I had a great deal of difficulty going to sleep the night after this first occurred to me.

I only really managed to assuage my fear by realizing there would be an incredible number of dead bodies to deal with if this were happening to everyone every night, and it was extremely unlikely it was only happening to me.

This really hit me the first time I went under GA.

My view is that it's just a change in consciousness. Just like closing your eyes does not reset your sight, sleeping does not reset your brain. You just turn off some of your senses

You're taking what the above person said too literally. They didn't mean physically dying, they meant your mind dies every night when you sleep and in the morning a new mind/a copy of your previous mind, is what wakes up and continues on as you.

Now smeej won't be able to sleep at night again.

I'm not merely a mind. I am an embodied mind.

See The Real Transported Man

Wasn’t The Prestige about this idea, too?