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Awake through the night? Might be entirely natural: Divided - Segmented Sleep Theory

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Dr. Wayne Coghlan:  Chiropractor:  https://www.drwaynecoghlan.com Trouble sleeping? Consider the Divided / Segmented Sleep Theory. Divided Sleep Theory There is an idea gaining traction that our modern idea of eight or so hours of uninterrupted sleep is more an unnatural accommodation  to the demands of commerce. Segment / Divided Sleep Theory In  pre -industrial Europe, people would typically go to bed as it became too dark to work, would have a period of deep sleep for a few hours, be wakeful though the wee hours of the night, and then enjoy a second lighter sleep until dawn. The wakeful time at night was occupied by meditation, prayer, stoking the fire, perhaps making love.  During the full moon, people would be more active doing chores, visiting with neighbours, maybe pillaging. Perhaps this is the root of the perception that behaviours become more extreme during the time of the full moon. As most people worked near their home farming or cottage industries,

Trouble sleeping? Consider the Divided / Segmented Sleep Theory.

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Divided Sleep Theory There is an idea gaining traction that our modern idea of eight or so hours of uninterrupted sleep is more an unnatural accommodation  to the demands of commerce. Segment / Divided Sleep Theory In pre -industrial Europe, people would typically go to bed as it became too dark to work, would have a period of deep sleep for a few hours, be wakeful though the wee hours of the night, and then enjoy a second lighter sleep until dawn. The wakeful time at night was occupied by meditation, prayer, stoking the fire, perhaps making love.  During the full moon, people would be more active doing chores, visiting with neighbours, maybe pillaging. Perhaps this is the root of the perception that behaviours become more extreme during the time of the full moon. As most people worked near their home farming or cottage industries, it was convenient to have a mid-day nap.  In many countries not governed by the demands of Western commerce, this pattern of sleep continues.