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On Purpose with Jay Shetty · April 8, 2024 · 75m
Matthew Walker on Sleep, Dreams, and Longevity
Neuroscientist Matthew Walker presents the devastating evidence on sleep deprivation: every major disease of the developed world has causal links to insufficient sleep. Plus the science of dreaming and emotional processing.
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Highlights
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Sleep is the single most effective thing you can do for brain and body health — and it is free
Walker argues that no drug, supplement, or intervention matches the health benefits of 7-9 hours of quality sleep. Sleep deprivation is implicated in Alzheimers, cancer, cardiovascular disease, obesity, depression, and immune dysfunction.•
Dreams are not random — they are overnight therapy sessions for emotional processing
Walker presents evidence that REM sleep dreaming serves a specific function: stripping emotional charge from difficult memories. People deprived of REM sleep show impaired emotional regulation and PTSD-like symptoms.Was this useful?