Fläche dem Vandalismus verfiel. Heute sind nur noch drei Gewächshäuser übrig, die bis vor 3 Jahren noch genutzt wurden und jetzt auf neue Nutzer warten. m Sommer 2009 wurden die ersten 35 Rauhwolligen Pommerschen Landschafe angesiedelt. Mittlerweile weiden jährlich rund 50 Muttertiere mit ihren Lämmern auf den nahezu 20 Hektar Weideland. Seit 2010 trägt das Gelände den Namen "Landschaftspark Herzberge".
Towards the end of the 19th century, the Berlin City Council began establishing municipal mental hospitals on the outskirts of the city. One of these, the “II. Municipal Mental Hospital”, was built in 1893 in Herzberge, in the then still independent community of Lichtenberg. It was a progressive institution with buildings set in park-like grounds, which even at that time was using occupational therapy for the treatment of mental illness. For this reason, a large agricultural and horticultural area was directly adjacent to the hospital, which was worked by patients and whose products were used to supply the hospital, which was located far from the city on the edge of the then independent village of Lichtenberg, with its own food. In 2010, this area was transformed into today's Herzberge Landscape Park, which now surrounds the hospital. After changing uses in later times, the entire hospital was handed over to the Queen Elizabeth Protestant Hospital. This institution, founded in 1838 and named after its founder, the Crown Princess and later Queen Elizabeth of Prussia, had been housed on part of the site since 1945, after the Soviet Army had confiscated its main building for its Berlin headquarters. On the other part of the site there was also a municipal specialist hospital for neurology and psychiatry, the functions of which were subsequently transferred to other facilities. During the GDR era, the agricultural land was transferred to a VEG (state-owned farm) for horticultural purposes. In 1981, the farm opened a large-scale greenhouse complex. In the period following German reunification, the VEG gradually scaled back its operations until it was closed down completely. A number of successor companies and educational institutions used the buildings until the late 1990s, before much of the site fell victim to vandalism. Today, only three greenhouses remain; these were still in use until three years ago and are now awaiting new users. In the summer of 2009, the first 35 Pomeranian Coarsewool Sheep were introduced to the site. Now, around 50 ewes and their lambs graze annually on the nearly 20 hectares of pastureland. Since 2010, the site has been known as the “Herzberge Landscape Park”.
Charlie and Freddie at mummy's house at Goldhanger in the County of Essex (UK) aged around three weeks old in June 2009.
Freddie on the right passed away at home aged 10 after a short illness on August 20th 2019.
Charlie on the left was put to sleep by a veterinary surgeon after a severe and unrecoverable neurological event after several months of gradual decline aged 15 and a half years old on December 19th 2024.
Charlie's passing brought to an end the Charlie and Freddie era, their life odyssey, their personal companionship and their flickr adventure.
Freddie May 22nd 2009- August 20th 2019.
Charlie May 22nd 2009- December 19th 2024.
Please take a look at Charlie and Freddie's album which pretty much encompasses their whole life story flic.kr/s/aHsjmfasHC
Charlie tribute video flic.kr/p/2qF6ahC
Freddie tribute video flic.kr/p/2hhxpsj
Rest in peace little fellas x.
Every six months or so, I have a neurologist appointment. At today's visit, while waiting, I pulled my Fujifilm #X100F out. Now this may seem like a weird location, but I am not a big believer in leaving cameras in the trunk of my car (theft). I was intrigued by the scene. One, the available light was good for a pic. Two, I thought it was interesting that the doctor had a jar of safety pins. Perhaps he would use those to re-attach portions of my brain that are loose? When he came into the office, I forgot to ask. Next time.
16 months ago I developed a serious neurological condition which has stolen the life I had... This pretty much sums it up...
keeping it topical, neurologically speaking.
I have to admit that I particularly love when my heroes turn out to have 'feet of clay'. It serves to make them more human. I love Dr. Oliver Sacks almost as much as I love my 'urinal thief', Marcel.
The famous Zen saying, "If you meet the Buddha on the road, kill him," comes from the 9th-century Chinese Chan (Zen) master Linji Yixuan (Rinzai Gigen), and it's a koan meaning you must kill conceptualizations, false beliefs, or any fixed ideas about enlightenment, even if they appear as a teacher or a holy figure, to find true awakening within yourself.
