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phainopepla2yesterday at 9:38 PM2 repliesview on HN

I'm surprised that AI didn't tell him that the most likely cause of regularly waking up around 3 am is a cortisol spike. Try some breathing exercises or some other type of stress relief throughout the day, and you might sleep better.

In my case, thinking too much about the causes of bad sleep actually contributed to making sleep worse, so if this guy is anything like me then this whole project could be hurting his sleep rather than helping.


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showmypostyesterday at 9:48 PM

I’m actually the author of the post and doing regular breathing exercises and some additional things. Pretty sure my cortisol levels at night are (currently) not an issue. Morning walks looking up into the sky also help me a lot. Falling asleep isn’t my issue

I grew up in the country side and unfortunately, where I live now, double glassing isn’t a thing unless you live in a recently built house.

That doesn’t nullify what you’re saying, obviously putting worries into sleep affects the sleep itself. Still thought it was an interesting project to build as I’m anyways cautious about noise and air pollution topics :)

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CalRoberttoday at 4:25 AM

Embracing biphasic sleep is also an option if your life permits it