HOW-TO-SLEEP
Revised February 2020
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SINGLE HEMISPHERIC SLEEP   

Persons in especially dangerous occupations have a history of being alert while sleeping. This includes those in the military in combat zones, law enforcement, and firefighters. When anyone is in a new or unfamiliar location, is worried and/or does not feel safe or secure, they cannot relax and may sleep in an alert mode with only one hemisphere of their brain asleep. 

These situations are created when only one of…

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SLEEP DEPRIVATION AND HEALTH
Sleep Deprivation caused by Single Hemispheric sleep
may be life-threatening
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I appear to be the first person to relate single hemispheric sleep with the high suicide rate of combat veterans.

The link between single hemispheric sleep and suicide appears obvious.

Soldiers experiencing 1-3 or more years in combat have learned nightly single hemispheric sleep for self- preservation. If they…

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VETERAN SUICIDES RELATED TO  SINGLE- HEMISPHERIC SLEEP

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Scientific American MIND  magazine published proof that brains experience single-hemispheric sleep during stress situations.

Stress situations are encountered by persons living in dangerous occupations such as the armed forces, law enforcement, and fire-fighting. Persons in the private sector may also have highly stressful jobs. One of the biggest impacts of single-hemispheric sleep is sleep…

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