What a relief it is to find out that your hero is a jester, a trickster, a joker in this pack of cards, so the admonishment to kill them no longer stands.
We can just get on with loving them for being fallible and desperate, in other words exactly the same as the rest of us. I find this to be a great relief.
What's not to love?
the man ( maybe a pimp maybe a relative maybe his father )
&
this handicapped individual.
every morning this man plops him down under the Khilkhet overpass, checks in on him from time to time , feeds him, takes his earnings, 12 hours a day, 7 days a week. 365 days a year.
In the 4th world, with no social services for anyone,
the handicapped individual can only beg and thus becomes the wage earner many times for the entire family.
He sits and stares, he is obviously neurologically compromised, as if he was a statue or someone without a soul.
Millions will pass by some will give most do not.
Dhaka is tragically overpopulated and extremely polluted.
21,000,000 people reside in it.
this identical tragic situation befalls millions worldwide...
dreary?
its all true.
I wouldn't lie about this kind of thing..............
KHILKHET,
DHAKA
Photography’s new conscience
Neurologically Operated Refrigerated Automaton, or N.O.R.A. was meant to be Victor's solution to both preserving his beloved wife, and allowing her to continue to function in the world while he could focus on finding her a cure. Only the years as a human snow cone and constant battles Batman have not been kind to Nora. While technically still alive, her body and mind have suffered extensive tissue damage, and she can no longer control N.O.R.A. Instead Victor has taken over the controls. Now outfitted with a mammoth freeze cannon, hurling pissed off polar bears, and a doomsday failsafe that will trigger a cataclysmic nuclear winter, N.O.R.A. Will become the vehicle of Victor's ultimate revenge against Batman and a world whose heart has grown cold.
My entry for FBTB's Mech Madness 2012
Where I went on Tuesday for my cochlear implant's second processor adjustment.
Tags:
"Cochlear Implant" Adjustment Outdoors Sunny Shade SOOC Bench "Neurology Institute" Tucson Arizona HBM "Happy Bench Monday"
IMG_7279 SOOC
neurological merge with my head in the air and my heart on the ground . look around look around . drown drown drownd
Mount Sinai Medical Center is located at 4300 Alton Rd, Miami Beach, FL 33140. It is the largest private, independent, not-for-profit teaching hospital in Florida, providing comprehensive medical care across multiple specialties.
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Artist: Eadweard J. Muybridge
Artist Bio: British, 1830 - 1904
Creation Date: 1887
Process: photogravure
Credit Line: Gift of Joyce and Ted Strauss
Accession Number: 2005.009.056
I am debating doing an ongoing series documenting life with chronic pain. I need the outlet. Chronic Migraine, a neurological disease/disorder, is an ever present and very big part of my life for years now. This was taken during Prodrome, the 1st of the 4 phases of a Migraine Attack. Each phase has its own laundry list of symptoms.
Many non-migraineurs are only aware of the 3rd phase - the head pain phase. Here/now i am expierencing many Prodrome symptoms but the most brutal is the neck & muscle pain.
I would like to attempt documenting life with CM and the physical and emotional toll it takes on your body and mind. As well are raising some awreness and offering others support- i see you 💗
Disclaimer: while i sincerely love that people are so kind and thoughtful and want to help, migraine and chronic migraine are different for each person. Chronic Migraine is a neurological disease/disorder that has no cure yet. Not everyone expierences each phase (there are 4: Prodrome, aura, the head pain, postdrome), have the same triggers, repsonds to the same procedures, lifestyle changes or medications and most are working with a Dr and Neurological team. Therefore, please refrain from leaving "cure" advice. I promise you, we have or are trying it all (i have legit tried some ridiculous stuff for relief ) and work with medical professionals. This is not meant to be negative we just simply get a lot of internet cures sent to us 😉❤💐
By architects G. Chiaureli, L. Kiladze, I. Maskharashvili, F. Kartvelishvili and B. Gegelia, 1975. Tbilisi, Georgia.
Photo: Stefano Perego.
"A neurologically-based condition in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway. People who report such experiences are known as synesthetes. They sense colors in flavours, textures in tastes, colors in sounds, relative sounds to colors, and even more profound sensory connections between two senses."
