Do You Need Kaffine to Function in the Morning?

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If you are getting just five hours of sleep a night, typically we would think about that being insufficient amounts of sleep. It's very dangerous to stay in bed awake for long periods of time and become frustrated with not being able to sleep. We are very pavlovian like as a brain in terms of our learning capacity. Your brain will re learn the association that this thing called my bed is this thing called safe and sound sleep. And i guess the analogy here would be, you would never sit at the dinner table waiting to get hungry, so why would you lie in bed waiting to sleepy? The answer is that you shouldn't.

Renowned sleep scientist Matthew Walker discusses everything you need to know about what a better night’s sleep can do for your life, and how to prioritize and perfect the way you sleep. Walker breaks down how to identify when you need more sleep, how to deal with insomnia, the best devices to track your sleep, and some unconventional sleep hygiene tips, including why it’s never a good idea to count sheep. Walker is a Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology at the University of California-Berkeley, and is also the founder and director of the Center for Human Sleep Science. He has published over 100 scientific research studies on the impact of sleep on human brain function, and he is the author of the 2017 book, Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams. --

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