MetaFilter posts tagged with sleep

Good Night and Tough Luck

nooneyouknow — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:55:24 -0800

Good Night and Tough Luck "Getting a good night’s sleep is actually a lot more complicated than one would think." An amusing look at the problems involved in getting a good night's sleep.

The sleep of reason

Artw — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:07:45 -0800

"Common images are bearded, goblin-like demons laughing or whispering sinister speech, a faceless girl (usually covering her face with hair, moving around in bed moaning and feeling my body), hands appearing from the wall and attempting to strangle me. A hung man talking in the corner of the room, and some of the most bizarre experiences may include up to a dozen 'critter' entities (think Gremlins movie) laughing and talking about me. The environment tends to feel like a holographic dollhouse, the experience peaks and then the hallucinations mysteriously vanish when I regain control of my body."- The bizarre world of sleep paralysis, a form of hypnagogia and root of many folkloric figures such as succubi or incubi and the night hag.

Regaining Your Balance

netbros — Wed, 27 May 2009 07:52:09 -0800

"Web professionals are often expected to be “always on”—always working, absorbing information, and honing new skills. Unless our work and personal lives are carefully balanced, however, the physical and mental effects of an "always on" life can be debilitating." Burnout: Running On Empty By Scott Boms

On jetlag, and how to beat it.

feelinglistless — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:16:46 -0800

On jetlag, and how to beat it. Reconfiguring your body clock. There and back again.

To Sleep Perchance to Dream

grapefruitmoon — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 08:18:43 -0800

To Sleep Perchance to Dream : an exhibition of 17th century sleep-related paraphernalia at the Folger Shakespeare Library offers insight into attitudes towards sleep and dreams. Insomnia? Try eating some lettuce.

om nom nom nom

Kraftmatic Adjustable Cheese — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 16:37:15 -0800

Hamburger Bed!

I hear the secrets that you keep...

damn dirty ape — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:11:47 -0800

Rich Jones has been told that he talks in his sleep quite a bit. The next logical step, of course, was to record his sleep talk and post it on the web.

Why am I sometimes awakened in the middle of the night by explosions going off in my head?

ivey — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:14:05 -0800

Do you ever wake up feeling like a cannon just went off inside your head? If so, you may have Exploding Head Syndrome. People affected by this parasomnia experience it as a loud bang coming from inside the head, while sleeping. Think exploding bomb, gunshots, cymbal crashes. Sometimes there's a muscle twitch, or even a bright flash of light. Doctors theorize that stress may be a factor. (Also, it's "The Internet's Newest and Most Exciting New Band!")

I'm sleepy...

Korou — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 11:47:02 -0800

Cute things falling asleep.

The Right to Sleep

dinsdale — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 17:02:11 -0800

Crimes of Necessity On Oct. 14 2008 the B.C. Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision declaring that, due to the lack of adequate homeless shelters, it was unconstitutional for the City of Victoria to prevent homeless individuals from erecting temporary structures for protection from the elements. The ruling culminates a multi-year campaign by David Arthur Johnston to establish the "right to sleep". As the decision is based on an interpretation of Canada's Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the ruling applies to every municipality in Canada. In the wake of the decision, Victoria City Council passed a resolution which stipulates that such shelters must be removed by 7:00 each morning. David Arthur Johnston's Journal of the Occupation of St. Ann’s Academy (January 2004 to October 2008, chronological with the newest updates at the bottom.) Hope in a Homeless World (Monday Magazine) Park camps a useful push for real change (Victoria Times-Colonist) Tent City judgment is a revolution (The Republic of East Vancouver) Love and Fearlessness (full 90 minute documentary covering events leading up to the ruling.)

Fear of writing

internationalfeel — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 09:36:52 -0800

Derrida's fear of writing. ("I have a nap or something, and I fall asleep" in English, rest in French with subtitles).

