Sleep

Sleep quality, insomnia, dreams and circadian rhythm

A topic in the tpot Community Archive, drawn from 2,361 posts.

Trusted voices in Sleep

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  1. visakanv — trusted by 93 posters here
  2. QiaochuYuan — trusted by 85 posters here
  3. nosilverv — trusted by 76 posters here
  4. the_wilderless — trusted by 53 posters here
  5. goblinodds — trusted by 46 posters here
  6. univrsw3th4rt — trusted by 39 posters here
  7. eigenrobot — trusted by 37 posters here
  8. danielbrottman — trusted by 40 posters here
  9. AskYatharth — trusted by 36 posters here
  10. m_ashcroft — trusted by 37 posters here
  11. mechanical_monk — trusted by 32 posters here
  12. michaelcurzi — trusted by 28 posters here

Top posts in Sleep

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  1. my cofounder presented a study that showed teenagers learn better if they can sleep in a little more, and the school came back with “well we can’t adjust it now, we have a contract with the bus… (DanielleFong) — 28 likes
  2. "9-hours-of-sleep visa is writing cheques 4-hour-sleep-visa cannot cash" – my prescient wife (visakanv) — 26 likes
  3. I just woke up from one of those dreams that are so completely literal, utterly lacking in any symbolism, just a straightforward display of my subconscious fears & preoccupations. We were at a… (RichDecibels) — 25 likes
  4. alright Twitter hit me with all your “why am I always tired?” cures I eat well, I sleep consistently and at sensible times, I work out every day, I minimise light at bad times of day it’s been a… (m_ashcroft) — 22 likes
  5. oh my GOD i dreamt i fell in love with a girl at summer camp and then in the dream i woke up *at summer camp* worried she wasn’t real, checked my phone, saw messages from her, felt a huge sense of… (QiaochuYuan) — 20 likes
  6. when it's time to go to bed: i hate it in there, the sleepy world is a bad place of inaction and indolence when it's time to get out of bed: I remember now that this is a good place, truly the… (visakanv) — 20 likes
  7. boy check: - what emotion do u feel rn - last time u took up a lot of space - hours slept - last hang w the boys - getting enough protein? - last in person convo - how often do u think ab her - last… (strangestloop) — 19 likes
  8. OK BOYS, WE'RE GONNA BE SLEEPMAXXING https://t.co/7liSBiYSVz (nosilverv) — 18 likes
  9. since i was a teenager i've always been asking myself "why tf don't i sleep" – do a "from:visakanv sleep" search if you're bored and wanna read years worth of ruminating – but my current "huh, this… (visakanv) — 17 likes
  10. wow i feel really good rn. nourished by friendship yesterday, slept really well, haven’t hit any food triggers today. body is calm as fuck (QiaochuYuan) — 17 likes
  11. Pro-tip: if you wake up insanely, illegally early (anywhere between 3 and 5 am really) - it feels like your day is actually 2 or 3 or 4 days. Use this knowledge wisely (nosilverv) — 17 likes
  12. ever since my mom came over Priya and I have been getting 8+ hours of sleep and eating 3 solid meals, AND I've gotten to inbox 0 😎 Plus I spend hours everyday with a baby on my chest just staring… (__drewface) — 17 likes
  13. having a flowers for algernon moment where accumulated sleep deprivation + general parent tiredness has made it difficult for me to navigate my own threads. why does this mf have so many threads… (visakanv) — 17 likes
  14. Annoying to see ppl desperately searching for spiritual practices to be happy when they haven’t addressed poor sleep, they eat like shit, and they don’t have an exercise routine (TylerAlterman) — 17 likes
  15. omg i slept great wow i love sports. where have sports been all my life https://t.co/y0PR2CdSYo (QiaochuYuan) — 17 likes
  16. the experience of sleep deprivation as a parent is pretty interesting actually. I don’t know what time or day it is and am behind on all my correspondence, but the baby gets fed and diapers get… (visakanv) — 16 likes
  17. slept 6.5 hours uninterrupted and now I have unlimited power (visakanv) — 16 likes
  18. recently heard the funniest story about how someone's friend was raving to everyone about how his air filtration device was life-changing, 'sleep so much better bro!!', etc, only to find out months… (visakanv) — 15 likes
  19. on a bad day it feels like my mind doesn't fully boot up until after dinner or something. on a really bad day it doesn't fully boot up until right when it's time for me to go to bed. it would be… (QiaochuYuan) — 15 likes
  20. oh my god the humidifier worked. it was so relaxing and easy to breathe last night. all hail the vicks $30 humidifier from walgreens (QiaochuYuan) — 15 likes
  21. so used to my son waking up every 30 minutes that when he sleeps for 3+ hours I’m not quite sure what to do with myself (visakanv) — 15 likes
  22. oh woahhh this is what i do when i try to fall asleep sometimes, and i was thinking recently i’ll never be able to describe it accurately, and here it is. i love the internet https://t.co/OXDHuEpcb0 (univrsw3th4rt) — 15 likes
