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

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593 points gmays | 1 comments | 31 Oct 25 13:14 UTC | HN request time: 0.281s | source
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kurisufag ◴[31 Oct 25 14:35 UTC] No.45772409[source]▶
anecdotally, i never feel better than when i haven't slept. spent 8pm tuesday -- 8pm thursday this week awake nursing cheap energy drinks, and not only could i manage a higher-than-usual level of focus, i was genuinely content.

bombed a midterm halfway though, but at least i felt good about it.

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90ne1 ◴[31 Oct 25 14:44 UTC] No.45772513[source]▶
I see the same thing in myself.

I've attributed it to a my brain moving to power-saving mode and muting some of my anxiety / perfectionism tendencies. Does this explanation resonate with you at all?

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1. kurisufag ◴[31 Oct 25 15:46 UTC] No.45773384[source]▶
That's possible. It feels a lot like the placebo component in drinking: if you're free to ignore one of the few things you need to /live/, it should be much easier psychologically to be carefree (similar to "oh, haha, i'm drunk, might as well get wacky").