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> and end up sleeping like 10 hours that night Paraphrased from the book - basically once you get passed the number of REM cycles needed all of the sleep after
by mbesto 6y ago
> and end up sleeping like 10 hours that night
Paraphrased from the book - basically once you get passed the number of REM cycles needed all of the sleep after that is worthless and ends up just making you groggy. In other words the idea of "catching up on sleep" is BS.
- Darkphibre 6y agoI do find it curious that the body seems to need to sleep longer after long bouts of insomnia (or a week of 18hr work days). I think the hypothesis "You need an extra hour of sleep for every hour missed" is disproven, but the body clearly needs a single dose of extra recovery time after exhaustion.
- James_Henry 6y agoDoes the book give sources for this? And do those sources actually support this claim? It doesn't sound completely correct.
- mbesto 6y agoFor this specific notion - I can't remember honestly. But most of the book is backed up by sources / studies. As I noted in this thread - I don't think 100% of what author communicates in the book is factual or conclusive, but he does a great job of collecting multiple perspectives and studies to combine it into one thought provoking read. Like any book that has an agenda/angle, a healthy dose of skepticism is always required.
- copperx 6y agoMy biggest criticism of the book is that it didn't address oversleep. Where did you find that bit of info?