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| Volte Tetraglot Senior Member Switzerland Joined 6225 days ago 4474 posts - 6726 votes  Speaks: English*, Esperanto, German, Italian Studies: French, Finnish, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 25 of 46 09 December 2011 at 7:44pm | IP Logged | ||
Different people prefer different times of day. About 2% of people are nocturnal, for instance. This isn't a matter of gender. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6383 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 26 of 46 09 December 2011 at 8:25pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'm sure this preference also has to do with hormones.
And I've read that artificial lighting affects this a lot... I often end up going to bed at 7, 8, 9 am but it's a matter of not being able to stop. I do feel better when I go to sleep earlier than this but as long as I still get enough sleep my productivity has more to do with the phase of the cycle than the time of the day. Interesting mention btw, thanks a lot. I'd not exactly consider myself nocturnal, I guess for me going to bed at 7 is like a *normal* person "staying up late" till 2am or whatever they consider late. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Kerrie Senior Member United States justpaste.it/Kerrie2 Joined 5181 days ago 1232 posts - 1740 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish | Message 27 of 46 09 December 2011 at 10:53pm | IP Logged | ||
I can attest that hormones can play a HUGE role in what you can get done and when. I have not tried to keep track of it at all, but I would think that this could hold true for many women.
I think this is 100% true. Even if it doesn't work for one person, it doesn't mean it won't work for others. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| g-bod Diglot Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5768 days ago 1485 posts - 2002 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: French, German | Message 28 of 46 09 December 2011 at 11:54pm | IP Logged | ||
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I can be quite badly effected by PMS and can attest to the fact that I am more tired and irritable at this time and I find it harder to sleep, which can have an impact on my performance (although I must stress I can still function as a normal adult - just a tired and grumpy one!) On top of this my cycle is all over the place anyway, so it's not like I can plan my life around it - and I am definitely effected more badly some months than others. I think you just have to take it easy on yourself when you're having down days (for whatever reason) but then reach for the sky when you're on top form.
I do often wonder if life would be easier if I was a man though. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6383 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 29 of 46 10 December 2011 at 12:08am | IP Logged | ||
the thing is that you might think you're having a down day because you're trying to do what you did yesterday or a couple of days ago and can't do it as effortlessly. this might be because the phase has changed. as i've already said, for me active=clumsy. now i'm fine with this tradeoff, i get a lot done and i try to be cautious. but what if i didn't know and tried to do something that i can do better in the more passive phases? i'd feel i was failing at everything - unable to do things well AND clumsy! not fun XD i'm sure it's happened many times in the past. and tracking will let you see when to reach for the sky<333 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Bao Diglot Senior Member Germany tinyurl.com/pe4kqe5 Joined 5552 days ago 2256 posts - 4046 votes Speaks: German*, English Studies: French, Spanish, Japanese, Mandarin | Message 30 of 46 10 December 2011 at 11:13pm | IP Logged | ||
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I suffer from hypothyreosis and used to suffer from PMS until the hypothyrosis was diagnosed and my treatment started. From this experience I firmly believe that for me, environmental factors (including my own behaviour: the environment I create myself) make much more of a difference on my mood than any fluctuation in hormonal levels I experienced so far.
I honestly do not want to get started on the way those texts are written, because I don't have the time for it. But if, by any rare chance, you want to read what Ihave to say about them I can give it a shot once I'm done with my upcoming exams. Edited by Bao on 10 December 2011 at 11:17pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6383 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 31 of 46 11 December 2011 at 6:02am | IP Logged | ||
Weird, I never considered myself particularly "open to new things, blablabla" but I started tracking the day I discovered this and I'm very glad I did. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Serpent Octoglot Senior Member Russian Federation serpent-849.livejour Joined 6383 days ago 9753 posts - 15779 votes 4 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, FinnishC1, Latin, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Danish, Romanian, Polish, Belarusian, Ukrainian, Croatian, Slovenian, Catalan, Czech, Galician, Dutch, Swedish | Message 32 of 46 01 March 2012 at 8:25pm | IP Logged | ||
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I gave the link to this thread (and to my log) to Miranda Gray and here is a reply from her:
The reason this is 'pseudoscience' is because no one is willing to put money into researching the concept. This begs the question, why is the menstrual cycle and it's effect on women so underrated or still taboo in the 'modern' world. Secondly from personal experience, I work with a wide number of female translators and journalists who notice the difference in their skills depending on their cycle phase. What we have is a growing body of experiential evidence that shows there is something happening in women related to their cycles and skillsets. My approach is very much one of recognising the changes in ourselves and then practically applying them to our benefit. If science would like to catch up then great, but if there is no money in it, then the big companies will not pay for the research. In the meantime we women can get on with observing, experimenting, and applying our knowledge. My background is originally as a scientist (I have a geophysics degree) but science now is extremely limited by money and commerce. The best laboratory is the world and women! 1 person has voted this message useful |
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