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 also, in theory it should reduce the health damage from ionising radiation too, like X, gamma, cosmic rays, because most of what they do is adding electrons to free radicals that then penetrate to mess up DNA or proteins and with the earth connection it probably goes the other way as well, so if you get excess electrons they are dissipated 
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 Yeah, when those solar flares happened a few weeks back, I was tired af for a few days. Related? 
 most likely, yes it was pretty taxing, and it's only going to get worse, we are in a record solar maximum still that keeps going up, apparently (it's the earth's shield going down, in fact) 
 🫠 ordering an earthing mat for sleep quickfast 
 I really want to know what you find. 

A friend has accidentally done A-B-A testing when her mat got unplugged without her knowing it and she had a pretty bad night's sleep. Then it got way better after she plugged it back in.  
 obviously if the ionising radiation particle hits your DNA direct then it's toast, damage is done, but i'm pretty sure that imbalance of electrostatics has an effect of increasing disease