BLUE HEART EVENT!!
Autism is related to the color blue, it designate support for those living with Autism. So, we are designing our The Color Blue Event around that color.
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ϩӇΛnϮΛl (shantal.gravois): BLUE HEART EVENT "Your Support, it's their opportunity". This event combines Fashion, design and good will for our brothers and sisters who suffer Autism.
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Autism is not a disease, it is a condition of life that affects to a greater or lesser extent the social interaction through communication, behavior, language and sensory integration of people, it is a different way of interpreting words, the colors, shapes and sounds of the world around us.
The causes are unknown, it is believed in the existence of a genetic factor associated with an environmental component. With personalized and specialized therapeutic treatment, those who manifest it manage to increase their quality of life.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate 1 case of autism for every 68 births in the United States.
According to the WHO, 1 in 160 children have this condition in the world and the incidence increases by 17% per year. Each year more children with autism are diagnosed than with AIDS, cancer and diabetes together.
People with autism do not live in "their world", they live in ours and that forces us to see it differently. Autism is part of a neurological and social diversity. It is a different way of processing information, of interacting with and in the world.
To give them an opportunity to fit in, is a moral obligation that we have as human beings.
There are some institutions that are responsible for generating support for family members and autists in different parts of the world. In Honduras, one of the poorest countries in the world, APOAUTIS exists.
APOAUTIS - apoautis.blogspot.com/
www.facebook.com/apoautis.ong.hn
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuFTFgKaGvA
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EVENT TIMELINE
March 30 - Designer Registration Opens, Blogger applications open
April 15 - Blogger applications Close
April 21 - Bloggers announced
April 22 - Designer Registration Closes
May 6 - Deadline to get outfits to Fashion Show Models and Bloggers
May 10 - Designers sent Packets and group for set up
May 11 - Designer Set up Begins
May 17 - The Event Opens
May 19 - The Blue Fashion Show by BLVD Fashion House
May 20 - Party with DJ Johnathan Hiess (wear blue, blues tunes)
May 22 - Event Closes
May 23-24 Event Clean UP
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Naps aren’t only for toddlers. Approximately 1 in 3 American adults nap, according to previous Pew Research Center data.
Naps come in all shapes and sizes. “Some people take restorative daytime naps in order to compensate for insufficient nighttime sleep,” says Shanon Makekau, MD, chief of pulmonology and sleep medicine director at Kaiser Permanente in Honolulu. “Others may take ‘prophylactic’ naps to prepare for an overnight shift.”
And then there’s the power nap.
“A power nap is a nap that's short — less than 30 minutes long,” says Safia Khan, MD, a specialist in sleep disorders and an assistant professor in the department of family and community medicine and the department of neurology at UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.
It provides the restorative benefits of sleep without adversely affecting one’s ability to fall asleep at night, Dr. Makekau adds.
Is It Healthy to Nap?
Yes, but follow these tips from Alex Dimitriu, MD, a Menlo Park, California–based psychiatrist and sleep medicine physician, so they don’t mess with sleep at night!
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department offers comprehensive services in the diagnosing and treatment of people with sleep disorders, including breathing-related sleep disorders (e.g., obstructive sleep apnea, OSA), insomnia, hypersomnia(e.g., narcolepsy, Kleine-Levine Syndrome), circadian rhythm disorders, parasomnia, and sleep disturbance caused by psychiatric and medical conditions.
We provide integrated and multi-discipline medical services comprising of physicians specializing in various disciplines (e.g. Psychiatry, Neurology, ENT, Pulmonary Medicine , Rehabilitation) as well as other health and well-being professionals (e.g. sleep psychologists and nurse practitioners).
Conditions We Treat
Insomnia
Difficult to fall asleep at night
Nocturnal spontaneous waking
Early morning awakening
Don’t feel refresh after waking in the morning
Feeling tired, fatigue, or sleepiness during the day
Irritable, or depressed during the day
Sleep related breathing disorders
Snore loudly.
Have morning headaches.
Snort or choke while asleep.
Have pauses in breathing or irregular breathing while asleep.
Excessive sleepiness during the day (watching TV, work, driving).
