MetaJess

Funny & interesting: Chris spends 2+ pages telling the reader to say it out loud that they sleep. Say it. “I sleep.” Because you sleep. It’s the first law he has to establish with his new patients. Law 1: You sleep. As with diets and budgets, people live in denial about sleep

“Are you human? Have you consistently, without exception, slept 3 hours or fewer for ~1 year? Are you willing to wear a Fitbit to prove you don’t sleep? Will you allow Dr Winter to parade you around to other sleep resesarchers so he can achieve great fame and fortune?”

(Linking to a separate book thread about money because I’m finding something interesting here, about this phenomenon of people casually living in denial, sincerely believing that they sleep, eat and spend less than they actually do)https://twitter.com/visakanv/status/989335465764401152?s=21 …

“I’ve had patients tell me that the longer they are awake, the *less* sleepy they become. This makes some sense when you consider the brain process for maintaining wakefulness as being a separate process from the one that initiates and maintains sleep.”

Cliff Saper: rats in dirty cages did not sleep as well as rats in clean cages. (Rats get anxious about dirty surroundings?? Strangely adorable bit of trivia)

“The complaint “I can’t sleep” is inaccurate and untrue, so stop reciting this mantra and reinforcing this in your mindset.” You have *difficulty* sleeping. All humans sleep. Your body will not allow you *not* to sleep; you’d be dead in weeks

“Babies are little sleep-mongers and don’t seem to be able to do much more than fall asleep, eat, and fuss about things. [...] As time passes and the young child starts doing more advanced things like calculus and Snapchatting, [...]”

“Did Grandpa and Grandma sleep a lot more than we do today? Given the amount of time they spent walking places uphill in the snow, having it much harder than kids do today, and saving up all their nickels to buy a few pieces of hard candy at the five-and-dime...”