While researchers probe sleep’s functions, sleep itself is becoming a lost art.

Stickgold compares sleep deprivation to eating disorders. “Twenty years ago, bulimics probably thought they had the best of all worlds,” he says. “They could eat all they wanted and never gain weight. Now we know that they were and are doing major damage to their bodies and suffering major psychological damage. We live in a world of sleep bulimia, where we binge on weekends and purge during the week.”

Comments from long ago:

Comment from: InYourGrill.org

Sleep Bulimiahttp://www.inyourgrill.org/photos/Katrina

I got this from fplanque’s site: fplanque: links - Deep into Sleep. It describes my sleeping pattern to s ‘T’ I barely sleep during the week. On the weekend I sleep in and catch up on all …

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