Insomnia
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Steven Soderbergh executive-produced Insomnia to secure Christopher Nolan's Warner Bros meeting
“Upon hearing of Nolan's difficulties, getting a meeting with the executives of Warner Brothers, Steven marched across the lot to the head of production and told him you're insane. If you don't meet with this guy, offering to executive produce insomnia himself …”
Dr. Lagos: HRV and sleep quality share a bidirectional physiological relationship
“Certainly HRV, high HRV is associated with better sleep. Low HRV is associated with conditions like insomnia and sleep apnea. Non-restorative sleep will negatively impact HRV, so there is this circular effect”
Walker: Insomnia is approximately 30% genetically heritable
“Firstly, there is some genetic heritability to it. It seems to be that insomnia is about 30% Heritable.”
Huberman: Morning sunlight prevents delayed cortisol spikes linked to depression and insomnia
“That sets A cortisol increase in the morning, which is a healthy cortisol increase that provides wakefulness, triggers your metabolism in the proper direction. If that cortisol spike happens too late because you didn't view light, then you step out during noon…”
Eyal: Rumination over sleeplessness is a leading cause of insomnia
“One of the leading causes of insomnia, Is rumination, right? Chewing on the fact that you can't go to sleep for hour after hour, and stressing out about, well, if I don't get to sleep, then I won't be able to do that presentation, and my whole day is going to …”