Aric Prather
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and and try to go to sleep again and what that will do is it will repair the relationship of kind of sleepiness and the bed and over time will will help you sleep more soundly how big a problem is it when you
and and try to go to sleep again and what that will do is it will repair the relationship of kind of sleepiness and the bed and over time will will help you sleep more soundly how big a problem is it when you
and and try to go to sleep again and what that will do is it will repair the relationship of kind of sleepiness and the bed and over time will will help you sleep more soundly how big a problem is it when you
Yeah, that's I mean, that's a great question and that's a great point around placebo sleep. You know, certainly at kind of the extreme ends, the extreme end of sleep deprivation, there is it's clear that, you know, our faculties are damaged right now, you know, cognitively, our reaction time. All of those sorts of things, our mood is impaired.
Yeah, that's I mean, that's a great question and that's a great point around placebo sleep. You know, certainly at kind of the extreme ends, the extreme end of sleep deprivation, there is it's clear that, you know, our faculties are damaged right now, you know, cognitively, our reaction time. All of those sorts of things, our mood is impaired.
Yeah, that's I mean, that's a great question and that's a great point around placebo sleep. You know, certainly at kind of the extreme ends, the extreme end of sleep deprivation, there is it's clear that, you know, our faculties are damaged right now, you know, cognitively, our reaction time. All of those sorts of things, our mood is impaired.
But oftentimes, you know, people do better than they think. And that's a really important part of helping people with insomnia is kind of tracking the data on, you know, when you had a bad night of sleep, like, how'd you do during the day? And when you had a good night of sleep, how'd you do during the day? And it turns out if you track that over time, you know, our sleep doesn't
But oftentimes, you know, people do better than they think. And that's a really important part of helping people with insomnia is kind of tracking the data on, you know, when you had a bad night of sleep, like, how'd you do during the day? And when you had a good night of sleep, how'd you do during the day? And it turns out if you track that over time, you know, our sleep doesn't
But oftentimes, you know, people do better than they think. And that's a really important part of helping people with insomnia is kind of tracking the data on, you know, when you had a bad night of sleep, like, how'd you do during the day? And when you had a good night of sleep, how'd you do during the day? And it turns out if you track that over time, you know, our sleep doesn't
necessarily play a huge role in our functioning during the day just in in kind of normal day-to-day things um so you know that that that can be really important evidence for people that they not they don't need to be so distressed about a bad night's sleep because they're common they happen to everybody and we're actually really resilient against it and that's just an important point to to have people understand
necessarily play a huge role in our functioning during the day just in in kind of normal day-to-day things um so you know that that that can be really important evidence for people that they not they don't need to be so distressed about a bad night's sleep because they're common they happen to everybody and we're actually really resilient against it and that's just an important point to to have people understand
necessarily play a huge role in our functioning during the day just in in kind of normal day-to-day things um so you know that that that can be really important evidence for people that they not they don't need to be so distressed about a bad night's sleep because they're common they happen to everybody and we're actually really resilient against it and that's just an important point to to have people understand
Yeah, it's definitely the former. I mean, you know, our body is really good at compensating for lost sleep.
Yeah, it's definitely the former. I mean, you know, our body is really good at compensating for lost sleep.
Yeah, it's definitely the former. I mean, you know, our body is really good at compensating for lost sleep.
So, for instance, if we deprive someone in the laboratory, which we do here, and they don't get to sleep, the next day when they sleep, when we allow that, their sleep, you know, they go into deep sleep much more rapidly, and their sleep is more consolidated because your body is trying to make up that lost amount.
So, for instance, if we deprive someone in the laboratory, which we do here, and they don't get to sleep, the next day when they sleep, when we allow that, their sleep, you know, they go into deep sleep much more rapidly, and their sleep is more consolidated because your body is trying to make up that lost amount.
So, for instance, if we deprive someone in the laboratory, which we do here, and they don't get to sleep, the next day when they sleep, when we allow that, their sleep, you know, they go into deep sleep much more rapidly, and their sleep is more consolidated because your body is trying to make up that lost amount.
I think the challenge is oftentimes that people are having bad nights of sleep consistently and then they are able to sleep the next night. They don't want to go to bed prematurely, right? You don't want to kind of like go to bed several hours earlier typically because you can only make so much sleep. And so if you go to bed too early, your sleep is likely to be fragmented.
I think the challenge is oftentimes that people are having bad nights of sleep consistently and then they are able to sleep the next night. They don't want to go to bed prematurely, right? You don't want to kind of like go to bed several hours earlier typically because you can only make so much sleep. And so if you go to bed too early, your sleep is likely to be fragmented.