Sleep tips are everywhere and the more 'surprising' the advice is, the better. While the majority of what is out there is helpful at its core, over time, these tips can distort the actual goal individuals have to develop not only healthy sleep practices, but a deeper understanding and sturdier relationship with sleep. To that end, it's important to dissect these ubiquitous instructions and figure out what they are really telling us. In this episode, we will:
- dive into why we are constantly ordering people to never be in bed awake, and how it can erode the positive feelings and impact resting can have in our lives.
- push back against techniques that promise faster sleep
- dispel the myth of fluid restriction at night and why hydration restriction is not only unhealthy, but also largely ineffective
- evaluate the idea that delaying caffeine intake scientifically reduces a mid-afternoon 'crash' and overlay his theories on the two-process model of sleep/wakefulness
- learn how going to bed at the same time every night might be unhelpful over time
- explore the idea of not watching television 2 hours prior to bed and why that is an impractical notion for most people
- understand why sleep hygiene alone is not likely to fix a significant sleep problem
- briefly touch upon the current fad of mouth taping, it's like of rigorous scientific backing, its academic opposition, and how medical trends (sometimes dangerous ones) are perpetuated
Produced by: Maeve Winter
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