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> No, a good night’s sleep is not always beneficial: sleep deprivation therapy in depression

How the hell does this work?




We don’t know.. it seems that sleep resets the state that the brain is in, and in depressed people, their reset state is where they experience the worst symptoms of depression. This[1] is a good read though I have forgotten the content of the essay.

https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/sleep-is-the-mate-of-d...




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