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stgulikSomeone sent me this article on the effects of sleep deprivation. Just reading it made me want to take a nap. Not a good sign.
Here's the paragraph that particularly feels like it applies to me. My natural state in the workplace is one of tempered paranoia. Perhaps I can do better?
One 2007 study from researchers at the University of California, Berkeley and Harvard Medical School used functioning Magnetic Resonance Imaging to show that after sleep deprivation, the brain's emotional centers were more more than 60 percent more reactive. "It's almost as though, without sleep, the brain had reverted back to more primitive patterns of activity, in that it was unable to put emotional experiences into context and produce controlled, appropriate responses," senior author Matthew Walker, director of UC Berkeley's Sleep and Neuroimaging Laboratory, said in a statement. "Emotionally, you're not on a level playing field."
Here's the paragraph that particularly feels like it applies to me. My natural state in the workplace is one of tempered paranoia. Perhaps I can do better?
One 2007 study from researchers at the University of California, Berkeley and Harvard Medical School used functioning Magnetic Resonance Imaging to show that after sleep deprivation, the brain's emotional centers were more more than 60 percent more reactive. "It's almost as though, without sleep, the brain had reverted back to more primitive patterns of activity, in that it was unable to put emotional experiences into context and produce controlled, appropriate responses," senior author Matthew Walker, director of UC Berkeley's Sleep and Neuroimaging Laboratory, said in a statement. "Emotionally, you're not on a level playing field."
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Date: 2014-01-08 10:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-01-08 11:17 pm (UTC)That's some scary stuff, and it doesn't surprise me at all. I know I'm not at my best when I don't get enough sleep!
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Date: 2014-01-09 12:15 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2014-01-09 04:45 pm (UTC)This study reminds us of what we, okay, I think I know, or when in denial--what I think I don't need... I mean, there's a sense that we all are supposed to be super-women, yes? 24/7. No quality sleep needed. *yawning from tiredness*
"Emotionally, you're not on a level playing field."... Okay, yes, yet another New Year's resolution--more sleep... Now, to do it!
Thanks for sharing!xxx<3<3<3