(May 1, 2021 at 8:33 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: Most people are incredibly adaptable especially if their livelihood depends on it.
Ask a new parent, especially a nursing mom, about adapting to changing hours.
Ask a soldier who has just pulled back to back fire guard or is in a hostile environment.
Ask a first responder about their hours.
Ask a medical student about residency hours.
Where did I claim we don't need that?
I am saying it isn't ideal. It is a reality sure. But it isn't somthing appropriate for all jobs.
I can tell you having seen nurses and aids at a nursing home, there is a burnout and I know they have a high turnover rate.
Especially with this pandemic now, I have seen countless stories of hospital workers and even doctors quitting or even committing suicide because they feel helpless.
Now, while I was never a nurses aid, or a nurse, or a doctor. I can tell you about the worry, and stress and depression and feeling of helplessness and self blame, when I felt like I could not help my late mother.
I never saw anyone die from covid. I never saw anyone in combat have their brains blown out. I have never been a doctor who has lost a patient. I have never been a combat MEDICAL specialist. But I do know what it is like to be alone with someone with mobility problems, with medical issues knowing that you can't do it alone. I do know what it is like to second guess yourself and blame yourself when something goes wrong, even when the rational part of your brain knows you did your best. I do know the long hours. But I also know having backup, and a regular schedual especially in times of stress, are far more ideal than the unreasonable expectition that humans are capable of lifing off of no sleep.
It isn't that humans arn't adaptive, we can be for sure. But consistancy in sleep patterns regardless of job, can and does help reduce stress.
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