Sleep is weirdly stigmatized.

Arc · Post by **Arc** » June 16th, 2020, 10:09 pm

People say things like "I'll sleep when I'm dead" and stay up all night working on projects, wrecking their health, and that's considered normal. It doesn't make any sense. Sleep is a basic need.

gamanit · Post by **gamanit** » June 23rd, 2020, 12:18 am

Yes, 100%. For some reason it's considered embarrassing to "need your sleep" as if being a sleep deprived individual is some kind of ideal to strive towards. I guess sleep kind of feels like a waste of time to many and it's hard to overcome that feeling.

virtuosointraining · Post by **virtuosointraining** » June 28th, 2020, 12:06 am

I don't think sleep is stigmatized. I hear people complaining all the time about lack of sleep.

Arc · Post by **Arc** » June 28th, 2020, 12:27 pm

virtuosointraining wrote: ↑June 28th, 2020, 12:06 am I don't think sleep is stigmatized. I hear people complaining all the time about lack of sleep.

Many times "complaining" is actually bragging.

virtuosointraining · Post by **virtuosointraining** » June 28th, 2020, 4:11 pm

Arc wrote: ↑June 28th, 2020, 12:27 pm
virtuosointraining wrote: ↑June 28th, 2020, 12:06 am I don't think sleep is stigmatized. I hear people complaining all the time about lack of sleep.
Many times "complaining" is actually bragging.

When I complain about lack of sleep, I am actually tired.

gamanit · Post by **gamanit** » June 30th, 2020, 11:11 am

virtuosointraining wrote: ↑June 28th, 2020, 4:11 pm When I complain about lack of sleep, I am actually tired.

Yes but often when people complain it's a way of saying "na na na na na I slept less than you" :)

virtuosointraining · Post by **virtuosointraining** » June 30th, 2020, 1:01 pm

I think that's only kids. Although there is always some competition about whose worse off, like old ladies saying how much worse their medical conditions they have than the others.

LunchBreaker · Post by **LunchBreaker** » July 13th, 2020, 10:23 am

virtuosointraining wrote: ↑June 30th, 2020, 1:01 pm I think that's only kids. Although there is always some competition about whose worse off, like old ladies saying how much worse their medical conditions they have than the others.

But with discussions about who's worse off, there are no undertones of "look at me, I'm superhuman".

Cranberry · Post by **Cranberry** » July 20th, 2020, 6:36 pm

LunchBreaker wrote: ↑July 13th, 2020, 10:23 am
virtuosointraining wrote: ↑June 30th, 2020, 1:01 pm I think that's only kids. Although there is always some competition about whose worse off, like old ladies saying how much worse their medical conditions they have than the others.
But with discussions about who's worse off, there are no undertones of "look at me, I'm superhuman".

Sometimes there is. People brag about their resilience.

Half Asleep · Post by **Half Asleep** » July 25th, 2020, 11:59 pm

I'm always Half Asleep. At least when I'm on (in?) Yehupetz.

virtuosointraining · Post by **virtuosointraining** » July 29th, 2020, 4:14 pm

Is it that boring?