  23. first thing it turns out my body wants to do with leisure is nothing no eating. no playing. no working. nothing nothing nothing nothing. stillness, until im able to softly hear something again. the… (AskYatharth) — 15 likes
  24. i've recorded a bit over 300 dreams from the last year. looking back is astounding. can see life plot points developing ahead of time, others seem to foreshadow events over a year later, and there's… (myceliummage) — 15 likes
  25. Sometimes my 9mo screams right before falling asleep and I’m starting to wonder if that’s what’s missing from my own bedtime routine (visakanv) — 15 likes
  26. im having fucking DREAMS again chat, this is awesome. i should have stopped smoking weed way earlier. (slimepriestess) — 15 likes
  27. oh holy shit claude bodied "set a hard bedtime" it even knows how to help me trick myself into doing it https://t.co/MRn1QBMZ6H (goblinodds) — 15 likes
  28. woke up at 6:30am today and feeling great, crazy. apparently according to ayurveda that second wind you get late at night is energy that's supposed to be for physical repair and restoration while… (QiaochuYuan) — 15 likes
  29. yikes how much of insomnia is caused by aversion to of the emotions accessed in sleep (RichDecibels) — 14 likes
  30. 3 weeks in, my sleep as a newborn-parent who wakes up every couple of hours is actually better than my sleep was as a teenager, or my sleep when i was working on my 2nd book. funnily i would… (visakanv) — 14 likes
  31. im very sorry to say that ive 10x'd my effectiveness at work by prioritizing getting enough sleep (eigenrobot) — 14 likes
  32. gf just informed me last night i gave a 2am sleep talk transmission: “there’s space in between me, there’s space in between you, what the fuck is up with this space?” then i babbled random vowels… (_brentbaum) — 14 likes
  33. i don’t really get how some people can sleep alone. it feels as if the human body is meant to cosleephow do y’all do it?? what kind of thoughts relax you or how does that workalso interested in the… (metaLulie) — 14 likes
  34. hm you know what. i am really seriously sleep deprived right now. but i also feel better than i have in ages. and you know what sleep deprivation cures 😬 https://t.co/J5oSN648Js (eigenrobot) — 13 likes
  35. have you ever dreamed you fell in love with a dream person and then woke up and couldn't tell for a moment whether they existed or not and then were really sad when you realized they didn't (QiaochuYuan) — 13 likes
  36. • dreams where it feels like someone, a friendly figure, is on the other side trying to pass something across while its thin (christineist) — 13 likes
  37. I haven't had jet lag for 10+ years (even when crossing 10+ timezones) using this one weird trick, AMA. The trick: fast for 16+ hours before eating a hearty meal whenever it's breakfast time at your… (yoltartar) — 13 likes
  38. people warning me about the sleep deprivation challenges of parenthood don’t realize I basically haven’t slept a full night’s sleep since I was maybe 9 years old (visakanv) — 13 likes
  39. delightful example of a person articulating a dream and then discovering that it’s already been achieved https://t.co/j4psYIA4vm (visakanv) — 13 likes
  40. I told my family that I try to get 9 hours of sleep and it created so much outrage that we were talking about it for ages. they said I'm wasting 1-2 hours of my life everyday but I've tested this! I… (neats29) — 13 likes
  41. i left the window ajar overnight and had the best sleep in a while i'm so mad (mechanical_monk) — 13 likes
  42. ARGGHHHHH im so fucking frustrated. brain in NON FOCUS MODE all THE TIME. it needs SLEEP. but it like needs SO MUCH SLEEP im reluctant to even give it sleep because it would need SO MUCH (AskYatharth) — 13 likes
  43. Soooooo I've had sleep issues ~ all my life. But now I'm in a place where it's (1) quiet, (2) I get sun in the morning, (3) the bed and sheet are comfy, and (4) has AC, and my sleep seems fixed. It… (nosilverv) — 13 likes
  44. me after two nights of good sleep, decent food, lots of sunlight and physical activity: damn why do I feel so good (clouds blocked out the sun after first pic lol) https://t.co/SaFfx1U3xA (visakanv) — 12 likes
  45. Has anyone tried the “no screens 1-2 hours before bed” thing and noticed a subjective improvement? (TylerAlterman) — 12 likes
  46. i just negotiated with a critical ifs part and then immediately slept for 4 hours,,,i think it finally got the rest it needed (rslantonie) — 12 likes
  47. reposting on main in case it helps anybody else with a similar epiphany: when you are tired you should probably rest https://t.co/95UL6rCcIo (visakanv) — 12 likes
  48. i continue to be convinced that waking yourself up with an alarm every morning is basically unkind (br___ian) — 12 likes
  49. for the first time in my life i’m actually capable of enjoying rest and stillness, this is wild. i’ve just been laying about all day and it’s been amazing. (s0ulDirect0r) — 12 likes
  50. might be delirious from lack of sleep but honestly im pretty excited for the future amidst all the turmoil. chaos is a ladder etc (visakanv) — 12 likes

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