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Monday, July 3. 2017

Siestas


Like many other animals, humans are napping creatures.  Our Western society doesn't really take that into account, nor should it because we demand a lot from people. 


In my workday, I schedule in a 20-minute catnap after a chicken-salad lunch. It does me a lot of good, since I do my daily workouts at 6 am. After my catnap I am good for another 6 hours of work or a drive to NH.


Mediterranean-based societies have siestas - especially Spanish and Italian. Naptime, or sex + nap. In many cultures, lunch is their dinner and I do not know how they handle work after a large meal.  I don't know about Asians or Africans. 


I do believe that some of what we term "sleep disorders,"  and diagnose at great expense and often treat with amphetamines, are simply due to a need for a power nap. People vary.


 Benefits of napping in healthy adults: impact of nap length, time of day, age, and experience with napping


The Benefit Of The Power Nap

Posted by Dr. Joy Bliss in Psychology, and Dr. Bliss, The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 15:23 | Comments (6) | Trackbacks (0)

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I used to think older people slept/napped a lot. Now that I am "older" I have discovered I don't sleep 8 hours or even 6 hours a night. Four hours on a good night. I feel fine during the day but with the right conditions I nap. After dinner is the right conditions.
#1 GoneWithTheWind on 2017-07-03 16:16 (Reply)
I don't think that I'd hold the Spanish or Italians or Mexicans up as something for "first world" nations to emulate...

And for what it's worth, I group the Spanish and Italians as "second world" nations, and the Mexicans as a "third world" nation along with the rest of Central and South America. "Fourth world" nations are African or Muslim. Have a problem understanding the difference? Look no further than the island of Hispanola. One side of that island is the "third world" Dominican Republican. The other side is clearly "fourth world"...
#2 Mark Matis on 2017-07-03 17:07 (Reply)
Lunch + Sex + Nap. I remember a few of those. My wife and I called it a nooner.
#3 Bodie on 2017-07-03 18:37 (Reply)
I lived in Spain for a few months, and let me tell you, it was a strange experience. The whole country shuts down at noon, and re-opens at 3:00. And they have little bars on every street-corner, so you can get drunk for breakfast.
#4 Ron Liebermann on 2017-07-03 18:48 (Reply)
I would nap between cases as I waited for the OR to be rady.
#5 Mike-K (Link) on 2017-07-03 20:13 (Reply)
I've always been in the school of "if you're sleepy, sleep." It's never been my habit to operate on a sleep deficit for more than a day or so in an emergency. Never used an alarm clock unless I had an early flight to catch.

When I was a kid, my parents didn't make a thing out of waking me up. I got up when I got up. They figured I'd make it to school on time somehow or other, and they were right.
#6 Texan99 on 2017-07-04 12:19 (Reply)

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