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Anecdotally I can say it has a large effect on the male brain too. The lack of sleep and time changes you. You get ruthless against time stealers and start seei
by radicalbyte 10y ago
Anecdotally I can say it has a large effect on the male brain too. The lack of sleep and time changes you. You get ruthless against time stealers and start seeing 6 hours as a nice long sleep.
Full disclosure : I've had about 8hr sleep in 3 days,two sick kids...
- quickben 10y agoYep, 5 month old here, teething. Short term memory is impacted.
- vanderreeah 10y agoStill, impressive typing skills for your age.
- quickben 10y agoYou made my day :D
- module0000 10y agoTwin parent here...2 years and 2 months into it, and I would really like to know the limit of this "at least 2 years", because that original brain hasn't shown itself one bit, and I'd sure like to have it back.
- ashark 10y agoFormer coworker of mine figured poor memory formation during those early months is the only reason anyone has more than one kid.
- majkinetor 10y agoThat is irrelevant as it is consequence of life style change. Many mothers do not change lifestyle. This however makes me think how much of the woman change is due to the life style change which is mandatory in given situation for majority of mothers and how much is programmed.
- oconnor0 10y ago> Many mothers do not change lifestyle. I'm not sure what you mean. Babies necessitate a change of lifestyle if only because they demand to be fed in the middle of the night.
- cli 10y agoThere are cultures where the grandparents or other relatives mostly take care of the children while the mother works (some parts of China), and there are people who pay for nannies to take care of the children at night.
- mason240 10y agoBut if they are in part this study it doesn't matter.
- mistermann 10y agoWell sure, but there is certainly a massive change in lifestyle for 99% of mothers even if they continue working.
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- clinta 10y agoFTA: And they compared these women's brains with those of 19 first-time fathers, 17 men without children and 20 women who had never given birth. So the findings seem to be unique to mothers.
- dsacco 10y agoYour lifestyle might change because you have a baby, but (within the scope of this research) pregnancy does not have an effect on the male brain.
- fs111 10y agoplease recalibrate your irony detector. Thank you.
- dsacco 10y agoDetected; I reject that it's relevant to the discussion, and I'm disappointed it's the top comment. Lifestyle changes aren't relevant to the research presented in the study. What would be relevant is contrary evidence of hormonal changes in males after their spouses undergo pregnancy, or structural alterations in the brain. Of course each parent is impacted by literally taking care of an infant, but what does that have to do with one gender experiencing grey matter reductions?
- herewegoguys 10y agoYou must be great at parties
- frahs 10y agoThis isn't a party
- herewegoguys 10y agoYou take yourself too seriously
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- akud 10y agoPeople underestimate the effect of extreme sleep deprivation. For the first three months of my daughter's life, we didn't sleep for more than two hours at a time. The effect was profound - I was having auditory hallucinations, was paranoid, etc. It was only after she started sleeping through the night that I understood it was due to the lack of sleep.
- 20years 10y agoI experienced this too with my daughter. She had colic so we got very little sleep for 3 months straight. I thought I was going crazy due to hallucinations and paranoia. All that went away when I was able to get at least 6 hours straight sleep per night.
- Jemmeh 10y agoWomen would of course also suffer from the lack of sleep, so I don't understand your point.
- kchoudhu 10y agoI have a pretty relaxed attitude towards sick kids: if they're in real distress they'll yell and wake me up. My wife thinks I'm a monster.
- nimchimpsky 10y agoI'm in the same boat. But that just sounds like being grouchy through lack of sleep, and perhaps not actual structural changes to your brain.