We had the southern lights flashing through the sky a couple of nights ago. I had friends from all over ping me to be sure to go outside. The strangest thing happened though, on that Friday night my entire family was completely exhausted and were in bed asleep by 6pm. This is so far outside of the norm with the longer days of sun and we had been out to a movie and bowling, but still they went to bed even without dinner. Truly my husband was asleep by around 5pm, and if I didn’t usher the boys to just lay down and close their eyes for 20 minutes before we did the next thing, they would have been to sleep much earlier too. I struggled but napped, then woke back up to see if I could see the lights, but was so utterly exhausted I practically passed out in bed and proceeded to sleep for 12 hours. This is also highly unusual behaviour, it’s a rare occassion that I ever sleep that long, and I still woke up the next day with so much fatigue. I propped myself up with caffeinated teas but I was truly exhausted. It’s a weird feeling to feel like you don’t have energy yet still do things. We went to the beach because we live right at the beach and the cool air helped bring me a bit of life along with meeting another friend for a walk while my husband and kiddos made a huge sand castle.
Doing some research, I found that about 10% of people are sensitive to solar storms. Clearly I am one of them and so are my family. I wonder if it’s because Tasmania is so much closer to the South Pole where the impact of the solar storm touches down. I know that I’m a sensitive person and have been my whole life. Seeing that there’s some science behind this is fascinating to me.
Apparently electromagnetic storms like Aurora Australis can have an impact on humans and on their health. In particular because it effects the circadian rhythm of humans, insects and animals. Everything is interconnected and this makes total sense that the sun flares and solar storms would create a different energy that would transfer to Earth.
Anyway all I know is that I’ve been totally exhausted for days now and so has my family for no other apparent reason. It’s all so curious.