ADHD and Sleep: Why Your Brain Won’t Shut Off
Several friends I work with in games carry an ADHD diagnosis, and their evenings share an almost identical shape: hyperfocus until midnight, then a brain that suddenly behaves like […]
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Sleep Performance Anxiety: When Trying to Sleep Backfires
The night before a major presentation I made the classic mistake with full sincerity: I went to bed an hour early, announced to myself that tonight was critical, and lay there watc […]
Depression and Sleep: The Exhaustion No One Talks About
There was a season, about three years ago, when I could sleep eleven hours and wake more tired than I had been at midnight. I assumed I was being lazy and pushed harder, which is a […]
Orthosomnia: How Tracking Sleep Made Mine Worse
I bought my first sleep tracker the way a gambler buys a lottery ticket, full of optimism. Within a month I was checking the score before my feet touched the floor, and an 82 felt […]
Why You Wake Up to Pee (And How to Fix Nighttime Trips)
For a few months last winter, my night had a reliable second act at 3:10 AM. I would surface, walk to the bathroom in the dark, return, and spend twenty minutes trying to restart w […]
How to Sleep When You Have a Cold or Flu
The worst night of my recent flu happened around 2 AM, when I lay completely flat and discovered that my body had decided to manufacture mucus at industrial speed. Every time I dri […]
Late-Night Gaming and Sleep: What a Game Dev Learned
I have spent a decade making games and another decade failing to stop playing them at midnight, so I have tested every version of the lie, one more match and I will close. I know e […]
I Quit Caffeine for 30 Days: Withdrawal, Energy, Sleep
On the morning of day one I stood in the office kitchen and realized I had no idea who I was without coffee. For about fifteen years my day had a chemical backbone: a large filtere […]
Sleep Inertia: Why You Wake Up Exhausted (And Fixes)
There is a specific flavor of bad morning I used to know intimately: the alarm fires, I surface as if from deep water, and for the next hour I am technically awake but not actually […]
Does Lavender Actually Help You Sleep? I Tested It
The pillow spray on my nightstand was, for two years, pure superstition. I bought it because the packaging promised deep sleep, spritzed twice each night, and enjoyed the ritual wi […]