Sunday, March 4, 2018

Secrets and Lies #4 - I'll try anything!

I am chronically tired. Somehow I lost the knack for getting a good night’s sleep and so when I Google a non-medical sleep suggestion, I’ll try it. Most recently I found information that a cold shower one hour before bed will help. I’m 2 nights in, and have had 2 nights of good sleep. Probably coincidence.

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  1. That doesn't sound pleasant. Marjorie Holmes, author of God and Vitamins, was an advocate of cold showers--so cold she hopped around in the shower stall. I'll stick with melatonin.

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    1. It's certainly bracing. I haven't had much luck with melatonin.

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  2. I like how I'm trying to decide if this falls under "secrets" to a good night's sleep or "lies"!

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    1. Ha. The secret is that I'm one of those people who will try online cures for almost anything.

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  3. Maybe it does work. I'm not trying it though.

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  4. When I first read this I interpreted it as "a one-hour cold shower before bed."

    I know that sleeping in a. colder room is more conducive to sleep, so maybe a cold shower works on the same principle? I wonder what this does to one's sex life, though? (Just a rhetorical question, no need to provide any empirical data.)

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    1. My room is pretty cold, too. I would argue a hot room has more of a detrimental effect on sexy-time than a cold room.

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