Tag: fatigue management
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How To Stop Feeling Tired And Sleepy Using Sleep Science

A pedantic discussion of fatigue and sleepiness People tend to use the terms feeling ‘tired’ and ‘sleepy’ interchangeably in daily life. However, in sleep science we like to make a distinction between being tired/fatigued and sleepiness. It sounds a little pedantic, but the reason is because there are important distinctions between these two states. Moreover,…
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What do I do when I am tired? Strategies for Fatigue Management

What is fatigue and how is it different from sleepiness? People often interchangeably use the terms “feeling tired/fatigued” and “feeling sleepy”. However, for us nerds in sleep science, we like to be pedantic and differentiate being tired from being sleepy because there is use is knowing which one you are feeling. In simple terms,…
