Psych nerd

The secret to a good nap is to wake up at the correct time. When you sleep your body goes through sleep cycles (stage 1,2,3,4, and REM). This process is repeated throughout the night. When you get to deep sleep (stages 3 and 4) this is when your body is repairing tissue, bone, muscle, and strengthening your immune system. If you wake up during stages 3 or 4 you will be groggy and disorientated. So the trick is knowing how the cycles work. The appropriate amount of time to nap is either 35 minutes OR around an hour and 45 minutes (which means you will wake up in stage 2). If you wake yourself up during the deep sleep cycles the purpose of the nap is ruined. Even if you only sleep for 35 minutes your mind can relax and you will feel energized when you wake up.  trust me, I’m a professional napper.

Lately, in an attempt to get my mind off of heartbreak, I have been trying to figure out what the feeling of loneliness is. So when I start to feel that empty anxiety in the pit of my stomach, I focus on it. I figure, like everything else, its just a mixture of chemicals. The perfect cocktail of neurotransmission that manifests in memories of her, coupled with hormones as a reaction to that electrochemical signal. Emptiness in a compound. My body’s natural way for adapting to loss. Just like the love I felt for her, it can be broken down to a chemical reaction. I know those chemicals will pass, those hormones will dissipate. I will still be here, waiting for for the next biological cascade that makes me human. 

Adam Smith (via forseven)

Minimalistic look at Mental Disorders

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