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I think this is very very dangerous advice. So much so that I flagged this article. Sleep deprivation is harmful in most cases and is very likely to worsen depr

by Kenji 10y ago

I think this is very very dangerous advice. So much so that I flagged this article. Sleep deprivation is harmful in most cases and is very likely to worsen depression and work performance significantly (not to mention - you shouldn't drive cars and operate heavy machinery when you're deprived of sleep, it has similar effects as being drunk). Don't do sleep deprivation. Get your sleep schedule in order, rather than devastating it even more.

reddytowns 10y ago
Come on, what's wrong with a little extra depression now and then!
zepto 10y ago
I assume you have no evidence to support your idea that sleep deprivation will worsen depression. The fact that depression is correlated with poor sleep doesn't support your claim. Telling people to get their sleep schedule in order isn't likely to help either. Some people might have control over that, but there is no reason to suppose that people with depression can simply change their sleep schedule any more easily than anyone else. For what it's worth, when I experienced depression, even a temporary interlude from it was valuable in working out how to get out of it.
- Kenji 10y ago
  Sleep deprivation helping with depression is among the dumbest things I've ever heard and "doctors" who advise this strategy and harm people as a result should be held liable as harshly as possible. I am serious: This idea could cause serious harm. You have to be highly educated to be this far from common sense and the real world.
  - zepto 10y ago
    Again, you have stated no evidence whatsoever to support your desire to violently censor the spread of an idea. I am simply asking how you come to this intensely held belief?
    - Kenji 10y ago
      Sleep deprivation is torture. This has been clearly established and the evidence of harm that sleep deprivation causes is so vast that I'd rather not continue discussing this. "Eviduuuuuuuuunc! Prove that which is common sense!"
      - zepto 10y ago
        Forced sleep deprivation can certainly be used as torture. Nobody anywhere at any time in this discussion has suggested doing this to depressed people. Common sense means not using absurd misinterpretations.

by Kenji 10y ago

reddytowns 10y ago

Come on, what's wrong with a little extra depression now and then!

zepto 10y ago

I assume you have no evidence to support your idea that sleep deprivation will worsen depression. The fact that depression is correlated with poor sleep doesn't support your claim. Telling people to get their sleep schedule in order isn't likely to help either. Some people might have control over that, but there is no reason to suppose that people with depression can simply change their sleep schedule any more easily than anyone else. For what it's worth, when I experienced depression, even a temporary interlude from it was valuable in working out how to get out of it.

Kenji 10y ago
Sleep deprivation helping with depression is among the dumbest things I've ever heard and "doctors" who advise this strategy and harm people as a result should be held liable as harshly as possible. I am serious: This idea could cause serious harm. You have to be highly educated to be this far from common sense and the real world.
- zepto 10y ago
  Again, you have stated no evidence whatsoever to support your desire to violently censor the spread of an idea. I am simply asking how you come to this intensely held belief?
  - Kenji 10y ago
    Sleep deprivation is torture. This has been clearly established and the evidence of harm that sleep deprivation causes is so vast that I'd rather not continue discussing this. "Eviduuuuuuuuunc! Prove that which is common sense!"
    - zepto 10y ago
      Forced sleep deprivation can certainly be used as torture. Nobody anywhere at any time in this discussion has suggested doing this to depressed people. Common sense means not using absurd misinterpretations.