Wake up groggy or tired in the morning, no matter how many hours you've slept.
Parasomnia
Sleepwalking
Nightmares
Sleep enuresis
Sleep terrors
REM sleep behavior disorder
Bruxism
Services & Treatments
■ Out patient Clinic
■ Polysomnography (PSG)
■ Continuous Positive Airway Pressure titration (CPAP titration)
■ Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT)
■ Actigraphy
■ Light therapy
■ Cognitive behavioral therapy
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What Counts as a Power Nap?
Some experts say the power nap should be even shorter — 20 minutes max. But all agree it shouldn’t exceed 30 minutes. That’s because the body enters a deep sleep around that time, and waking up from a deep sleep can lead to grogginess, according to the Sleep Foundation.
This state of grogginess or drowsiness is also called “sleep inertia.” It’s when your body feels like you need to sleep more because your brain has already started to get into a deeper state of sleep, Dr. Khan explains.
Sticking to the shorter time frame keeps the body from dealing with sleep inertia so you wake up feeling recovered rather than sleepy. “With a power nap, you stay in the lighter stages of sleep,” Khan says. “When you’ve been sleeping longer than 30 minutes, it’s more difficult to wake up and you wake up feeling groggy versus when waking up from lighter sleep.”
Power naps are the most beneficial type of nap for most adults, according to the American Sleep Association.
What Are the Benefits of a Power Nap?
The main benefit of a power nap is to help you feel refreshed, so you feel more awake through the rest of the day. “When you take a power nap, it energizes you and makes you more alert for the next four to six hours,” Khan says. “You feel like you can get a lot more accomplished.”
According to Mayo Clinic, napping can help you feel relaxed, reduce fatigue, increase alertness, and improve your mood as well as your performance, such as by increasing your reaction time and memory. “Power naps can help people with jobs requiring high vigilance (for example, drivers and pilots) to recharge, thus reducing the risk of accidents and errors due to drowsiness,” Makekau says.
Napping can also boost the immune system and reduce stress. A small study published in February 2015 in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism found short, 30-minute naps had stress relieving and immune benefits for a group of healthy young adult men.
And if you needed another excuse for a midday break: Naps may keep your heart healthy. A study published in December 2019 in Heart found that participants who napped once or twice a week had a lower risk of experiencing a cardiovascular event.
Just remember that 30-minute limit to ensure the nap doesn’t interfere with nighttime sleep, Khan says. “It's easier to wake up from a power nap, and it does not significantly affect your nighttime sleep,” she says. “A longer nap will affect your ability to fall asleep at night.”
RELATED: Are You Sleeping Too Much?
Does a Caffeine Nap Actually Work?
Some people take the power nap to the next level by consuming coffee (or other source of caffeine) immediately before falling asleep.
“By the time coffee gets absorbed into the system, the effect of the caffeine will start working and will help wake you up,” Khan says.
A study published in the September–October 2020 issue of Chronobiology International had participants drink 200 milligrams of caffeine right before a 30-minute nap. (For reference, that’s about two cups of coffee, according to Mayo Clinic.) Those individuals tested higher on careful attention and fatigue in the 45 minutes after waking up from the nap compared with those who did not consume caffeine before sleeping.
Whether or not it’ll work for you depends on how you respond to caffeine. “There are some people who get wired immediately as they drink their coffee,” Khan says.
If you decide to give it a try, do it in the early afternoon. “We don't recommend drinking coffee past 3 or 4 p.m. because it can disrupt your nighttime sleep,” Khan says.
Who Are Power Naps Best for and How Do I Know I’m Doing It Right?
If you get the recommended seven to nine hours of sleep at night (per guidelines from National Sleep Foundation published in March 2015 in Sleep Health), wake up feeling rested, and have plenty of energy throughout the day, you probably don’t need to worry about power napping. But, if you tend to feel drowsy in the afternoon or you’ve had a poor night sleep, a power nap could indeed be beneficial, Khan says.
Power naps may be especially helpful for shift workers, especially those who need to avoid drowsiness for safety reasons, such as truck drivers or doctors prepping for surgery. “This reduces risks of errors in judgment,” Khan says.
