At 6am this morning I was awakened by the male I live with listening to music through his headphones as well as the large monitor speakers he recently added to his audio lab. I requested that he adjust the volume because I had not yet completed my sleep cycle and the incessant rhythmic thumping was preventing me from doing so. This led me to start an observation on predictive behavior.
Occasionally the male has been known to miss several days of sleep without the aide of chemical stimulants. After one missed sleep cycle behavioral changes are noticed and by the second day a definite change in mood is apparent. The male's lack of sleep effects the entire household, especially as his mood degradation continues. It's common for him to walk much harder through the household, begin digging through closets, and yell back and forth with the female at hours when others in the household (IE myself...) are asleep.
The female's is obviously annoyed by this as her sleep cycle is disturbed by the male's absence from their mutual sleep cycle. Her mood degrades much faster than the male's however; she becomes irritable and aggressive, speaking harshly to the male at every given opportunity.
Along with the two humans, my own sleep cycle is dramatically effected. It seems one of the side effects of the missed sleep cycle is a dramatic increase in disregard for other members of the household. The female normally displays flagrant disrespect and inconsideration, but as the male increases the amount of time without sleep he begins to fallow in the same trend.
I don't believe it to be intentional, such as the event which prevented me from sleeping this morning. Since he had his head phones on he didn't realize that the monitor speakers were loud, which would be a normal assumption of any rational intelligent person. Any musician or audio engineer KNOWS that lower harmonics or "bass" travel through material easier than higher harmonics, and anyone with ears knows this sounds intensely annoying. So, considering the equation just given I would deduce that the missed sleep has greatly effected his intelligence and ability to think rationally.
The basis for the female's inconsideration goes well beyond sleep deprivation and is yet to be determined, it seems to be one of the behaviors easily excused with being "female". Often the menstrual cycle is blamed, although she has been blaming her mood and physical discomfort on her period for 3 solid months. Her flagrant disrespect and disregard for other members of the household couple with extreme egocentricity is spawned from her sedentary lifestyle, considering her behavior was much different when she was gainfully employed.
Theory in predictive behavior - An argument consisting of elevated voices and loss of respect shall insue between the male and female in the next 48 hours given the previous 8 hours was the first missed sleep cycle. Bickering. Increased levels of negative energy in the household. Increased disrespect for each other and the relationship.
Result - stay tuned.
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