what if a person didn't sleep...

Sleep is very important to human health. Some recreational therapists teach sleep hygiene as part of their responsibilities.

Go to this TED Ed link to watch a video about the effects if a person could not sleep:

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-would-happen-if-you-didn-t-sleep-claudia-aguirre

prevent mania and hypomania

Therese Borchard had written an article, “10 ways to prevent a mania and hypomania” for the emotional health section of Everyday Health.

Read it here: http://www.everydayhealth.com/columns/therese-borchard-sanity-break/ways-curb-mania-and-hypomania/?xid=fb_s_070716_n_emotionalhealth_d

RelaxingPal project @ Indiegogo

RelaxingPal is a new project on Indiegogo.

It seems like a really cool thing.

They claim their product helps with healthy sleep, powernaps, stress relief, relaxation, massage relaxation, and lucid dreaming.

Here is their link: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/relaxingpal-artificial-intelligence-and-relaxation--2#/

heavy blankets help with anxiety

My good friend Connie (A CTRS) who is also licensed as an Occupational Therapist in West Virginia had posted a really neat article on fb:

Sleeping with weighted blankets help with insomnia and anxiety study finds.

I'll disclose here at my blog that I have anxiety and depression.
I stayed at my parent's house in little Beckley, West Virginia over Christmas 2015.
Their guest room has a really heavy blanket.
I realize that I miss that blanket. laugh aloud.

Here is a link to the study:

http://www.lifehack.org/351993/sleeping-with-weighted-blankets-helps-insomnia-and-anxiety-study-finds