Poor Sleep Linked To Paranormal Beliefs Around Aliens, Ghosts, And Demons

IFL Science ^

[BenLurkin]

“Exploding Head Syndrome”?

[tet68]

The night has a thousand eyes...
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[BenLurkin]

Great. Now I’ve got that song stuck in my head.

[discostu]

You try sleeping with all these things bumping into each other in the night.

[Sirius Lee]

Pepe sez "Sleep!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLSRVE3t17E

[Tacrolimus1mg]

Well, not in my case... Just plain old insomnia.

[Nervous Tick]

Maybe demons cause poor sleep. ;-)

[exPBRrat]

I bet practicing christians don’t have that problem.

[Sacajaweau]

Think Elm Street...and then try not to dream about it.

[moovova]

There really are monsters under the bed?

[dragonblustar]

No but maybe having to worry about the demons in Washington and local cities might…. And news the Earth’s core stop spinning…

[fidelis]

"According to new research, an inability to sleep well could make the night appear even more alive, leading to stronger beliefs in ghosts, demons, aliens, and the afterlife.

Indeed, such ideas are even encouraged by numerous cultural explanations for these sleep disorders

Which, if true, doesn't prove that these things don't exist (science has no way of measuring or verifying spiritual phenonmena), only that those who experience such things (whether real or not) would tend to believe in them more.

[DannyTN]

Being haunted by ghosts, demons and aliens will keep most people up at night.

[G Larry]

Uh...”cause” or “effect”?

[moovova]

The demon causing ME to lose sleep is a swollen prostate.

[gundog]

To say nothing of underpants gnomes....

[ConservativeInPA]

[Valpal1]

I was plagued by the shadowy bedside figure that you can’t look straight at, always in my peripheral vision from childhood.

Then I got RK eye surgery to correct my near sightedness and astigmatisms.

No more shadow figures.

[drSteve78]

Mahna Mahna
Do doo be-do-do
Mahna Mahna
Do do-do do.

There. Fixed it.