Fuck me that's insane. To think something as seemingly innocuous as not sleeping can put your life in danger to such a degree. When I'm driving, I do feel my ey

Fuck me that's insane. To think something as seemingly innocuous as not sleeping can put your life in danger to such a degree. When I'm driving, I do feel my eyes getting heavy sometimes but I'm often stressed so the adrenaline keeps the ZZZ's at bay. My father actually fell asleep at the wheel of the car years ago, crashed into a wall and went into a coma for three weeks. A huge number of accidents can be put down to fatigue apparently. A US Army study showed that soldiers that missed sleep due to combat or whatever for a few nights actually performed worse at tasks than someone who was drunk. You're absolutely right - the human body is an amazingly resilient machine. We pump ourselves full of crap we never evolved to eat (processed carbs, sugar and salt laden-shit), deprive ourselves of sleep and generally abuse our bodies to an incredible degree, but our bodies can repair themselves far better tha any machine humans will ever make!