Bi This, Bi That!

Well, goodness me, I have learned something fascinating today; I am biphasic. It seems that people fall into two categories, monophasic and biphasic and I'm on of the latter. Don't worry, it's not contagious!

Being either monophasic or biphasic describes how your natural sleep patterns are and it is beautifully explained in Devin Ream's article here. It seems a sleep cycle is 90 minutes and biphasic people just do a whole lot better if they take 90 minutes during the day as well as four cycles during the night.

This explains a lot. There have been times I have beaten myself up terribly for feeling like I could do with an afternoon nap, yet on the occasions when I take a nap, I feel much fresher, I'm not nearly as grumpy as I'm prone to be otherwise and life generally looks, smells and tastes sweeter. Maybe that's why I've been feeling so miserable and unhappy for the past five weeks with Kim at home - I can't sleep when he's around (unless I'm really exhausted or ill) and since he's gone, I've been sneaking the odd 90 siesta (wouldn't you know that the Spanish had nailed it?!) and my whole outlook has improved.

Now, it may be nothing at all to do with my sleep cycles and that I'm just enjoying the peace and quiet and not having battles about whether the lid of the toilet seat is up or down... I suspect that sleep patterns do have something to do with it though, as I wouldn't have turned the corner on feeling so low that I was seriously considering carting myself off to the quack just cos I have the house to myself. And, guess who pointed this article out to me? Yup, Kim.

So, perhaps I'm not bipolar, but I am biphasic, buy shoes, buy jewellery and buy handbags. That's not so bad after all...