Friday, April 20, 2007
Sleep driving.
I've always been amazed at how easy it would be to fall asleep while driving. My brain knows that if I fall asleep I very well may die. You'd think that the body would have a natural tendency to up the adrenaline level when your tired at the wheel. However it seems quite the opposite. Today I had to crank up the AC blast it at my face and jiggle my head around to keep awake on the ride home. When I used to commute 50 miles one way in L.A. I did fall asleep, once, just long enough to switch lanes. As my body lilted and woke up it sure delivered a shot of adrenaline then. But why not before? Do I have a subliminal death wish or do we all?
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Sometimes, while driving, I have an urge to just floor the gas and run into whatever is in front of me. It is a brief thought, but still a thought. Do I have a death wish? I doubt it.
You don't have a death wish either, you just need more sleep at night.
jb
Yes, the body needs different things...for instance, it thinks falling asleep is good...and those monotonous yellow lines...it's like we're singing some sort of lullaby to the brain...just because we may "have" to be somewhere, doesn't mean the body needs to be there too.
Ka
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