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DONALD BUCK
November 7, 1940.
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This is the third of a special sorics of articles on the pheno- monon of Sleep. The author discussos every aspect of the mattor, and tolls you how you can derive maximum bonofit from your rest hours.
MENTAL
It takes
FUNNY SIDE UP
TENSION
By Abner Dean
an artist
By D. COMPTON-JAMES
The first step towards mental relaxation is physical relaxation. A person whose mind is occupied with other matters cannot pay proper attention to the task of securing physicai relaxation, and if the atten- tion can be switched towards physical relaxation, worries are automa- tically shelved to some extent.
It has It is possible that mind and muscle are more closely related than we suspect. been scientifically established that a person who thinks far into the night automatically tenses various groups of muscles. Whenever the word "muscle" is used, you must not confine your interpretation to big muscles such as the biceps. For instance, some people clench their teeth when they are thinking. This involves the contraction of a set of muscles, but it is such a minor contraction that many people never nolice it.
One school of neurologists has advanced the tentative theory that man thinks with his muscles. There is no need to follow up this theory, but one of the arguments advanced in · its favour is the proved point that when the muscles are ex- tremely relaxed, thinking and emotion' tend to dwindle and
cease.
Thought cannot be turned on and off like the electric light or the radio set, but the human mind does, neverthie- less,
"thought- passess Bwitch." Unfortunately, few people know how to operate it. The techniquo can only be learned by a very gradual re- duction in the intensity of thought and emotion.
This process is never very perfect or clear-cut, Mental relaxation has to be learned stop by step over a period, and for every person the modus operandi is slightly different. Somo fortunate people can turn off the flow of thought almost at will; it is a natural gift with them. Others have to learn the trick of it by patient endeavour.
One very important point should be borne in mind by everybody who experience dif-. ficulty in manipulating their "thought-switch." It is folly to go to bed before you are "ready."
Some people seek to make provision for possible loss of Bleep by going to bed carly. This is a mistake unless and until the individual can be reasonably certain of going to If he cannot, sicep at once.
then going to bed early will only teach him the bad habit of lying awake at night--a habit more easily acquired than cured,
However, this must not be regarded as an argument in favour of staying up late. An early bedtime is always desir able, but poor, sleepers need to learn the trick of getting off to sleep at once before they can take advantage of it. You cannot make up for loss of sleep before the loss has been suffered, but you can do so afterwards by going to bed early on the following night.
This brings me to the general question of after- noon naps. I do not recom- mend them. The slesla is simply a protective device. for hot countries; it is de signed to restrict physical activity during the heat of the day. The siesta does not necessarily involve go ing to sleep; It is merely an' abstention from labour.
for emergency use only, and when indulged in, it should be taken in dozes are never bed. Armchair satisfactory.
There
that are indications dreaming is a sign of the existence of mental tension. When the mind has been very active just prior to going to sleep, nightmare may re- of cause and suit. This process effect is commonly observed in chlidren, but adults often forget that they are subject to exactly the some natural laws even
if their
their
expression and operation are not
so dramatic. What would in children produce nightmares night merely cause bad dreams for adults. Excessive dreaming should therefore be regarded as an indica- tion-that-all-fs not well with the mental state.
is plenty of evidence that diminishes as relaxa- imagination tion progresses. Dreamless or re- latively dreamless sleep is the more restful type, although con- siderable recuperation is secured by people who dream almost con- tinuously.
The individual who sleeps dreamlessly can obtain full recuperation in about six hours. The dreamer needs cight or nine hours of sleep. There is no doubt that famous "short sleepers" like Napoleon slept heavily and dreamlessly, and were able to do so because of nearly perfect mental relaxation.
the
in-
Mental activity should be barred in the hour preceding bedtime, and so, should any work of a strongly This hour repetitive character. should be spent in some form of relaxation congenial to dividual. In this way the first Im- portant step towards mental re- the person before Inxation is taken ibes to bed and the period of lying awake is thereby reduced.
Mental tension et night may proceed from unfamiliar or
un-
identified noises. There are two anti-sleep factors here. The sense of hearing gradually fades out as one falls asleep. It follows that anyone who is hearing noises con- not possibly expect to go to sleep. The other factor is that these noises produce a state of mental alertness until they can be identi- flet.
Ear-plugs may or may not be useful. Much depends on the tem- perament of the wearer: To people of the phlegmalle type whose only Concern is to minimise the physical effect of night noises, car-pluga useful. But if they are are very coplc merely Intensify of the nervous worn by type, these devices their mental tension because the wearers
are constantly straining their cars to identify the new less- distinguishable sounds.
Ear-plugs have a special value after the subject has gone to sleep Jn that they diminish sounds that might otherwise wake the subject or at least make him sleep loss soundly.
