abstract:A shive is a small bundle of incompletely cooked wood fibres in the chemical pulp used in papermaking. They are smaller than knots and are more difficult to separate from the pulp.
Catastrophizinga sleep problem, however, tends to further engrain it, saysShives. "Itry to get to calmdown, " shesays. "Butthat's kind ofliketelling a depressedpersonto perkup.