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What Happens to the Body on No Sleep

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Re: What Happens to the Body on No Sleep

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Post by tomp »

klenwell wrote: post #51
motivic wrote: post #9

In case you feel sleep is a waste of time, it could actually be surprisingly productive to sleep. Once thing I noticed in grad school is that your sub-conscious is passively working on the problems you encountered even if you are not actively thinking about them. And often I would "dream" up a clever solution to a homework problem during my sleep. J.P. Serre, one of the most brilliant mathematician still living today…

This is also covered in Matthew Walker's Why We Sleep where he cites several controlled studies demonstrating the role of sleep in learning and outlines the neurobiology behind it: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34466963-why-we-sleep I used to see sleep as a waste of time. A few years ago I started to recognize its importance in overall well-being and adjusted my schedule and commute accordingly. Reading Walker'…

For those that don't wanna read the book, I enjoyed Peter Attia's interview with Walker. I haven't read the book though, so no idea if you'd be missing something.

One of the most interesting takeaways / proofs about the importance of sleep mentioned in the podcast, was that there's a huge increase in car accidents and heart attacks after the clocks shift in the spring (I haven't verified the claim).

https://peterattiamd.com/matthewwalker1/

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Post by codingdave »

eyegor wrote: post #50

I'm sure that it must be true based on how other people act on little sleep, but for me the effects this article claims are blown way out of proportion (or just seem wrong). > longer than 48 hours and you’re looking at behavior that mimics psychosis—incoherent rambling, disconnection from reality, prone to outbursts Does anyone else here have experience staying awake this long? In college I frequently stayed awake fo…

I believe that your experiences may differ from the norm, and I'm not denying your claim at all.

But I also have seen that many truly grumpy, negative people have also lost their self-awareness, and do not realize the state they are in. We see this in the working world quite often, when someone has just gotten into a negative funk, and are bringing down a team, and they don't even realize it. Sometimes those people just need to be told where they are really at, and told to take a break, and yes, to get a good night's sleep.

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Post by soulofmischief »

Zarath wrote: post #132
motivic wrote: post #9

In case you feel sleep is a waste of time, it could actually be surprisingly productive to sleep. Once thing I noticed in grad school is that your sub-conscious is passively working on the problems you encountered even if you are not actively thinking about them. And often I would "dream" up a clever solution to a homework problem during my sleep. J.P. Serre, one of the most brilliant mathematician still living today…

While I understand why you'd write something like this, I think that this sort of thinking is the reason people get poor sleep nowadays anyway. This obsession with "efficiency" and "productivity". Even if it is more productive to get sleep, I believe that thinking about it in terms of hygiene or in terms of quality of life is much healthier. Maybe you disagree but not every minute of life should be devoted to doing t…

I understand your point of view, but honestly I have a hard time consolidating the notion of being stress-free with the notion of making as much of an impact as I can.

I want to be as productive as possible (when I'm not allotting necessary time for recreational activity, but my social activity is generally at a minimum) because of a driving fear over the future of earth and humanity. I have a deep urge to do as much good as I can in my life for society, because anything else just seems so selfish.

I was gifted with intelligence and determination, and to waste these skills overwhelmingly in personal pursuits when the world is in flames just seems so irresponsible. Anyone could do that. I want to make a difference, and that requires being as efficient and productive as I can.

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Post by koonsolo »

dm3 wrote: post #179
koonsolo wrote: post #170

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hey I feel you. A lot of people might not like my answer, but here it goes. I have a 2,5 month old daughter, and my wife breastfeeds her. During the night, I don't wake up because she immediately gives her milk when she wakes up. There are a few things evolution gave us for support (correct me if these 'facts' are wrong): - When women breastfeed, they get some hormone that can put them into REM sleep way faster. - Me…

Not sure why people wouldn't like this answer. We've had great success with this approach and co-sleeping even after the breastfeeding period. Would be interested to hear negative experiences.

I was afraid of the "women should take care of the family" argument.

Re: What Happens to the Body on No Sleep

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Post by [deleted] »

brightball wrote: post #25
motivic wrote: post #9

In case you feel sleep is a waste of time, it could actually be surprisingly productive to sleep. Once thing I noticed in grad school is that your sub-conscious is passively working on the problems you encountered even if you are not actively thinking about them. And often I would "dream" up a clever solution to a homework problem during my sleep. J.P. Serre, one of the most brilliant mathematician still living today…

I’ve learned to love the expression “let me sleep on it”

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Re: What Happens to the Body on No Sleep

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Post by atilaneves »

wildduck wrote: post #105
makz wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

One day I could not compile something. After fighting it several hours I decided to go sleep. A few minutes before waking up I dreamed that the solution was to set an environment variable. I even saw the specific variable and which value I had to set. I woke up and immediately tried it. It worked.

That's the exact reason why we should have beds at work and not have regular working hours. People should just work and sleep whenever they want as long as they make meetings and project deadlines.

So... remote work?

Re: What Happens to the Body on No Sleep

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Post by surfsvammel »

koonsolo wrote: post #170
surfsvammel wrote: post #138

If sleep is so important. Why didn’t we evolve to have our newborns and toddlers not destroy our sleep? Are parents sacrificed for the well being of the kiddos? sleep deprived and frustrated father

Hey I feel you. A lot of people might not like my answer, but here it goes. I have a 2,5 month old daughter, and my wife breastfeeds her. During the night, I don't wake up because she immediately gives her milk when she wakes up. There are a few things evolution gave us for support (correct me if these 'facts' are wrong): - When women breastfeed, they get some hormone that can put them into REM sleep way faster. - Me…

We do this as well. Well, we try. But I sleep more light than my wife. So it is always me waking up first anyway.

With our first child, I slept in another room altogether to get the sleep needed for work. With two small ones it’s much harder. I either get woken up by a karate heel-kick to my nose or just the horrible feeling of a wet bed.

Re: What Happens to the Body on No Sleep

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Post by Havoc »

hahaa wrote: post #173

On duty for 68 hours when I was in the army. A strange feeling, in the end it was like I was drunk(like after a bottle of wine)

>On duty for 68 hours when I was in the army.

Who the hell came up with that plan? Like have they met an actual human before...ever?

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