The 1/8th Sleep

Post by mmooss » Mon, Oct 14, 2024, 4:52 AM UTC

drilbo wrote: post #9

taneq wrote: post #3

A cooler mattress is better to sleep on? That sounds like the opposite of my experience, unless the weather is uncomfortably warm and there’s no air con.

A lot of research seems to suggest that cold (something like 62F-68F) is indeed better for sleep. It makes sense if you think about it "evolutionarily" or whatever. Basically, your body feels warmth and it assumes the sun is what's heating you up, so suppresses sleep hormones and promotes wakefulness. Anecdotally seems true for me, but I also have poor circulation to my extremities so I just suffer one way or the oth…

Post by nomel » Tue, Oct 15, 2024, 5:03 AM UTC

EarthMephit wrote: post #50

nomel wrote: post #34

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There’s a little subtlety to it. In some (all?) parts of Asia it’s intentional misinformation to reduce power usage.

No I think that there's more to it than superstition - We often blame things on superstition when we don't understand them ourselves. I've been playing around with sleeping with a fan & air-conditioning and I always notice that my throat is all dryed out in the morning from the air flow directly over my face. I need a couple of glasses of water to re-hydrate after sleeping with a fan or air-conditioner, so if its not…

Post by chairmansteve » Wed, Oct 16, 2024, 6:48 PM UTC

at_a_remove wrote: post #30

tasuki wrote: post #14

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Wow. I do cold showers too, but never before bed. It'd wake me up!

The method works, and I am going to elaborate on it a little. As the poster said, start warm, work your way down to cool, then cold. Very cold. But what really seems to kick one off to dreamland is not drying your hair, instead putting a towel down on your pillow. As your hair dries, you'll get some more evaporative cooling strictly for your head, and that helps even more