We can stop breathing when we want to. We can also “tell” our body to do what we want such as moving, holding, typing, etc. So why can’t we just “tell” our brain to go to sleep immediately instead of having to wait for it to fall asleep.
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My wife does, she can fall asleep at the flip of a switch. We can be talking one second and she is snoring the next. Makes me jealous actually, i usually toss and turn for at least 30 minutes before i fall asleep.
My wife does, she can fall asleep at the flip of a switch. We can be talking one second and she is snoring the next. Makes me jealous actually, i usually toss and turn for at least 30 minutes before i fall asleep.
We can’t just tell our brain and certain parts of our body what to do. If we could drugs would be useless. Everyone would just intentionally flood it with dopamine and serotonin with a pinch of oxytocin while banging out successive orgasms.
We can’t just tell our brain and certain parts of our body what to do. If we could drugs would be useless. Everyone would just intentionally flood it with dopamine and serotonin with a pinch of oxytocin while banging out successive orgasms.
Initial question: sleep is something that we know very little about
also: actions like holding, typing, moving, etc are actions performed by muscles (specifically skeletal muscles) while sleep is not a muscular action. so you can’t compare the actions of skeletal muscles to the action of sleep
Initial question: sleep is something that we know very little about
also: actions like holding, typing, moving, etc are actions performed by muscles (specifically skeletal muscles) while sleep is not a muscular action. so you can’t compare the actions of skeletal muscles to the action of sleep
I mean we pretty much do. If you lay down, turn off the lights and close your eyes, and take deep breaths you are much more likely to fall asleep than if you just keep doing things.
I mean we pretty much do. If you lay down, turn off the lights and close your eyes, and take deep breaths you are much more likely to fall asleep than if you just keep doing things.
There are a lot of functions we can’t control. You can’t control your digestion or your heart for example.
Hell, one of your examples of things we *Can* control is only half true. Go ahead, stop breathing. See how long you can stay like that, I’ll wait. Eventually you’ll start brearhing whether you want to or not. This is basically the same with sleep, just it happens on a 24 hour cycle rather than a ~3 second cycle like breath. You *can* keep yourself awake for a while, but eventually you’ll fall asleep.
Now I’m not gonna lie, sleep is pretty weird and we don’t really understand it, but there are plenty of thiings we do understand that we can’t control, that’s really not the weird part about sleep.
There are a lot of functions we can’t control. You can’t control your digestion or your heart for example.
Hell, one of your examples of things we *Can* control is only half true. Go ahead, stop breathing. See how long you can stay like that, I’ll wait. Eventually you’ll start brearhing whether you want to or not. This is basically the same with sleep, just it happens on a 24 hour cycle rather than a ~3 second cycle like breath. You *can* keep yourself awake for a while, but eventually you’ll fall asleep.
Now I’m not gonna lie, sleep is pretty weird and we don’t really understand it, but there are plenty of thiings we do understand that we can’t control, that’s really not the weird part about sleep.
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