rest

I’m sure there is a thread for this already, but I can’t find it. I’m starting this one because I’m on the point of giving up a lucrative part-time job which I really enjoy, so that I can try complete inactivity, and also because of the excellent point made by @Peter Trewhitt in another thread...

https://www.self.com/story/what-does-rest-mean

Workplace culture in a capitalist society constantly demands more of us. A new book suggests that most revolutionary response could be to just stop Reviewed here Rest is Resistance: A Manifsto by Tricia Hersey (RRP: £16.99) A History of Fatigue: From the Middle Ages to the Present by Georges...

Hiya I’m asking on behalf of a friend who has asked me for resources. He’s worried about *his* friend, who’s been fatigued post-covid for 2 and a half weeks. He is very worried that she is taking things too fast and not letting herself rest. I’m trying to find some information explaining that...

Is this more likely due to an immune system problem? For me there came a point where after many years with very severe ME where resting finally helped to move me down a level. I am now over 25 years into ME and would describe myself as moderate with the very odd severe bout. I have a resting...

full article here: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jun/21/long-covid-recovery-coronavirus eta: note: there appears to be a 'bastardized' version of this article, presumably created by bots, circulating. (the one I've spotted is from NZ).

Moderator note: Use this thread to discuss the possibility of an ME/CFS or ME/CFS-like illness following Covid-19. Initial posts have been moved from the Coronavirus - world-wide spread and control thread. (Up to post #840 so far) *************** It's interesting that in the 2003 SARS...

Interesting essay 4,900 words long. full essay here https://aeon.co/essays/the-rest-cure-challenges-cherished-myths-about-a-working-body?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss-feed

Scientists combining studies in humans, mice and nematode worms suggest that levels of neural excitation modulate longevity in all species and also connects with insulin metabolism. Regulation of lifespan by neural excitation and REST https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1647-8 Related...

Sign-up wall at https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/we-ve-forgotten-the-vital-need-to-convalesce-qlrnzl95d

A healthy control describes the NIH metabolic chamber which is also being used in the ME study. https://www.vox.com/2018/9/4/17486110/metabolism-diet-fast-weight-loss?

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/pick-up-thy-bed-and-work-out-gps-give-rest-cure-its-marching-orders-792w52z38 Under the NHS-wide Moving Medicine project, due to begin on September 10, GPs, nurses and other health professional will be given scripts to help them persuade patients to...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09pmbdp This programme is on at 1900 today, but it can be listened to already: Dreams of Public Resting Spaces Four Thought Theatre maker Raquel Meseguer, who lives with chronic pain, has a vision for public resting spaces. Challenging our etiquette and...