It is very easy to say that it is folly to bother about these noises of the night, but no phobia can be cured by the simple application of Tople
in Britain, at the moment, night noises have a special signi flennce and affect millions people, but it must be remembered that even in ordinary times there are always a number of people who allow themselves to be bothered by noisca at night.
of
a
The mental tension behind this attention to night noises is phobla. In England now it is the dramatie Ing
Important fear of
death; at other times it may mere- ly be a fear of burglars. Whatever the cause of the phobia, it is a personal problem which can only be solved by individuals them-
solves
War does not alter any of the great human problems, it merely throws them into sharper rellet. English people are fast learning that sooner or later they wi have to overcome the fear of death they can throw off the
before mental tension that prevent them from going to sleep. Everyone must face this problem sooner or later. The Naxi air raids are merely advancing its Incidence for civilians who have hitherto led a sheltered arid secure life.
Nazi Pilot Gets Two
Pints of Jewish Blood
Captured German aviators in need of blood transfù- sions will get the necessary corpuscles from Jewish donors, if British medicos follow the suggestion of an English magazine writer, says a United Press message from London.
| Suggesting; the method as and dressed he kept up a running one way of treating "arrogant Are of verbal abuse against the
the doctor and nurses. German air personnel,"
publication "Aeroplane," related. Dostors gave him a blood trans
fusion, saltled him nicely in bed, and the following incident:
then left him with these words: Big: "A Nari pllat, evidently one of An afternoon nap will certainly militate against the night-sleeping Germany's tough eggs, was brought Now, my lad, you have two pinta efficiency of people who normally in after baling out during a dog of good: Jewish blood in you. We sleep badly. In case the umenight. He was considerably shot up hope it will improve your mannens spent in afternoon sleep is largely but showed a super-abundance of the riteriigested that it Wasted because the rest gained is arrogatico and little of the give and should become a standard practice to light in character and possesses take spirit N
and prisoners of war who needs blood ke excellent Ergilah give Jewish blood to all German Tule recuperative values The "He" «poke afternoon nap should be reserved all the while he was being stitched transfusions
ARNER DEAS
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here's a passage that
leads into your neighbour's refrigerator"
A Day With Britain's Foreign Legion
-By-A-SPECIAL-CORRESPONDENT_____
In a quiet part of the South-West Coast, where nearby towns and villages have yet to hear the air-raid siren, the "British Foreign Legion" is receiving recruits almost daily.
"British Foreign Legion" was the description given to me by a Birmingham private as he drove an Army lorry through winding lanes and across fields to downland high above the cliffs where the men, spick and span in new battle dress, enger- ly awaited a double helping of hot roast beef we were bringing for the mid-day meal.
We were with a training com- pany of the Auxillary Military Pioneer Corps, consisting of men of
nationality-Russlaris, every Hungarians, Scandinavlans, Poles, Lithuanians, Greeks, even Italiana, but mostly German and Austrian refugees.
Enjoy Hard Work They ar aliens and "enerny allens," wh have chosen to fight for Britain: Many have sacrificed good jobs, some have volunteered, ralisiled the Intelligence; Branch of the Army and have been allowed to leave Internment. camps to join this vital link in the rapidly grow. Ing British Army. "
To this camp pour in men with an astonishing variety of occupa- lons-lawyers, doctors, actors, musicians, scientists, ranking high in their professions, now ready to work with their hands building bridges, railways, working on am- munition dumps, paying the way for the armed forces.
They are taught drill and dis- cipline and then after three or four weeks go in self-contained
companies under, a British ser-
geant-major.,
Oro Complaint
bylines
The human race is a collection
of the most marvellous, Ingenious and engaging Idiots that ever got possession of a nobic planet-Wal- ter Lippmann,
But let us not forget that tho world's greatest friend is yourself and Ilkewise in yourself you may And the world's strongest foe, be- sell- self-confidento and reliance will give you all-conquer- ing strength whereas self-abandon- ment will lead to destruction- Chiang Kai-shek.
Cause
•
No Austrian could be a Nazi twenty-four hours a day; it takes too much energy-Mrs. John Gun- ther.
Complete independence for the Philippines now probably would mean servitude. They are unable to stand alone amidst the violent forces now loosed in the Far East. I the United States ng descenda the result will be a bloody strugglo for control-Paul V. McNutt.-
I asked a group of 10 allens if Nazi Airmen Attack
they had any complaints, and al- most, apologetically, they asked me to put one forward.
Rescuers
London, Sept. 0. When three naval drifters tried to They were anxious that all restrictions should be lifted on
save-four German elminen who had their families now they have join baled out from a German bomber! ed the Army. One man said: "Many of the men are perturbed over the Channel they were machlac because their wives, will probably gunned by other German aircraft not be allowed to leave London and forced to give up the attempt.
One of our motor, torpedo-boats even in these raids. It seems in- bear given our freedom, but woing to the rescue of crews of other graceful to grumble after we have was also machine-gunned while o
aircraft, and four of its understood when we joined the German
craw slightly wounded? The airmen In the water were loft to their fate. Army that the restrictions on our families would be lifted."
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