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I had no idea how important sleep was. Wow.
This was book was super data heavy, so I’d recommend audiobooking it, but I am so SO glad I read it!
This was book was super data heavy, so I’d recommend audiobooking it, but I am so SO glad I read it!
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An insightful read into sleep and the human brain.
The basics of life are: food, water, air, and sleep. It's eye opening how sleep affects physical, mental, emotional health. Physical: bad sleep is a cause of life mortality (not just one aspect of mortality but life mortality in general), correlated with dementia and Alzheimer's, diabetes, etc., you can die from not sleeping. Mental: causes cognitive impairment similar to alcohol, correlated with mental illnesses such as bipolar, anxiety and depression, schizophrenia etc., memory formation and learning... And sleep helps to regulate emotions and take the sting out of painful and traumatic memories, with interesting and profound implications for PTSD.
I've definitely started sleeping more lol. And I know now that if I am injured or feel horrible, I need to get good sleep.
If you want to live well and live long, make it a priority and a practice to have consistent good sleep.
I've definitely started sleeping more lol. And I know now that if I am injured or feel horrible, I need to get good sleep.
If you want to live well and live long, make it a priority and a practice to have consistent good sleep.
read this book and you'll never have a bad conscience for napping and sleeping long. Sleep is anything but unproductivity. Very insightful - society should definitely reconsider it's relationship to sleep.
as I read the author has been criticized, here is a blog post where he deals with the criticism https://sleepdiplomat.wordpress.com/2019/12/19/why-we-sleep-responses-to-questions-from-readers/
as I read the author has been criticized, here is a blog post where he deals with the criticism https://sleepdiplomat.wordpress.com/2019/12/19/why-we-sleep-responses-to-questions-from-readers/
Truly fascinating read! Can't believe I knew so little about something I do every single day.
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Really impactful read about the powers of sleep and getting plenty of it. The section about dreams was also very interesting and research-driven, and refrained from veering into whimsical to the point of unbelievable.