![]() “There’s a part of the brain called the suprachiasmatic nucleus, and it acts like a conductor to synchronize all the rhythms the body has, like the circadian rhythm that controls our sleep cycles,” said Dr. In fact, light is one of the most important ways that our brains perceive time. Rafael Pelayo, a clinical professor at the Stanford Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine. Historically, this was essential for survival, as land-based animals, we had to work out when the sun was coming up and going down,” explained Dr. How does this work? “Your brain is always trying to predict dawn and dusk. Almost right away, I returned to my normal, “morning person” self again. So I did what any reasonable sleepy person would do: I caved to my targeted ads on Instagram and bought a sunrise alarm clock, the kind that gradually lights up your room until it chirps you awake. My phone alarm would find me bleary and confused, and I often overslept after turning it off. ![]() The paradox of thick shades, which help me sleep at night, is that they also make it too dark to wake up. Her brain is thick and dull as lead soup, her body heavy like logs. Woman then finds that despite always being a “morning person,” waking up now feels almost painful, like she is a bear being roused from hibernation. Woman realizes that streetlights shine in through said windows and make it too bright to sleep. Woman moves into a new apartment with windows facing the street. ![]() Let me tell you a horror story about city living. Photo-Illustration: by The Cut Photos: Retailer, Getty Images
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