Getting too little sleep can have serious health consequences (2013) • Hacker News Board

Re: Getting too little sleep can have serious health consequences (2013)

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Post by vincentbarr » Thu, Jul 16, 2015, 10:01 PM UTC

I've found CBTI for Insomnia[0], an asynchronous 'course', to be helpful in improving my sleep. Of note, some elements of the program – particularly the metrics/habits that are most important to improving sleep – were not factors I had previously focused on or considered really.

I'm 3 weeks into the program and this is the first time I've been even remotely successful at improving my sleep.

I sound like an advertisement.

[0] http://www.cbtforinsomnia.com/

Re: Getting too little sleep can have serious health consequences (2013)

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Post by nemesisrobot » Thu, Jul 16, 2015, 10:30 PM UTC

I've had the opportunity to sleep in a lot lately, and I've found that I feel physically and mentally the most rejuvenated around the 9 hour mark. Shorter than that and my thinking is on the sluggish side, and longer and I feel tired and unmotivated. Personally, I've found the time that I wake up to also be a factor. Waking up at 7 or 8 in the morning after 9 hours of sleep has me in a better mood than at 10 or 11 with the same amount of sleep.

Re: Getting too little sleep can have serious health consequences (2013)

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Post by otherusername2 » Fri, Jul 17, 2015, 9:06 AM UTC

jamongkad wrote: post #59

otherusername2 wrote: post #5

I once, involuntary, went without sleep for around 72 hours. I was at a music festival and we were either pulling through the night or I couldn't sleep because of the noise. When the time came to go home, I really felt pretty good. At that time I had been awake for around 60 hours. My body was tired and my thinking was a bit sluggish, but nothing too bad... Until I got home and tried to sleep. By then I was feeling d…

Your experience really resonates with me. I too suffer from occasional panic attacks. What techniques do you use to suppress them?

A little late, but anyway..

I've had panic attacks in two locations: while falling asleep in bed and in crowded trains.

I guess I just kinda got used to them. Since I know what's coming I don't feel the 'panic' part of the attack anymore. I just breathe slowly, deeply and deliberately, focus on my breathing. If I get the adrenaline rush you might be familiar with, I sometimes get up and walk a bit.

They key for me is to recognize when I'm having or starting to have one and not focusing on it too much. I don't know if it helped, but I used to meditate quite often. That tought me a lot about keeping my mind in check. This helps with many things, amongst which falling asleep (I just clear my mind and I'm gone in under 10 minutes) and panic attacks.

Re: Getting too little sleep can have serious health consequences (2013)

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Post by otherusername2 » Fri, Jul 17, 2015, 9:09 AM UTC

marincounty wrote: post #46

otherusername2 wrote: post #5

I once, involuntary, went without sleep for around 72 hours. I was at a music festival and we were either pulling through the night or I couldn't sleep because of the noise. When the time came to go home, I really felt pretty good. At that time I had been awake for around 60 hours. My body was tired and my thinking was a bit sluggish, but nothing too bad... Until I got home and tried to sleep. By then I was feeling d…

I have panic attacks too. How do you deal with them?

See my reply to jamongkad.