<![CDATA[4.9 or 5.1 — why the number moves, and when it actually matters]]>

A thread for the habit almost everyone develops and nobody admits to: checking the number before checking whether you feel rested. Some grounding, so the number stops running the morning: Under about 5 is the widely used benchmark for effective therapy, and it is the range clinical guidance treats as …

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Speaking for the people who arrive at this thread through a search at 2 a.m.: …

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The part that deserves its own post, because it inverts the intuition: A large leak …

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The shelf has this in more depth, for anyone who wants the sourced version: What …

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