The effects on cognition of sleeping 4 hours per night for 12-14 days

Re:The effects on cognition of sleeping 4 hours per night fo... by jotm on Monday May 18, 2020 @04:38PM (#23228047)

I definitely couldn't do it. After about a week, my body would just crash/go to sleep by itself, world be damned.

Same, or rather, worse, when working 12 hours a day for more than ~2 weeks. I just start thinking "what the fuck am I doing? Why is this worth it?", and if it's not worth it it would just drive me into a serious depressive mood.

Maybe because I know I could do better than this, that there are other options. Maybe it's because I made peace with death already. But I think it's just that I'm physically not made for this kind of overload.

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Re:The effects on cognition of sleeping 4 hours per night fo... by yovagoyu on Monday May 18, 2020 @08:58PM (#23230200)

Lack of sleep amplifies stress. That's why people argue more frequently and are more easily agitated when they're sleep deprived.

A lot of the people who say this doesn't affect them seem to be bored video gamers with no career focus and no stress.

I feel like they'd feel it too if they had to work 12 hours a day and had some moderate stress.

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