![]() But I brought to mind a graph from the book, which showed that sleep cycles come in ninety-minute increments. I would occasionally wake up much earlier than I had intended. The way I went about that: Stay in bed until I got eight hours of sleep.Īt first, it wasn’t a big deal. Where I went wrong was trying to follow Walker’s recommendation of 7–9 hours of sleep per night. I already had a bedtime, and a nighttime routine, like I talked about on episode 259. I didn’t and don’t have kids that wake me up in the middle of the night. I already lived a low-stress lifestyle with plenty of exercise and friends. I already didn’t consume caffeine and rarely drank alcohol. I already didn’t read or watch TV in bed, and didn’t allow electronics in my bedroom. I already avoided screens before bedtime, and had for years worn blue-light-blocking goggles before bed. I already slept with earplugs and a mask. But, as a creative with an interest in the neuroscience of creativity, I had already been taking sleep pretty seriously. I was doing everything rightĪfter reading Why We Sleep, I, like many people, decided I was going to take sleep more seriously. I may be in the minority in that I had the luxury of being able to take Walker’s recommendation of 7–9 hours sleep to an extreme that actually harmed my ability to get enough sleep. If that’s not enough to keep you awake at night, Walker also points out there’s also a rare sleep disorder that develops in mid-life, where a person cannot sleep, and eventually dies.Īgain, I get that society is full of a lot of ignorant or toxic beliefs about sleep, such as “I’ll sleep when I’m dead”. So, yeah, Walker makes not getting enough sleep sound extremely scary. Vulnerability to colds and flus (today, that also means COVID).In Why We Sleep, Matthew Walker, PhD says if you don’t sleep enough, you are at risk of the following: ![]() Why Why We Sleep will scare the sleep out of you But I don’t think the book has the effect he expected. I’m sure Walker wants people to get more sleep. My complaints about Why We Sleep don’t involve ill intentions. ![]() When FDR said “we have nothing to fear but fear itself,” thankfully there weren’t blogs to write pedantic takedowns of his logic. Sometimes you have to say something like “the shorter you sleep the shorter your life span,” for a sleep-deprived public to get the point, when, technically, research shows people who sleep longer than the recommended 7–9 hours live shorter lives. I say “mostly,” because I understand Walker has been on a mission to elevate the importance of sleep. I trust that Why We Sleep is mostly full of accurate information. ![]() I’ve read that takedown, and I didn’t find it convincing. Download as an MP3 by right-clicking here and choosing “save as.”īefore I go further, this is not a “takedown” of Why We Sleep, like the one that’s been floating around.WANT TO WRITE A BOOK? Download your FREE copy of How to Write a Book » (for a limited time) ![]()
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