Rebecca C. Richmond

May 1, 2024 | bmjopen.bmj.com | Rebecca C. Richmond |Sophie Eastwood |Neil Davies

DiscussionWe used data from the UK Biobank to compare the prevalence of self-reported insomnia symptoms to the prevalence indicated by linked primary care records. We included all insomnia symptoms and sleep disturbance, regardless of the underlying cause. Insomnia symptoms were common: 29% of our sample self-reported having frequent insomnia symptoms.

Feb 3, 2024 | medium.com | Rebecca C. Richmond

WE seeso littleof what iswhat isn’t. WE feelthe depthof the illusionswithin us. WE hopefor renewala crystallizedconsciousness. WE are made ofsedimentary shalefrom once-livingsoul remains. WE are a fusionof fragmentsof bones of bodieslayered upon layer. WE are depositsa culminationof ancestorsmortal mutations. WE are the unionof fusionof cosmic particleshoused within skin. WE are a creationin a chaosof collisionsin commotion. WE are matterdark to lightseeing everythingyet nothing at all.

Feb 3, 2024 | medium.com | Rebecca C. Richmond

Scatter my ashes among the mountain streams and sediment. Allow the rain and snow melt to carry my fragments away. Let my bones become engulfed in earth’s living waters. Make the eternal sound of flowing water my requiem. Pray this holy baptism delivers a single piece of me into the ocean. Where I can slowly sink to become one simple grain of sand. At rest beneath an octopus’s hidden den, oblivious to the ways of man. Sign up to discover human stories that deepen your understanding of the world.

Jan 29, 2024 | medium.com | Rebecca C. Richmond

The prairie stretches her horizon across the rising and falling of light. Her surface heat rises from her rocky gullies soothing her ancient sandstones. She applauds daybreak with sudden outbursts into the breezy blue. She fades slowly out of daylight colors with a long restful exhale. She acquiesces her pain and her pleasure, giving homage to the mystery of eons. Her roots renewed by fire, are enlivened and hardened by all that yet remains.

Nov 12, 2023 | nature.com | Rebecca C. Richmond |Laurence Howe |Samuel Jones |Xin Wang |Deborah A. Lawlor |George Smith

AbstractSpouses may affect each other’s sleeping behaviour. In 47,420 spouse-pairs from the UK Biobank, we found a weak positive phenotypic correlation between spouses for self-reported sleep duration (r = 0.11; 95% CI = 0.10, 0.12) and a weak inverse correlation for chronotype (diurnal preference) (r = −0.11; −0.12, −0.10), which replicated in up to 127,035 23andMe spouse-pairs.