If you can’t sleep so you lay still for an extended period of time with your eyes closed, does that do anything to restore energy? Or does the fact you’re still awake make it a useless gesture?
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As someone who has severe trouble falling asleep I figured out that by lying all night in my bed and doing nothing I will rest and get some energy back. More physical energy than mental, but it roughly translates into half or a quarter of the sleep time, say I couldn’t sleep and was 6 hours in my bed awake, that feels (at least for me) like 2-3 hours of sleep. IMPORTANT: doing anything else on the side, like listening to music or a podcast, a show in the background etc. will diminish the resting effect almost completely.
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