I’m not just saying “when stress builds up that leads to problem”. The question is why we feel stress in the first place. The question is “What is stress good for?” My idea would be that stress might come out of a process which has the function of inhibiting risk taking.
From a neuroscience perspective I don’t think that “stress is about neurons being used” is a thesis with strong evidence. Two decades ago there was the ridiculous willower is about glucose thesis but that’s wrong. Energy use by the brain does not differ much is “stressful” activities.
I believe that stress is something else. It might be something that exists for the purpose of inhibiting risk taking behavior.
People with so much stress that they have burnout do need more sleep. Otherwise, things are complex. Stress is a pretty broad word and the underlying mechanisms are likely complex. Also my thesis would be that sleep is about releasing stress and there might be situations where the system of a stressed person doesn’t consider it a good idea to release the stress if the stress serves an important purpose by inhibiting behavior.
ChatGPT suggests that children in hunter gather tribes usually get their own food between the ages of 5 and 10. Teenager (14+) still have increased sleep needs compared to adults.
Insulin productions works fine without a commercial need for a insulin analog. Orexin has the advantage that you don’t need to inject it and can use a nasal spray.
Oh I see. So the hypothesis is “In a healthy animal, stress is a highly-informative signal that inhibits risk-taking. Sleep ensures the stress system continues to inhibit risk taking appropriately.”
Makes sense. It’s consistent with sleep deprivation raising the level of cortisol and the brain developing a tolerance to high levels of certain hormones.
I’m not just saying “when stress builds up that leads to problem”. The question is why we feel stress in the first place. The question is “What is stress good for?” My idea would be that stress might come out of a process which has the function of inhibiting risk taking.
From a neuroscience perspective I don’t think that “stress is about neurons being used” is a thesis with strong evidence. Two decades ago there was the ridiculous willower is about glucose thesis but that’s wrong. Energy use by the brain does not differ much is “stressful” activities.
I believe that stress is something else. It might be something that exists for the purpose of inhibiting risk taking behavior.
People with so much stress that they have burnout do need more sleep. Otherwise, things are complex. Stress is a pretty broad word and the underlying mechanisms are likely complex. Also my thesis would be that sleep is about releasing stress and there might be situations where the system of a stressed person doesn’t consider it a good idea to release the stress if the stress serves an important purpose by inhibiting behavior.
ChatGPT suggests that children in hunter gather tribes usually get their own food between the ages of 5 and 10. Teenager (14+) still have increased sleep needs compared to adults.
Insulin productions works fine without a commercial need for a insulin analog. Orexin has the advantage that you don’t need to inject it and can use a nasal spray.
Oh I see. So the hypothesis is “In a healthy animal, stress is a highly-informative signal that inhibits risk-taking. Sleep ensures the stress system continues to inhibit risk taking appropriately.”
Makes sense. It’s consistent with sleep deprivation raising the level of cortisol and the brain developing a tolerance to high levels of certain hormones.
Yes, that’s a rough stretch of the idea. Of course, the real details are likely complicated.
It’s worth noting that Orexin does stimulate the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, which controls cortisol release.