Khan says it’s okay to power nap regularly. “However, if you need to take a power nap daily, then you may benefit from increasing total sleep time at night,” she says.
RELATED: How Much Sleep You Really Need
Here are a few tips from the Sleep Foundation on how to get the most out of your power nap:
Don’t nap too close to nighttime sleep. A good rule of thumb is to nap at the midpoint between the time you wake up and the time you go to bed.
Set an alarm for 10 to 20 minutes to ensure you wake up feeling alert instead of groggy.
Find the right spot to rest. The best sleep environment for napping is the same one for nighttime: You want a cool, dark, quiet, and comfortable place. Your bedroom is ideal, and ear plugs and an eye mask may help, Makekau says.
Power naps aren’t for everyone. You may not be able to make it work schedule-wise or you may be the type who wakes up feeling disoriented or even more tired than you were before, regardless of the duration of the nap.
But, Khan adds that she’s personally a big fan. “Most people do benefit from taking a power nap,” she says.
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A nap is a short period of sleep that usually occurs during the day. For many adults, naps can help to maintain alertness or overcome daytime fatigue.
Nap needs and the benefits of napping can vary among individuals. Knowing the facts about napping can help determine whether to take naps, and tips for better naps can enable healthier napping habits.Benefits of Naps
Naps can deliver a number of benefits. Brief naps can be restorative and reduce fatigue during the day. After a night of insufficient sleep, a nap may counteract daytime drowsiness
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A short daytime snooze may also boost workplace performance
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. A nap can improve cognitive functions such as memory, logical reasoning, and the ability to complete complex tasks.
Some studies have found that physical performance can also improve after napping
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. Athletes may experience improved endurance, reaction times, and cognitive performance if they take a daytime nap.
Napping may provide other health benefits. One observational study found that napping one or two times a week was associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular problems
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, such as heart attack, stroke, or heart disease. However, more research is needed to understand the complex ways that the frequency and duration of naps affect heart health.
Napping may also reduce the impacts of insufficient sleep. For example, a small trial found evidence that naps relieved stress
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and supported the immune system in people whose sleep was limited the night before.
Additionally, naps may contribute to the well-being of specific groups of people. For instance, a study of people diagnosed with intracranial aneurysms found that regularly napping was associated with a lowered risk of a rupture
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of the aneurysm.How Sleep Works During Nap Time
Whether at night or during the day, sleep unfolds in a series of stages that make up a sleep cycle.
Stage 1: Stage 1 is the lightest and briefest stage of sleep, lasting only one to seven minutes.
Stage 2: Stage 2 follows stage 1 and lasts about 10 to 25 minutes. During stage 2 sleep, the muscles relax, and body functions slow. However, sleep in this stage is still relatively light.
Stage 3: Stage 3 is a deeper, more restorative stage of sleep, and it can be difficult to wake up while in this stage. Stage 3 usually lasts between 20 and 40 minutes.
Rapid eye movement (REM): During REM sleep, the body’s muscles are temporarily paralyzed, and the eyes move quickly under closed eyelids. Dreaming tends to take place during REM sleep.
When sleep periods last several hours, the body cycles through these stages several times. During a nap, though, there is not enough time to go through multiple sleep cycles.
In fact, during a short nap, a person may not be asleep long enough to spend much, if any, time in stage 3 or REM sleep. This can actually make it easier to wake up refreshed from a quick nap.
Longer naps, such as those lasting more than 30 minutes, can cause the sleeper to enter deep sleep, and deep sleep may start even sooner in people who are sleep deprived. Grogginess often results from being woken up during deep sleep.
I learned several months ago that I have a neurological condition called synesthesia. When I look at letters, or numbers, or hear/read words, I see certain colors inside my head. These colors are always the same for its co-responding letter/number; A is always a rusty red, and 4 is always dark grayish-purple.
I also have spatial-sequence synesthesia, which means that I see periods of time (such as the months of the year) in a three-dimensional space around me, with the winter months behind and summer directly ahead. Pain also registers as color, which is actually rather helpful: When I get migraines, I can tell by the color what has caused them and how much medication to take for it.
I see colors for days of the week, musical instruments, everyday sounds, musical tones, and even some smells (like bonfire smoke and gasoline).
