Interesting article: The Human Mind Is Not Meant to Be Awake After Midnight, Scientists Warn:
our attention to negative stimuli is unusually heightened at night.
When I’m awake in the middle of the night I often remind myself that nothing then is real.
Miraz Jordan @alanralph I had years where I was severely sleep deficient. I've worked hard on it for the last few years and now generally get around 7 or 8 hours. It's made an enormous difference.
Laurence Warner Matt Walker's "Why we Sleep" 📚 as much as we can know on this, which isn't much
From my experience, even in last week def true late night brings out "Bad Habits" as Ed Sheeran put it
Steven Splinter I think it depends on why we’re awake. If I’m doomscrolling or obsessing over some thought, it’s awful. If I’m lost in a book or wrapped up in an excellent movie, I’m still exhausted, but it hits different.
Miraz Jordan @splinter True. For me it might be that I've woken for some reason and then whirling thoughts prevent me going back to sleep. Sometimes reading helps, or having a cup of tea, with or without reading. The hot tea somehow anchors me back to reality.
Steven Splinter I wish tea helped me sleep. I use it to help focus for work or long outings, so now my mind associates it with being awake and alert.
And yes, using a book or a drink as a focal point to ground and quiet yourself, that’s close to what I was talking about! Sometimes those focal points become their own distractions from sleep. 😂