{"id":21629,"date":"2024-08-06T12:45:38","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T11:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=21629"},"modified":"2024-08-06T12:48:31","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T11:48:31","slug":"health-wellbeing-hypersomnia-rides-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=21629","title":{"rendered":"HEALTH &amp; WELLBEiNG: Hypersomnia Rides Again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jHPOzQzk9Qo?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Whilst I\u2019m now technically out from under the dread weight of false-allegations made against me. I\u2019m also really <em>not.<\/em> Those lies had a profound effect on my already fragile mental health. And they totally trashed my teaching career. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ok, so I\u2019d wanted out of teaching for a long time. But not in the manner in which it transpired. The every cloud has a silver lining\/always look on the bright side of life view is a good one. And helps me pull some good stuff out of the bonfire. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But damage has been done. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And I suspect my current hypersomnia is related to all this stuff. I\u2019ve often talked here about my preference for sleep or oblivion to the soul-enervating grind of daily life. Well, I turned in 8.30 pm last night. It\u2019s 12.30 pm the following day. That\u2019s 14 hours. For almost all of which &#8211; hallelujah! &#8211; I\u2019ve been asleep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Right now I\u2019m obeying the diktats of mind and body. Going with the flow. My mind and body beg me to sleep. So I do. But I don\u2019t think this is a sustainable long-term type of behaviour. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway, the time has come to get up. Get dressed. And get out and deliver. At least my job is bearable; mainly thanks to the short\/flexible hours. The low pay is another matter altogether.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whilst I\u2019m now technically out from under the dread weight of false-allegations made against me. I\u2019m also really not. Those lies had a profound effect on my already fragile mental health. And they totally trashed my teaching career. Ok, so I\u2019d wanted out of teaching for a long time. But not in the manner in &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/?p=21629\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;HEALTH &amp; WELLBEiNG: Hypersomnia Rides Again&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paGwUa-5CR","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21629"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21629"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21630,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21629\/revisions\/21630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.sebpalmer.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}