Bed

Paralyzed in Fear, Literally Before going to bed with my thoughts set on slumber, I never imagined the horrors I could unleash from my own mind. Gasping for air, I sat up in my sheets to examine my room. The sinister demons I had dreamed were gone and the weights pressing down on my chest had released me from my frightful imprisonment. I was still on the top bunk of my bed, with my sister resting at the bottom. The small television still sat to the top right of the room on its usual wooden desk…

throughout the years. The music he produced during his career made people actually think about the world and how they view it. Along with his inspiring music he also influenced us with his peaceful protests. Some of his most famous protests are the bed-ins that he did with this wife, Yoko Ono, to show that there should be more peace, and less conflict in the world. Lennon was an anti-war activist and made one of his famous songs, Give Peace…

In The Awakening, Kate Chopin has Edna Pontellier surrender herself to the sea in order to illuminate the books meaning as a whole. As the book progresses and Edna realizes her own desires, she sets out to establish her independence and to fulfill her painting career. However, she comes to odds with the expectations set on woman by society and the needs of her husband and children. At the end of the book she concludes that she will never be able to truly escape the shackles placed on her by…

is strapped to his bed, but after a few minutes he finally gets out of his bed and turns off the television. He slowly gets back into his bed and he is sleep deprived. He continuously rolls over trying to find a comfortable spot, then the television turns on and he hears static sounds launching from his television. Requeese feels frustrated and begins to hear loud footsteps outside his dark, wooden door. He jumps out of the bed in…

Andrea Simpson has Binge-Eating Disorder (BED). There are five major criteria that must be met for the Binge-Eating Disorder diagnosis. The first key feature of this diagnosis is that there must be recurrent episodes of binge eating. Binge eating is considered eating food, within 2-hour periods, in larger portions than what most people would eat in the same timeframe as well as having a lack of control over the eating during the episode. The lack of control would be a feeling that one could not…

Co-sleeping, or young children or infants sharing the bed or room with a primary caregiver(s), has been deemed by the media as a possibly harmful habit yet it is heavily prevalent among families in the United States. In contrast, health-care providers commonly advise co-sleeping on the basis that it could have the ability to create ease of falling asleep for infants. In Western cultures, it is often difficult to see the idea of a “family bed” as normal despite its heavy prevalence. Research…

spread to the likings of minors who are damaging their skin at an early stage of their lives. This has become a problem that has sprung many controversial issues throughout society and is now a legal matter. Should minors be allowed to use the tanning beds at registered tanning salons? A federal ban on minors using tanning salons should be enacted because it will reduce the risk of different medical problems. Thousands of skin…

Recently opened in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, Understanding Human Loneliness, analyzes the discrepancy between internal isolation and external being. Located in an empty warehouse, Understanding Human Loneliness features only two works: Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe by Edouard Manet and Triptych, Left Panel by Paula Rego. The two works are vastly different – Rego’s piece features bright colors and jarring imagery while Manet’s piece employs subdued colors and less narrative – but evoke a…

consequences to using technology. Although technology is important, using technology before bed can negatively affect a person’s sleep patterns and health; therefore, Americans need to limit technology use before going to bed. The relationship between electronics and bedtime has changed monumentally. Studies show that 90% of Americans report some technology use in the hour before bed (Grandner). Using technology before bed will harm sleep patterns and the blame is placed on one thing, blue…

I currently work full time at a nursing home as a state-tested nurse aide. My job is to assist people who cannot care for themselves to perform basic care that is required on a daily basis. A few of my job duties include helping residents of this facility with bathing, getting dressed each morning, brushing their teeth, assisting them in eating their meals, and taking them to the restroom,. That is just a small amount of tasks I complete in during an exhausting 12-hour shift. In the medical…