This past week I wrote, spoke, and videoed about a consta-obstacle in my life - psychosomatic illness.
I discussed the many reasons why psychosomatic illness often occurs and some tips about getting off one's own fucking ass when it happen. Hard learned lessons from my times spent in an ailing hell that I wish I had been stumbled upon sooner.
In fact, I wish I had found any public language around psychosomatic illness in those first several years of medical and self gaslighting. Which is why it seemed like a worthy way to spend my final few days of perpetual nausea.
But to my own uncredit, what I didn't discuss was... One of the biggest reasons for my psychosomatic illness, the way that I can predict when it's coming, and how I can utilize that down time for the most transformative means rather than solo wallowing in front of Netflix.
Plus. I've never mentioned in a public way that in...
Skeptical Woocoverists, rejoice! The mainstream research is starting to reflect the evidence we've gathered in our own lives.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/moon-bodies-health-sleep-menstruation
Ever have trouble sleeping on a full moon?
Or noticed that your mental/physical cycles follow a ~30 day pattern?
Or gotten super astro-nerdy, and noticed that your emotions follow the transit of the moon through the signs?
Hey... there might finally be science to reflect those experiences, thanks to improvements in experimental design.
More proof that "science" isn't infallible; it's an approach to reason, and results depend on the elegance of the experimental design.
According to this article, prior research was limited by taking snapshot reports of human experiences at random times throughout the moon cycle, which did not reveal any significant patterns.
Instead, in this report, researchers tracked individuals throughout the entire moon cycle. This approach revealed significant changes connecting to the phases of the moon, including notable changes to sleep patterns on full and new moons.
The scientists behind the research concur: human bodies may...
