…Lose It
It’s Monday. Meaning, sadly, another weekend has come and gone. Some of you are feeling refreshed and ready to take on another work week. The rest of us, well, we can take comfort in the fact that our sleep deprivation isn’t going to make us tenporarily insane anytime soon.
Those who followed the trial of the JetBlue pilot found not guilty by reason of temporary insanity due to sleep deprivation, can rest easy.
Of course, anyone who has suffered from a lack of Z’s can tell you it may make you giddy, more prone to walk into things and there’s the occasional hallucination, but you can usually suppress the religion/terrorism rants. And being wrestled to the ground only happens on the rarest occasions.
But it always makes you feel better hearing it from a sleep expert. So, here you are, an official quote, “Last time I checked, people who pull all-nighters don’t go screaming through the hallways screaming bloody murder at the top of their lungs,” said Michael J. Breus, Ph.D., a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based clinical psychologist and a member of the American Board of Sleep Medicine.
On that note, here’s to a new work week sans histerical sleep-deprived meltdowns.
Happy Monday!
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More on the Story: MSNBC.com
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Posted on July 16, 2012, in Humor, News and tagged deprivation, insanity, JetBlue, sleep. Bookmark the permalink. 4 Comments.
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Stephanie
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So, you’re saying I’m accountable for my actions even if I didn’t sleep last night???
In the future, try looking at Monday as the first day in a five day sprint to the next weekend.
Or, if you prefer to use baseball analogies (like me), then Monday is when you put the ball in play. Tuesday you are out of the batters box and, we hope, headed for first. Wednesday you are reaching maximum speed. Thursday is when you plant your toe firmly on first. And Friday you find yourself taking a much needed breather from all that hard work the first four days.
Don’t be a hero … there is no point in attempting to stretch that bloop single into a double.
Lots of medical interns and residents get sleep deprived, and you don’t hear them saying, I am God.” OK sometimes you do, bad analogy.
Lots of new parents get sleep deprived and you don’t hear them saying,” I brought ya into this world, I can take you out.” OK sometimes you do, again bad analogy.
Lots of politicians…think they’re almighty… Aw Forget it.
Sometimes Lawyers…. darn.
This one time in Band Camp… Somebody was yelling, “God yes.” Ooops, now I get it, I guess they weren’t sleeping either.
Well, I’ll have to sleep on this one. Tough Blog.
Hey if you’re temporarily insane, does that imply that you are also only temporarily sane?