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It’s surprisingly easy for some to get disconnected from the signs of dehydration. For example: when focused on a project I can go a couple days before realizin
by joshspankit 5y ago
It’s surprisingly easy for some to get disconnected from the signs of dehydration. For example: when focused on a project I can go a couple days before realizing that I did not drink any water at all.
- Semaphor 5y agoAll that dehydration talk is fascinating to me. It’s like most people are aliens. I drink about 6L per day just in tap water, not including coffee and tea. I love drinking water and could not imagine limiting myself to what others perceive as their daily goal. And as the question tends to come up: I’m not diabetic, and I have a home-office job. I do vape.
- lancesells 5y agoAre you not drinking anything to supplement your loss of water? You don't feel thirsty?
- joshspankit 5y agoNot usually, and no don’t feel thirsty. The signs I easily ignore are a little bit of brain fog, some reduction in physical energy, and dry skin. The dry skin is meh, and the other two are solved* with food that provides energy. * = It does not actually resolve it, but it does “enough” and has a long enough lead time that it’s easy to have an instinct of “Oh I’m feeling run down, time to grab a snack” followed by “that didn’t quite get where I expected, I’ll give it time to digest” before forgetting about the whole thing as the project reabsorbs my attention.