why it seems like our body heals better when we are sleep?

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Like, currently it’s a big sun burn I got this weekend, but I seems to noticed this with other injuries, it seems sometimes the injury stay the same all day long(~18 h), but then, after a night of sleep (~8 h) it’s suddenly way better then before

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One thing that helped me a lot was the shift from “why would I sleep” to “why would I wake up?” Your body needs to be awake to seek food, water, etc. But to *do stuff* with that food and water and such, it really doesn’t have to be moving. In fact it’s probably best if you just chill out and stay still. This also applies to exercise; you don’t really get stronger by lifting weights – you get stronger by resting *when you have previously strained your muscles*, which means damaging them; during this rest time, your body has the opportunity to repair and improve those muscles. Similarly, when you’re resting, your body doesn’t have to ‘waste’ energy on dumb things like moving around. It can just focus all the energy on healing you.

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