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Attention lapses due to sleep deprivation due to flushing fluid from brain

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589 points gmays | 3 comments | 31 Oct 25 13:14 UTC | HN request time: 0.454s | source
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cdelsolar ◴[31 Oct 25 14:05 UTC] No.45772111[source]▶
I slept around 5 hours last night split up into two periods because my baby daughter woke up crying from fever and wanted to play / was hallucinating / etc. She's totally fine now but I am wondering if there is a correlation between dementia and having kids.
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zoeysmithe ◴[31 Oct 25 14:43 UTC] No.45772501[source]▶
I mean the baby stage doesn't last very long. I dont even remember the sleepless nights from my own kids anymore lol

Chronic sleep deprivation is the larger issue. And how we really don't have treatments on how to fix that, and how ultimately sleep phase issues are a social issues (being forced to follow a fixed modern schedule). Not to mention how closely that's tied to ND people. So a lot of us deal with sleep issues since we were little, but work and school dont give us the flexibility we need. For example, flex hours could be helpful here. I would rather work 10am to 6pm or 11am to 7pm most days. Or 5-6 hours during the day and 2-3 hours late at night.

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chasebank ◴[31 Oct 25 14:52 UTC] No.45772612[source]▶
"Chronic sleep deprivation is the larger issue. And how we really don't have treatments on how to fix that"

Sure we do, however, not everyone is willing to hike 20-30 miles a day and sleep in a tent. It's not practical but it is very effective.

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1. zoeysmithe ◴[31 Oct 25 14:54 UTC] No.45772639[source]▶
Physically exhausting yourself isnt a solution. Its tangential to the real issue. Its a bit like suggesting you can solve anxiety caused by trauma by drinking large amounts of alcohol everyday. No, instead we should be treating trauma. Its like putting autistic kids through rough ABA therapy, no instead we should finding accommodations and support for autistic people.

People have natural sleep rhythms. Society should conform to that, instead capitalism demands we conform to what it deems profit maximizing.

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2. chasebank ◴[31 Oct 25 14:59 UTC] No.45772698[source]▶
Not physically exhausting yourself is the real issue. It's our natural state as humans. We're not meant to be staring at screens having discussions about chronic sleep deprivation on an internet forum, we're meant to be outside moving our bodies.
3. sureglymop ◴[31 Oct 25 17:20 UTC] No.45774413[source]▶
I agree with you. I regularly have strong insomnia and I have tried physical exhaustion.

It usually works for the first few days of doing it but then it's like my body (probably moreso my mind) gets used to it and it doesn't help with sleep anymore.

Arguably it feels even more unhealthy because it's like my body is fully exhausted and tired but my mind won't let me sleep so no restoration can happen.