The Secret to a Good Night's Sleep, According to Science
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Published 2018-11-22
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All Comments (21)
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Fun fact: people didn't always do one big sleep. We used to go to bed when the sun went down. Slept for several hours (3-5) and then rise, eat something or go for a walk. Then you'd go back to sleep until morning. So if you read old stories and they talk about a second sleep...
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i should be sleeping right now but I'm watching a video about sleeping
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Me at 3am: I should be asleep but instead I MUST LEARN THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP in order to sleep better of course...
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"You shouldn't use electronic devices for 1 hour before sleep." Okay, I turn off my laptop at 4 AM. What the heck should I do for another 1 hour in the dark?
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I used to call the circadian rhythm the “Canadian rhythm”
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Does science have anything to say about the euphoric feeling of waking up and finding out its only 6am so you get to sleep more?
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“Sleep, those little slices of death; Oh how I loath them.” ~ Edgar Allan Poe
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I’m going to go ahead and get my 25 years of sleep over with now so I don’t have to worry about it in the future, I’ll see you guys in 2043 ✌🏻
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As a stay at home mom (for now) yes, I get sleepy around 2 pm (always have, even when working), but I take a nap for about an hour or an hour and a half. I still go to bed around 11, and get up around 7:30. It seems to help me tremendously.
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Oversleeping may be tied to undiagnosed Sleep Apnea, which I think is fairly common. And untreated Sleep Apnea definitely causes increased blood sugar, blood pressure, and other bad things.
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6:53 My brain: Saving changes and defragmenting data My Alarm: Cancel
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I play all of hanks videos on a playlist on shuffle I made. Its helped with my insomnia so much. His voice is very enjoyable to my ears and his facts keep my mind occupied from my bad thoughts.
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“the circadian rhythm is synced with day/night cycle” me: laughs in graveyard shift
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I once woke up with sleep paralysis after dreaming about being sexually assaulted. It was one of the most terrifying things I have ever experienced.
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Literally uploaded at 6 am. Is this a sign? ...nah makes another cup of coffee
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I don't have any kind of sleep pattern . My husband , is totally different . When he lays down and puts his arm over his head . ...he is completely asleep within 2 minutes . The very truth . We have been married for 46 yrs and he has always been this way. Lucky for him.
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Watched this almost immediately after getting up from my post-thanksgiving nap :) I dunno about other people, but 15 minutes more sleep sounds like a godsend. Pre-medication it took me about an hour to fall (deeply) asleep. Now it's closer to 1/2 hour. Even just 45 minutes would have been a wonderful improvement.
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Sleep Paralysis has happened to me twice. First time it was kind of the classic pressure on chest, feeling of terror and feeling of a malicious presence. The second time it happened though, I had already learned about it. So when I realized what was going on, I swore in my head, laughed and then fell back asleep.
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"so go ahead and take that nap, or after this episode!" bruh im gonna fall asleep DURING this episode
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25 minutes of sleep lost