I suck at math, though, cuz the colors make me confuse large numbers. 12134 has the same colors as 14321, only in a different sequence, which, when first 'seen' looks almost exactly the same.
Synesthesia is caused by a 'malfuncion' in the wiring of the brain's senses. It doesn't disable me in any way, though does occasionally cause migraine headaches from sensory overload.
The above painting (done in acrylic on particle board) is what I 'see' when listening to Snow by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
If you'd like to purchase this or any other original works of other songs, or would like to commission a song personally, please contact me at lionheart09@comcast.net
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Each time I step into a Walmart store.
Before I go into the collage. I’ll cover the audio.
Koda, was laying on the floor as I gathered my Half-wit documentation devices. He was taking his morning nap. We were both woken just before 6:00 am, this morning. By a gunshot or backfire. Then, just as I fell back asleep; the Village Idiot of Mesa County, Colorado, zoom pass the back of our motorhome. They were hooping and hollering, as if they won the lottery. Koda, jumped up, running, barking to a front window. He watched them pull onto the highway, accelerate, like the fools they are. We couldn’t go back to sleep after that. Even though we only had a few hours sleep that night. Compliments of the Mesa County Village idiots.
Now the audio. Koda, was laying on the floor, close to me. I asked him; “are you taking your morning nap?” I thought I’d join him. I went back to the bedroom and laid down. It only took the plane you hear in the audio; 5 minutes, 40 seconds, to show up. As you can hear, it dove over the top of our motorhome. Well below the 500 foot, federal elevation requirement.
I didn’t increase the gain (volume), of the audio. When I asked Koda if he was taking his morning nap; I was about 3 feet from the recording device. I left it in place. You can compare the volume of my voice, to the volume of the airplane. I cut a little over 4 minutes, to spare you from thunderous farts. I literally have thousands of these, as I try to sleep. I will lay down for a nap, or to sleep at night. Planes, jets and helicopters will buzz over the top of our motorhome. Bottom Feeders will begin gunfire, pounding, slamming, motorcycles, Big Billy-Bob trucks; zooming by. Keeping me sleep-deprived.
Can you imagine, trying to go to sleep; knowing you are being watched? Someone knowing when you lay down to sleep. Knowing when you use the bathroom; shining lights into your windows, starting some kind of noise campaign. Waiting for you to step out with your dog. Waiting for you to put out, or retrieve, your solar panels. Like the National Guard Jet, in the previous post (Not a Storm). This morning we had a Red and White Helicopter, buzzing overhead, as Koda scrunches up to poo. Sleep deprivation; is a form of Torture, outline by the Geneva Convention. But, we all know too well; it only applies to the United States of America, when it's convenient.
Who has this kind of money, to finance this shit? Who has this type of Psyops training, the coordination capabilities? Who, has this type of control over our Judicial System? Who, has our Legislators, wrapped around their fingers? How much is our Defense Spending this year? Meanwhile, United States Citizens, struggle to put a balanced meal on the table. Retailers are locking up Spam. Yes, Fucking Spam!
The Collage; is another visit to the Grand Junction, Colorado, Walmart (Walking Across The Fire). I wasn’t feeling very well that day. I have my good days, but also my bad. Koda the Magnificat, was with, to help, as he always does. We had many, many local Perps; waiting, in retaliation to my previous post on “More Bullies”. They were setting up, in front of, almost every item I purchase. Instead of combining a butt load of these Perps into one collage. I’m going to start doing a Collage, on the acts of each one. To include some Walmart staff, involved.
With this one; I had set Koda’s extended leash handle, on the shopping cart. I told him to wait, as I gathered a bag to cover the chicken. If I just say wait; he will stand in place. If point to the ground and say wait; he will lay down and wait. There was a man up ahead of us. As soon as I steeped away from our cart. He rushes towards Koda. I was having trouble opening the bag, as the guy started calling to Koda. He keeps saying “Hi Dog, hi dog”, as he extends his arm out. Koda, stayed to the back of our cart, so the guy walks towards him. I say, “Sir, he’s a service dog”. The guy keeps walking to Koda, puts his fist up to Koda’s nose. He continues talking to Koda, ignoring me. I finally said, “Leave my dog alone, he’s a service dog”. The guy, then, wants to start arguing with me, saying he just wanted to say hi to him. He then wanted to question, him being a service dog. Baiting for further confrontation. The whole time; there’s a Walmart manager, watching to his far rear. Also, an employee behind me, he walks pass and does nothing. The Lupus I’ve had for 22 years, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and back Injury, all starting to catch up with me. Now, Neurological problems added to it. The ones, the VA, have been so desperately trying to keep from me, and delay treatment for. And, I really think, my Dick is getting smaller. I have to try and inject a little humor, into this Sick, Sadistic, Torture, that falls upon us daily. I didn’t share any of this with the guy.
