Impacts of lack of sleep
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Impacts of lack of sleep
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#2I tried to finish the original article but I was just too tired...
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#3Is 8h sleep from 22:00 to 6:00 qualitatively equivalent to 8h sleep from 00:00 to 8:00?
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#4I'm not sure how much this will do to change anyone. Sure, it's bluntly stated but, well, most people realize quite well that lack of sleep is awful and dangerous. People don't usually do it because they want to do it. Long hours at work, deadlines, stress, occasional bout of Netflix addiction. Out of all of those, there's only one that's easy to resolve and I'd wager that Netflix isn't usually the biggest contributor to chronic lack of sleep.
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#5I'm not sure how much this will do to change anyone. Sure, it's bluntly stated but, well, most people realize quite well that lack of sleep is awful and dangerous. People don't usually do it because they want to do it. Long hours at work, deadlines, stress, occasional bout of Netflix addiction. Out of all of those, there's only one that's easy to resolve and I'd wager that Netflix isn't usually the biggest contributo…
Also being a night person on a day people's world.
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#6I'm not sure how much this will do to change anyone. Sure, it's bluntly stated but, well, most people realize quite well that lack of sleep is awful and dangerous. People don't usually do it because they want to do it. Long hours at work, deadlines, stress, occasional bout of Netflix addiction. Out of all of those, there's only one that's easy to resolve and I'd wager that Netflix isn't usually the biggest contributo…
Also being a night person on a day people's world.
Yup. Even being a day person and maintaining a solid schedule is hard. Oh, you'd like to go to bed on time but the two/three friends you still retain as an adult want to have a drink because today's the only day of the week they're free. And then tomorrow you want to go to sleep early but it's cleaning day and you need to do it cause then it'll be a tough day at work and so on, forever and ever.
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#7preaching to the choir, everyone wants sleep
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#8I've had terrible sleep issues forever. Finally got my sleep apnea and insomnia sorted out some years back (CPAP and melatonin+magnesium took care of it for me) and the difference is just incredible. I mean I would worry on a daily basis that I was going to black out at work and hit my head on my desk. (While still putting out decent work most of the time - not completely sure how). I no longer take multi-hour naps several evenings a week after work. I can't overstate the difference it's made in my life.
Anyway, if you suffer from sleep issues, I urge you to take it seriously and do anything in your power to mitigate them.
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#10Is 8h sleep from 22:00 to 6:00 qualitatively equivalent to 8h sleep from 00:00 to 8:00?
This is a question I've had for years: Does time of day matter for sleep?
If I go to sleep on a "normal" schedule (wake up, start day around 7am), I need 8 hours. However, I can totally survive, and even thrive, with just 5-ish hours of sleep, if I can wake up around 11am, going to sleep just before dawn.
Not a doctor, so I don't know the answer. My assumption is that it depends on the person. I'm a night-person, so naturally the waking-at-11am schedule works best for me. But staying awake until 5:30am is unthinkable for most morning people.