• dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    My record is 9 days without sleep.

    That’s… not great. Impressive, but not great. I hope you’re in a better place now.

    At that point I had seen a doc who just loaded me down with large doses of like 3 different benzos.

    Doctor: Um, yeah. I don’t normally do this, but I’m going to give you serious drugs up front and then figure out what’s going on later. Take this after you get home. Also, clear your calendar for the next few days.

    Then again, what is “normal” is viewed through the lense of the community being studied.

    What you’re pondering is the classic “nature vs nurture” argument, and moral relativism overall. I can’t say how active this philosophical area is these days, but you’re correct in that it’s a part of “essential philosophical questions that man has been asking for centuries with no real answer.” I say, drink deep from this well and master the domain. Maybe then sleep will come easier.