One challenge I've found is it gets harder to sleep long as you get older. That coupled with knowledge work stress staring at a screen all day makes things doubly hard.
Lack of sleep, stress can lead to symptoms resembling concussion
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Re: Lack of sleep, stress can lead to symptoms resembling concussion
#22Anyone have tips for managing sleep in the winter months? It seems like I can stay up forever (until 02-04) and don't get so tired. I need to be in bed by 23 actually.
- Exercise, not too late in the day.
- Do not eat or drink anything but water at least 3 hours before when you are going to bed.
- Do not have screens in the bedroom.
- No screens 1 hour before before bed.
(That last one I utterly fail at, but I am mainly doing textual things not from an attention-economy leach on the screen so, and it works out. Either the other 3 is enough or that screen time is sufficiently less stimulating.)
Re: Lack of sleep, stress can lead to symptoms resembling concussion
#23Anyone have tips for managing sleep in the winter months? It seems like I can stay up forever (until 02-04) and don't get so tired. I need to be in bed by 23 actually.
- Exercise, not too late in the day. - Do not eat or drink anything but water at least 3 hours before when you are going to bed. - Do not have screens in the bedroom. - No screens 1 hour before before bed. (That last one I utterly fail at, but I am mainly doing textual things not from an attention-economy leach on the screen so, and it works out. Either the other 3 is enough or that screen time is sufficiently less s…
Excercise is maybe the most important, but it's hard when it's cold outside (and gyms are shut) :)
I've figured lately that working "hard" at chores at home can replace some of it, the point is to not be too lazy.
Re: Lack of sleep, stress can lead to symptoms resembling concussion
#24Stress resilience is one of the most important things when it comes to knowledge work, also one of the most neglected aspect. Mindfulness, stoicism, exercise help, but nothing helps as much as a good night sleep. Also the other thing people usually fail to note is the vicious stress-sleep cycle (lack of sleep induced stress stress induced lack of sleep). It took me years to realize that so much of my problems with be…
During a very difficult time in my life recently, I found it impossible to sleep. I would have stress nightmares and even when i did fall asleep, I would soon wake myself up with specific scenarios my mind was trying to work out. I was incapacitated by this, which exacerbated my situation. I eventually noticed that I could fall asleep if I sat with my daughters while they watched TV. This evolved to me falling asleep…
I imagine you are still dreaming, but likely you are sleeping deeply enough that you don't have the time to "recover" your dream upon waking.
Re: Lack of sleep, stress can lead to symptoms resembling concussion
#25I once had a seizure because of sleep deprivation. I try to keep a better hold of it now - if nothing else, I want to be allowed to keep on driving - but I'm far from comfortable telling my employer I'll be late because I want to sleep in.
Re: Lack of sleep, stress can lead to symptoms resembling concussion
#26Stress resilience is one of the most important things when it comes to knowledge work, also one of the most neglected aspect. Mindfulness, stoicism, exercise help, but nothing helps as much as a good night sleep. Also the other thing people usually fail to note is the vicious stress-sleep cycle (lack of sleep induced stress stress induced lack of sleep). It took me years to realize that so much of my problems with be…
During a very difficult time in my life recently, I found it impossible to sleep. I would have stress nightmares and even when i did fall asleep, I would soon wake myself up with specific scenarios my mind was trying to work out. I was incapacitated by this, which exacerbated my situation. I eventually noticed that I could fall asleep if I sat with my daughters while they watched TV. This evolved to me falling asleep…
Putting on my armchair psychologist/anthropologist/whatever hat, I find the fact that you can sleep better with people speaking around you very interesting. I wonder if we are built to feel comfortable when we can hear people whom we trust (your background conversations in this case) speaking as we sleep? Means someone else we trust is awake and can be observant of dangers while we nod off.
Re: Lack of sleep, stress can lead to symptoms resembling concussion
#27Stress resilience is one of the most important things when it comes to knowledge work, also one of the most neglected aspect. Mindfulness, stoicism, exercise help, but nothing helps as much as a good night sleep. Also the other thing people usually fail to note is the vicious stress-sleep cycle (lack of sleep induced stress stress induced lack of sleep). It took me years to realize that so much of my problems with be…
During a very difficult time in my life recently, I found it impossible to sleep. I would have stress nightmares and even when i did fall asleep, I would soon wake myself up with specific scenarios my mind was trying to work out. I was incapacitated by this, which exacerbated my situation. I eventually noticed that I could fall asleep if I sat with my daughters while they watched TV. This evolved to me falling asleep…
This very difficult time in your life you appear to have in common with your collegues if I’m reading you right. Can you elaborate a little bit on your work and maybe other novel coping strategies you and your collegues evaluated?
Re: Lack of sleep, stress can lead to symptoms resembling concussion
#28I have anxiety / stress / depression issues and when it gets really bad I toss and turn all night, unable to sleep. By day 3 all of my muscles and joints ache terribly. During sleep your body is clearing itself of waste and healing. So not only are you a miserable zombie, your body itself is falling apart! I have enormous empathy for anyone who suffers from mental health issues. I take Lexapro daily, have a low-dose…
I experienced similar things and eventually I concluded they were due to lack of sleep and taking "being active/productive" too seriuosly. If you work a lot I recommend trying to get more vegetative time. Lots of guilty pleasure meals (sugar can be helpful here), take work less seriously and get a lot of relaxation/rest or doing only activities you enjoy. Got rid of the symptoms and SSRIs that way.
Re: Lack of sleep, stress can lead to symptoms resembling concussion
#29Stress resilience is one of the most important things when it comes to knowledge work, also one of the most neglected aspect. Mindfulness, stoicism, exercise help, but nothing helps as much as a good night sleep. Also the other thing people usually fail to note is the vicious stress-sleep cycle (lack of sleep induced stress stress induced lack of sleep). It took me years to realize that so much of my problems with be…
During a very difficult time in my life recently, I found it impossible to sleep. I would have stress nightmares and even when i did fall asleep, I would soon wake myself up with specific scenarios my mind was trying to work out. I was incapacitated by this, which exacerbated my situation. I eventually noticed that I could fall asleep if I sat with my daughters while they watched TV. This evolved to me falling asleep…
I went through a similar phase, but I solved it with audio books. You might want to give it a try.
Re: Lack of sleep, stress can lead to symptoms resembling concussion
#30Stress resilience is one of the most important things when it comes to knowledge work, also one of the most neglected aspect. Mindfulness, stoicism, exercise help, but nothing helps as much as a good night sleep. Also the other thing people usually fail to note is the vicious stress-sleep cycle (lack of sleep induced stress stress induced lack of sleep). It took me years to realize that so much of my problems with be…
Wow, "revenge bedtime procrastination" is such an apt term (not being cynical).
In Chinese, it's a single, uhm, guess you could call it a word: 報復性熬夜
See also:
https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/advice/living/article/31130...