Impacts of lack of sleep

Post by nyanpasu64 » Thu, Oct 12, 2023, 3:49 AM UTC

faeriechangling wrote: post #140

jmkd wrote: post #112

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I wish people would understand that "just get up early" simply does not and cannot work for a significant portion of the population (20-50% depending on which study you choose). Therefore it is aggravating advice to constantly receive, from those for whom it worked, to those for whom it won't.

I suffered from delayed sleep phase syndrome for years and years. Root cause was undiagnosed health issues causing chronic pain and alertness. Once I nailed down the problem all it took from there was a mere complete lifestyle change, once which takes constant discipline to maintain. Which I manage to maintain mostly because lapses in discipline result in me being slapped hard back to reality. I was told to try melat…

Post by 1123581321 » Mon, Oct 16, 2023, 12:49 AM UTC

xyzelement wrote: post #160

jmkd wrote: post #153

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Fair point, but I find the kind of advice given goes beyond being unhelpful into being actually damaging. It's exasperating at best and makes the 'patient' feel as if no one understands them, or worse that the world is against them. On balance I weigh the damage of that as more negative than the absence of advice that might help.

This is where you and I disagree. I find that a chance at tangible improvement is worth having to deal with the risk it cannot be accomplished.