So, Mr Dick, McDick, continues to elevate his stupidity, as the Village Idiots of Grand Junction, watch.
Koda, stood in place, gives me the WTF, look. The guy continues, to act like an ignorant 10-year-old child. Very similar to Security Guard and Half-wit, at St Mary’s Hospital, here in Grand Junction.
I asked him; “How would you like it, if I walked up and started rubbing your head”. That sent him off! I remained calm. You can’t reason with these people.
To let all American’s know; a Service Dog, by law, doesn’t have to wear a marked vest. There is no State or Federal Certification, for Service Dogs. Any person can train their own service dog, but you will be liable for its actions. Check with your state for any restrictions. I am more than qualified to train Service Dogs. The VA does not provide Service Dogs, to the millions of veterans in need.
My next Collage, may be of the guy who blocked the yogurt, then intentionally elbows me. Later, chasing us down in produce. It may be of the woman that used her young boy; to emulate a Gang Stalker. Dressed in their colors, fist in pocket skit, stepping in front of our cart, then stopping. It may be, of the two Walmart managers, standing almost over us. One, giving me a look of discuss, not knowing me. Or the woman blocking the Pillsbury Biscuits. Damn her! The man others set in place, to block us. It can all be captured on Walmart’s surveillance cameras. Between 2:00 pm and 2:59 pm, on 8-2-22.
United States Citizens, don’t need to be whisked off to Black Ops Sites, anymore. They can be Tortured in the own homes. Thanks to Gang Stalkers, and the use of Direct Energy Weapons. Gang Stalkers; are the largest Domestic Terrorism Group, in United Sates History. Their numbers and capabilities far exceed, that of the KKK, in their prime. Their agenda’s, pretty much the same. Decide who lives in their neighborhoods, their communities, their states. Terrorize and remove those, not worthy.
If you don’t think this is Terrorism; you are as Fucked Up, as our National Agency Directors. They use words like ‘Terrorism, Torture’, only when it suits them. As they set smugly, in their air-conditioned offices; turning their backs on US Citizens. Letting them fend for themselves. Gang Stalking is the biggest threat to our Democracy. Their numbers continue to grow, going unchecked for Decades. Teaching their children to do the same. Wouldn’t you say so Mr. CIA, FBI, Homeland Security; Directors?
If you are a victim of Gang Stalking; don’t let them control you. That’s what they want; Total Control. I know it may be hard; but you need to get out, exercise if you can. Don’t let them keep you confined to your home, your neighborhood, your car. How are they any better than you, than anyone? You can’t set at home, terrified by their actions. It is Terror, they bring. They feed on hate, intimidation, the disparity of others. Don’t let anyone tell you different. Stay off the sites that say they are for Targeted Individuals. They will lead you down a Rabbit Hole of Psychological Torture. Offering you nothing but more despair. Find an outlet; anything but Violence. Document, record everything. Make copies, give them to others. If you know someone that is a Targeted Individual; offer them any support you can. DON”T, turn your back on them, like Law Enforcement, our Government does.
I use laughter, as an outlet. Here is a link to something I found very funny: youtu.be/PzqWfRE5mYk
There are others, posted on some of my post.
I don’t want your pity, your money, or fame. I want you to know the truth about what we call Leadership, or lack of. I want you to know what actually happens to Veterans, Citizens; that dare to speak out against the monstrosities, committed daily, by our government agencies. I am a Patriot. I still love this country. I hate what the controlling powers are doing to it, and its people. Knowledge, Truth and Exposure are powerful tools. Expose the Truth!
