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Unpopular opinion: that viral 'sleep debt' post acts like one all nighter is fine and the source was a 2019 study on 12 people
I kept seeing the same take everywhere that you can just repay lost sleep on the weekend, so I looked up where it came from and it traced back to a tiny study in Denver with 12 college guys. The part everyone skips is that reaction times and mood never fully caught back up even after two recovery nights, and that matches what I see with my own two kids after a rough night. Am I wrong for thinking we should stop passing this one around, or has anyone found research that actually shows a full reset?
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amyh121mo ago
Watched a buddy of mine try this exact thing last month. He pulled two near all nighters in a row for a work deadline, told everyone he'd just sleep in Saturday and be fine. Come Monday he was still foggy, snapped at his wife over nothing, and said his brain felt like it was buffering. Took him almost a full week before he felt normal again, not one weekend. That lines up with what you found, the tiny study and the part about mood and reaction times not fully coming back. So no, you're not wrong, we should stop treating sleep like a credit card you can just pay off later.
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