Reigning in the beastiality contigent

Christ, what an asshole — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:07:04 -0800

Man sleeps with cat

Huh? What time is it?

ninjew — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:20:52 -0800

You fell asleep, watching a dvd. It's Friday, so after a long week, you decide to put in a movie and tune out the world. When you regain consciousness, you wonder if you even made it 5 minutes in.

Camille Rose Garcia

homunculus — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:30:41 -0800

Ambien Somnambulants. New works by Camille Rose Garcia. [Via] Last year Garcia had an exhibition at the San Jose Museum of Art which the museum made a series of videos about. You can watch them on YouTube.

“Sometimes I stay up so late that I have my morning coffee before I go to bed.”

nickyskye — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:01:06 -0800

The Sleep Medicine Home Page: A comprehensive links and resources one-pager for both professionals and sufferers, resources regarding all aspects of sleep including, the physiology of sleep, clinical sleep medicine, sleep research, federal and state information, patient information, and business-related groups.

Viking invasion ends

homunculus — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:25:37 -0800

Viking invasion ends as longship sails home. The Sea Stallion From Glendalough, a replica Viking longboat (previously), is returning to Denmark.

zzzzzzzzzzzz

jbickers — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:25:47 -0800

How to nap, a cheat sheet from the Boston Globe. Via More tips and ruminations on napping: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Why you should do it: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Eight solid hours of sleep... and DOOM!

blahblahblah — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:59:40 -0800

How much sleep do you really need? Six and a half to seven and a half hours. People who sleep eight hours a night are 12% more likely to die in a six-year period than those who sleep less. If your new lack of sleep means you get tired mid-afternoon, recent research says the solution is, shockingly, to nap. And if you can't nap, at least learn the optimal way to dose yourself with caffeine.

It's always right - two times a day.

bigmusic — Fri, 23 May 2008 18:41:24 -0800

Fasting may be the remedy for jet lag. By overiding your clock (audio interview 12 min) that prepares your body to eat, it is likely that you can reset your body's clock. Might this be the missing step in training yourself to be an early riser? via

a theory on why we really dream

drea — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 03:02:10 -0800

Dreams: Night School Revonsuo puts it, "The primary function of negative dreams is rehearsal for similar real events, so that threat recognition and avoidance happens faster and more automatically in comparable real situations."

Memory and Sleep

homunculus — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:55:42 -0800

Mapping Memory. "Turn the human brain upside down and all around to see how memories are saved (or lost)." National Geographic has a great interactive 3D map of the brain as part of an excellent feature on memory. The New York Times has a good article on the crucial role sleep plays in learning and memory. It's part of a special issue devoted to sleep. Via Neurophilosophy.

Sleep is where Ralph is a Viking

Greg Nog — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 07:06:57 -0800

"Oh, boy, sleep! That's where I'm a viking!" From the Simpsons episode "Lisa the Vegetarian," one small Ralph Wiggum line that's sparked some big debate on the internet. Does Ralph use "Viking" to mean "One who excels"? Or does Ralph dream of being a Scandinavian warrior? Not content to keep it online, people are calling radio shows (June 5th's episode, around the 49 minute mark) to gain support for their opinion. Perhaps only the show's writer, David Cohen, can settle this.

11 days without sleep!

Happy Dave — Tue, 15 May 2007 08:02:57 -0800

Sleepless in Penzance. Tony Wright is trying to stay awake for eleven days, in order to beat the current 1964 world record held by Randy Gardner. You can watch him on a live webcam. More on what attempting this might do to your brain.

People say that you'll die / faster than without water

chuckdarwin — Mon, 14 May 2007 05:01:28 -0800

No one really knows exactly why we need so much sleep, but it seems obvious that many of us aren't getting enough. Tu veux coucher avec moi? I'm bushed.

40 winks condensed

nickyskye — Mon, 07 May 2007 10:33:42 -0800

A good night's sleep with the flip of a switch? A brain zapper to fight sleep deprivation using TMS. [more inside]