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GUEST SERIES | Dr. Matt Walker: The Science of Dreams, Nightmares & Lucid Dreaming

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The Myth of Sleep Debt and Sleep Banking

Sleep cannot be accumulated like bank credit to pay off later. If you lose sleep and try to recover by sleeping longer on subsequent nights, you only recover about 25-50% of the lost sleep. The inability to fully repay sleep debt leads to compounding effects like escalating health risks and mortality. However, there is a concept of sleep banking where intentionally sleeping longer before anticipated sleep deprivation can mitigate the impact, acting as a form of credit to offset future sleep debt.

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