Are You Actually Asleep Right Now?

Podcast: Unhealthy Curiosity · Dr Sarah Holper

Opublikowano: 2026-09-20

How do you know whether you’re actually asleep? People with paradoxical insomnia can spend the night convinced they’re wide awake, while their brainwaves insist otherwise. This episode explores what happens when your experience of sleep disagrees with the electrical evidence, why the sleeping brain may be more awake than we once thought, and whether you might actually be getting more sleep than you realise.