Furman: Postpartum sleep deprivation mirrors tactics used in wartime torture
Alina Furman · Sleep Deprivation Is a War Tactic. Mothers Do It for Months. · Mar 8, 2023 · at 8:36
Alina Furman, founder of Kahlmi, discusses the severity of infant-driven sleep deprivation on maternal mental health.
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“When you're not, when you're sleeping in 2:03 hour increments, that's a form of war torture that people use still to this day. Sleep deprivation is a very common form of torture.”
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