I have to go. A motorcycle just zoomed pass the side of our motorhome. A camper pulled up, to our South West. The Stupid Saturday People, are here a day early. My last post, took over 6 hours to post online. It should have taken about 10 minutes.
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The inhabitants of Migrainia know that migraines are not just headaches; sometimes (if we're lucky), there is no pain at all. We Migrainiacs know that migraine is a neurological syndrome that attacks body-system-wide and that can be set off by many things, singly and one upon another. Weather changes are a big trigger for a lot of us. We dread days like this.
That oak tree at the Thomas Center, Gainesville, Florida. 1948 Ansco Shur Shot Jr box camera on Kodak Tri-X film. I'm always amazed at how well this camera does. It is so minimal.
The Tri-X 400 film is too fast for this camera. This is first time I've tried stand development - Ilfosol DD-X 1+9 for 45 minutes. I think the contrast boost from the stand development worked for this frame.
I found this hiding... Thought I'd share. It kinda fits my mood today.
I'm feeling a bit anxious... it looks like a treatment for my son and me is actually within our reach. We both have neurological lyme disease. I thought I kicked this thing, but about a month ago it all came back, and now I'm having difficulty speaking which really scares me. My son has never seen improvements. Everything we've tried has made him worse. He started out treatment with joint pain and Tourette's syndrome. Now he has several episodes a day of bizarre behavior because of LD induced PITANDS. We stopped all treatment when one day he was a normal teenager with health problems and the next day he woke up a two year old throwing raw eggs around the kitchen.
So I'm anxious about it all... Any way I look at it makes me anxious... even the happy ending version. What if's are flying like crazy... what if we can't get the money... what if it doesn't work... what if it makes my son worse... what if I can't drive... what if the cost goes up... what if we get it too soon... what if we have to wait forever... what if... what if... what if... I would not make a good gambler. *sigh*
--Therapy Session Over--
Since I'm not a fan of Coldplay, and would rather listen to the raw talent that is A Capella, I present to you another synesthesia painting; this time, to the colors of Viva La Vida as performed by the greatly-gifted University of Buffalo A Capella choir.
For those of you unfamiliar with synethesia, a definition nabbed from the medical dictionary online:
"A condition in which normally separate senses are not separate. Sight may mingle with sound, taste with touch, etc. The senses are cross-wired. For example, when a digit-color synesthete sees or just thinks of a number, the number appears with a color film over it. A given number's color never changes; it appears every time with the number. Synesthesia can take many forms. A synesthete may sense the taste of chicken as a pointed object. Other synesthetes hear colors. Still others may have several senses cross-wired.
Estimates of the frequency of synesthesia range from 1 in 250,000 to 1 in 2,000. People with synesthesia are 6 times more likely to be female than male. Most synesthetes find their unusual sensory abilities enjoyable.
People with synesthesia often report that one or more of their family members also have synesthesia, so it may in at least some cases be an inherited condition.
It may be that synesthesia arises when particular senses fail to become fully independent of one another during normal development. According to this school of thought, all babies are synesthetes. Synesthesia can be induced by certain hallucinogenic drugs and can also occur in some types of seizure disorders."
According a test I took with synesthete.org to help aid researchers in better-understanding this condition, I have at least 12 different forms of it, including...
Numbers--Color
Letters--Color
Weekdays--Color
Months--Color
Time sequences--Spatial locations
(Sequences such as numbers, weekdays or months seen in a three-dimensional space around me)
Musical Pitch--Color
Musical Chords--Color
Musical Instruments--Color
Pain--Color
Personalities--Color
Emotion--Color
The painting above is a little smaller than my usual works (this time only about 6"X 6"), but is still one of my favorites. I feel that this one in particular shows what I 'see' when I listen to the music.
You can hear the exact version I listened to while painting this HERE:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOaclY2MDaY
Acrylic on particle-board.
If interested in purchasing synesthesia art, please contact me at lionheart09@comcast.net
ALSO! I'LL BE NEEDING YOUR HELP IN CHOSING THE NEXT SONG TO PAINT!
I'm trying to decide between...
An a capella version of 'Across the Universe'...
Any song by Daft Punk....
'The Kids Aren't Alright' by The Offspring...
Or a re-do of 'Whereabouts Unknown' by Rise Against.
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