{"id":12550,"date":"2024-09-08T09:01:29","date_gmt":"2024-09-08T09:01:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=12550"},"modified":"2024-09-08T09:26:10","modified_gmt":"2024-09-08T09:26:10","slug":"the-quest-for-perfect-sleep-goes-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=12550","title":{"rendered":"The Quest for Perfect Sleep Goes Viral"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Online and off, so-called sleepmaxxers are going to extreme lengths in pursuit of better sleep. Is that a problem?<\/p>\n

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Derek Antosiek considers himself something of a sleep connoisseur. He has applied tape to his mouth, propped his nostrils open with dilators and sealed his ears with plugs. He has tried out a fan that pumped cool air under his sheets, and positioned separate mattresses for himself and his wife side by side so that her movements wouldn\u2019t disturb him. He has tested light therapy lamps and air quality monitors and sleep trackers and blue light glasses.<\/p>\n

With each new experiment, the goal was the same: getting closer to a perfect night\u2019s sleep.<\/p>\n

After decades of Americans abiding by the mantra that they can sleep when they\u2019re dead, many have woken up to the importance of a good night\u2019s rest. Overall sleep time has increased over the past two<\/a> decades<\/a>, and even more<\/a> over the last few years, according to the federal government\u2019s annual survey of how Americans use their time.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe tide is changing,\u201d said Matthew Walker, a professor of neuroscience and psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, and the director of a sleep center at the school. \u201cPeople \u2014 especially Gen Z \u2014 have reclaimed their right to a full night of sleep, and they have done that without embarrassment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Even though sleep attitudes have shifted, experts say the basic recommendations have stayed the same: at least seven hours, at around the same time, with as few interruptions as possible. What\u2019s different is the number of people for whom sleep has become a fixation. Online, such people \u2014 sometimes referred to as \u201csleepmaxxers\u201d \u2014 proudly display the extreme lengths they will go to in pursuit of better sleep.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The videos promise solutions to problems that sleepers never knew they had. One enthusiast recommended<\/a> an adjustable pillow to reduce facial pressure. Another filmed herself<\/a> waking up with her hair wrapped in a bonnet and wearing a jaw strap, barely able to speak after taping her mouth shut. She then took it all off in what has become known online as a \u201cmorning shed<\/a>.\u201d Bragging about early bedtimes has become as much of a social media flex as documenting a lavish vacation.<\/p>\n

These days, for the sleep-curious, there are mouth tapes (meant to promote breathing through the nose), nostril expanders (which ostensibly reduce snoring), nose tapes (for opening nasal passages) and jaw straps (which wrap around the head and keep the mouth firmly shut). There are pillow mists; magnesium foot sprays; and the \u201csleepy girl mocktail<\/a>,\u201d a concoction of cherry juice, prebiotic soda and magnesium powder<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Online and off, so-called sleepmaxxers are going to extreme lengths in pursuit of better sleep. Is that a problem?Derek Antosiek considers himself something of a sleep connoisseur. He has applied tape to his mouth, propped his nostrils open with dilators and sealed his ears with plugs. He has tried out a fan that pumped cool air under his sheets, and positioned separate mattresses for himself and his wife side by side so that her movements wouldn\u2019t disturb him. He has tested light therapy lamps and air quality monitors and sleep trackers and blue light glasses.With each new experiment, the goal was the same: getting closer to a perfect night\u2019s sleep.After decades of Americans abiding by the mantra that they can sleep when they\u2019re dead, many have woken up to the importance of a good night\u2019s rest. Overall sleep time has increased over the past two decades, and even more over the last few years, according to the federal government\u2019s annual survey of how Americans use their time.\u201cThe tide is changing,\u201d said Matthew Walker, a professor of neuroscience and psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, and the director of a sleep center at the school. \u201cPeople \u2014 especially Gen Z \u2014 have reclaimed their right to a full night of sleep, and they have done that without embarrassment.\u201dEven though sleep attitudes have shifted, experts say the basic recommendations have stayed the same: at least seven hours, at around the same time, with as few interruptions as possible. What\u2019s different is the number of people for whom sleep has become a fixation. Online, such people \u2014 sometimes referred to as \u201csleepmaxxers\u201d \u2014 proudly display the extreme lengths they will go to in pursuit of better sleep.The videos promise solutions to problems that sleepers never knew they had. One enthusiast recommended an adjustable pillow to reduce facial pressure. Another filmed herself waking up with her hair wrapped in a bonnet and wearing a jaw strap, barely able to speak after taping her mouth shut. She then took it all off in what has become known online as a \u201cmorning shed.\u201d Bragging about early bedtimes has become as much of a social media flex as documenting a lavish vacation.These days, for the sleep-curious, there are mouth tapes (meant to promote breathing through the nose), nostril expanders (which ostensibly reduce snoring), nose tapes (for opening nasal passages) and jaw straps (which wrap around the head and keep the mouth firmly shut). There are pillow mists; magnesium foot sprays; and the \u201csleepy girl mocktail,\u201d a concoction of cherry juice, prebiotic soda and magnesium powder.<\/p>\n

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