This post is about Earth grounding (Earthing.)
This is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice and should not be relied on as health or personal advice. Always seek the guidance of your doctor or other qualified health professional with any questions you may have regarding your health or a medical condition.
Earth grounding (“earthing”) is an anxiety-busting technique which has you connect a piece of yourself to earth ground, like your bare feet on grass, or an earth grounded clip on your wrist, or in this case, a chain necklace (since it’s closer to your head.)
The mechanism of action is supplying your body with a steady stream of electrons, which the body needs to negate free radicals that are the source of the oxidative stress in the body.
I am attempting to heal my condition with the theory that schizophrenia is a chronic brain inflammation problem due to a weak blood-brain barrier, so any safe means of reducing brain inflammation can only appear to help.
This is a study that suggests grounding can accelerate the healing of chronic injuries:
Photographic images documenting accelerated improvement of an 8-month-old, non-healing open wound suffered by an 84-year-old diabetic woman.
Notes: ( A ) Shows the open wound and a pale-gray hue to the skin. ( B ) Taken after one week of grounding or earthing treatments, shows a marked level of healing and improvement in circulation, as indicated by the skin color. ( C ) Taken after 2 weeks of earthing treatment, shows the wound healed over and the skin color looking dramatically healthier. Treatment consisted of a daily 30-minute grounding session with an electrode patch while patient was seated comfortably. The cause of the wound adjacent to the left ankle was a poorly fitted boot. A few hours after wearing the boot, a blister formed, and then developed into a resistant open wound. The patient had undergone various treatments at a specialized wound center with no improvement. Vascular imaging of her lower extremities revealed poor circulation. When first seen, she had a mild limp and was in pain. After an initial 30 minutes of exposure to grounding, the patient reported a noticeable decrease in pain. After 1 week of daily grounding, she said her pain level was about 80% less. At that time, she showed no evidence of a limp. At the end of 2 weeks, she said she was completely pain-free.
This study also suggests it helps with sleep quality and stress levels:
In a blinded pilot study, Ober recruited 60 subjects (22 males and 28 females) who suffered from self-described sleep disturbances and chronic muscle and joint pain for at least six months [10]. Subjects were randomly divided for the 30 day-long study in which both groups slept on conductive carbon fiber mattress pads provided by Ober. Half the pads were connected to a dedicated Earth ground outside each squbject’s bedroom window, while the other half were “sham” grounded—not connected to the Earth. Results are presented in Table 1.
Now, I’ll talk about my setup for grounding. It involves a metal chain necklace:
A cable with a ground cable cord clip (also has 100 kilohm resistor:)
And a “Desco ground plug adapter” that lets you plug that cable into ground.
Between the PEMF treatment and this necklace, and a set of blue blockers I wore last evening (blue light suppresses melatonin production, so you have a harder time sleeping), I was able to sleep quite well and restfully, waking up at 5 AM.
Edit: That was a few days ago. I used it last night and woke up comfortably at 7 AM. But last night I forgot the blue blockers.
Between the chain, the blue blockers and this orange handkerchief I use for night prayers I end up looking like a budget Ali G for an hour.
