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no no i don’t have debilitating morning insomnia i am experimenting with a biphasic medieval sleep routine

pre-industrial people sometimes called the middle of the night waking period “the watch” and idk that feels kind of badass

bbc.comThe forgotten medieval habit of 'two sleeps'For millennia, people slept in two shifts – once in the evening, and once in the morning. But why? And how did the habit disappear?

26/10/26, 8:59 am9 reposts92 likes

Cole

@cohenstuarta.bsky.social

Far out

Donna D

@donnad.eurosky.social

I like to tell myself this is how I’ll manage my broken sleep. But my reality is different: I don’t get up. I don’t meditate. I lay in bed asking sleep to return. It is frustrating. I get up feeling spent. Because I don’t have the luxury to wait for the return of the second sleep. I have to work.

ashley fairbanks

@ziibiing.com

i find i usually get back to sleep faster if i get up and do something, like toss in laundry and make tea tonight i have just laid here and i am still awake (well because i am trying to ingest every poll i can find)

Donna D

@donnad.eurosky.social

I’m up at about 4am and I think that is the issue: my alarm goes off at 6. I’m too aware of the pending start to the day. The Chinese say that hour is related to liver function. The doctors say it’s related to menopause and hormones. Either way, it is my struggle. Not every day but half the week.