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Sleep duration is associated with brain structure and cognitive performance

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Re: Sleep duration is associated with brain structure and cognitive performance

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Post by forgotmypw17 »

throwawayamzn1 wrote: post #209
forgotmypw17 wrote: post #115

I'd like to share my sleeping practice which I've developed after several years of focusing on it and trying to recreate the pre-industrial (and possibly pre-farming) sleep patterns my ancestors had for millions of years before the last few thousand. Whenever I feel tired, I lay down to rest. Whenever I am sleeping, I allow myself to sleep until I am "fully slept", meaning I can lay there for a while, still physicall…

What are your other practices, I love this pre-industrial modality

I've written a few comments in this tree, please let me know if you'd like to know anything else I haven't mentioned.

Re: Sleep duration is associated with brain structure and cognitive performance

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Post by forgotmypw17 »

asdf333 wrote: post #128
forgotmypw17 wrote: post #115

I'd like to share my sleeping practice which I've developed after several years of focusing on it and trying to recreate the pre-industrial (and possibly pre-farming) sleep patterns my ancestors had for millions of years before the last few thousand. Whenever I feel tired, I lay down to rest. Whenever I am sleeping, I allow myself to sleep until I am "fully slept", meaning I can lay there for a while, still physicall…

you do not sound like you have kids. if you do, how do you possibly achieve this with kids.

I think with kids it's not possible, have to make some sacrifices. I think it's important to have multiple full-time caretakers.

Re: Sleep duration is associated with brain structure and cognitive performance

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Post by maskedinvader »

forgotmypw17 wrote: post #231
maskedinvader wrote: post #212

Earlier quoted context omitted.

thanks for sharing, had a quick couple of follow up questions, how do you unsubscribe from paying monthly rent ? also did you get married and have kids ? if yes how did they factor in to your life ?

I have not dared have children until I'm certain I can take care of them, and I think I'm getting close. I don't believe in marriage, but I'm in a relationship. My partners accept me and support me. I am low-maintenance, so it is not a burden on them. My rider is clean water, unprocessed food, Web hosting, a 104-key, a computer, and an Internet connection. I unsubscribed from rent by not renewing my lease and moving…

thanks for sharing again. Living minimalistically and not marrying all the comforts of life is the key I guess. Makes sense although you will have to return to paying rent and a fixed place you call your own when you have kids. Goodluck.

Re: Sleep duration is associated with brain structure and cognitive performance

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Post by rubicon33 »

maskedinvader wrote: post #217
rubicon33 wrote: post #184

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have a completely different problem - I almost never dream. If I do, they're very short, and very difficult to remember.

Thats me too, I almost never dream , although I am sure I do dream every night, just that when I wake up I have no recollection, perhaps if it was an intense dream then I may sense if it was a sad dream or a happy dream, but rarely do I remember anything specific. I've always wondered if this is normal.

I wonder too. Most people I know, who I've told this to, think its very odd that I never dream.

Probably related, I've struggled with depression nearly my entire adult life. I've learned to cope, drug free, but yea, I'm sure on a neural level my brain just isn't firing at peak levels like a normal person.

Re: Sleep duration is associated with brain structure and cognitive performance

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Post by Void_ »

jozzas wrote: post #234
benlumen wrote: post #188

Main thing for me has been quitting caffeine after lunchtime. For most of my life I just drank caffeine as if it were synomynous with hydration - coffee in the morning, diet sodas in the afternoon, teas in the evenings. And for years, I wondered why I couldn't sleep... Withdrawal was surprising. On the first day, I fell asleep at 6pm until the next morning. The next day, 8pm until morning. Felt ill for a week. Ached…

I recently went on a break from caffeine, and while the withdrawals weren't bad (I was only ever a one coffee in the morning person), I have since noticed how INCREDIBLY sensitive I am to caffeine. Now that I have no tolerance, having one coffee at any point during the day will completely ruin my sleep for that night (from ~7h down to ~4h with lots of awake time). I'm at a point now where I don't think coffee is for…

I’m the same way, also very sensitive.

I never thought a morning coffee can affect sleep. But once I quit, I realized just how much it does.

Now I use coffee if I wanna stay up late on a Friday night - a cappuccino in the morning makes sure I’m wide awake until midnight.

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Post by Reflecticon »

forgotmypw17 wrote: post #115

I'd like to share my sleeping practice which I've developed after several years of focusing on it and trying to recreate the pre-industrial (and possibly pre-farming) sleep patterns my ancestors had for millions of years before the last few thousand. Whenever I feel tired, I lay down to rest. Whenever I am sleeping, I allow myself to sleep until I am "fully slept", meaning I can lay there for a while, still physicall…

Love it! You are light-years ahead of me. I recently came up with analogy of pet sleep, like you said, cats and dogs just sleep here and there if the feel like it. I tried to implement that on my weekends but wasn't very successful so far.

How do you keep your sleep rhythms while you're working?

Re: Sleep duration is associated with brain structure and cognitive performance

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Post by nradov »

forgotmypw17 wrote: post #242
nradov wrote: post #219

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How do you know whether those teachers were actually wise or just repeating bullshit that sounded good?

Because I witnessed their abilities.

Which abilities were those, and how do you know whether their abilities were caused by or in spite of their hydration habits?

Re: Sleep duration is associated with brain structure and cognitive performance

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Post by forgotmypw17 »

Reflecticon wrote: post #256
forgotmypw17 wrote: post #115

I'd like to share my sleeping practice which I've developed after several years of focusing on it and trying to recreate the pre-industrial (and possibly pre-farming) sleep patterns my ancestors had for millions of years before the last few thousand. Whenever I feel tired, I lay down to rest. Whenever I am sleeping, I allow myself to sleep until I am "fully slept", meaning I can lay there for a while, still physicall…

Love it! You are light-years ahead of me. I recently came up with analogy of pet sleep, like you said, cats and dogs just sleep here and there if the feel like it. I tried to implement that on my weekends but wasn't very successful so far. How do you keep your sleep rhythms while you're working?

I work whenever not sleeping or otherwise occupied.

I've set a goal for myself of one commit daily, and I usually overshoot.

Re: Sleep duration is associated with brain structure and cognitive performance

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Post by suyash »

trianglem wrote: post #39

Is this study saying that more than 8 hours of sleep correlates with negative effects on cognition?

I'm a bit confused by this statement as well : "For cognition only, associations shift to a negative association of sleep duration and cognition for participants sleeping more than 8 hr a day."

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Post by [deleted] »

zascrash wrote: post #210
forgotmypw17 wrote: post #115

I'd like to share my sleeping practice which I've developed after several years of focusing on it and trying to recreate the pre-industrial (and possibly pre-farming) sleep patterns my ancestors had for millions of years before the last few thousand. Whenever I feel tired, I lay down to rest. Whenever I am sleeping, I allow myself to sleep until I am "fully slept", meaning I can lay there for a while, still physicall…

I used to think that our body know better. But I realise it doesn't do what is better but rather what it is used to do. I felt I had to eat sweets frequently, drink coca-coca everyday and 3 meals a day etc. My body felt terrible when I didn't. I stopped listed to what my body wanted and consciously stop those things. First week it was really painful. Second week I got used to. Third week I completely changed. Now I h…

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