2026-03-09
6 分钟Hi, I'm Dr.
Eric Prather, a psychologist who helps people get more restful sleep.
A sleep evangelist, if you will.
And if you've ever had insomnia or even one sleepless night,
you know it can affect everything from your mood to your productivity to your overall health.
So I'm here to share the science behind sleep, how it happens,
and the tools you need to help you sleep well.
Because let's face it, who couldn't use more quality shut eye?
Today,
I'm going to debunk the biggest sleep myths out there and show you what to try instead so you can literally sleep easier.
It's interesting to think about what the origin of the eight-hour sleep recommendation comes from.
In general, if people sleep in kind of a consolidated fashion,
they will sleep between seven to nine hours if they need to.
And so it's thought that this might represent someone's sleep need.
But historically, people haven't necessarily slept in one big chunk like that.
Several decades ago now, Robert Eckrich, who was a historian,
wrote a book documenting the fact that there may have been a time in which we had polyphasic sleep,
where we slept in two chunks, which...
has to do with the fact that before industrial lighting,
we would go to sleep when the sun went down.