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Societal Sleep Psychosis

The idea that the masses in society have become mentally (and physically) weak because of the declining amount of time and quality of sleep they get.

In the Gulag Archipelago, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn says, "sleeplessness befogs the reason, undermines the will, and the human being ceases to be himself, to be his own 'I.'"

Instead of Soviet-era prisoners, imagine the modern society in which the majority lack sufficient sleep. The main difference here in modern society is that the sleep deprivation process is not physically enforced by the regime, but its rather determined by the choices of the individual. These are choices that individuals make that can impede their sleep. Commonly we see people consume products (fast food, caffeine, etc.) and use technological devices (phone use late at night) that will harm their sleep schedule.

Was it ever really normal for kids in school to have only a few hours of sleep until recently? Of course not, but the use of addictive substances and devices recently has allowed this to happen. The result of sleep deprivation from these products on a mass scale is that people are much more susceptible to deviate from societal norms because they lack the agency to maintain them. With people lacking the willpower to maintain societal norms, this serves as an excellent opportunity for regimes. Regimes will then craft narratives for the weak-willed people, and these people will naturally incorporate these ideas within their moral framework.

"That dude's life is literally just a 3-hour sleep schedule with a diet consisting of Cheetos and Sprite... and he is surprised he has low energy and feels depressed. He is the epitome of someone living under a Societal Sleep Psychosis."

by schizo.lounge February 4, 2022


i want to sleep

A sentence that is mostly used by college students.

"Ok, so it's two in the morning, I have thirty two unfinished homeworks and assignments, calculating how much of sleep I'll get and whatching the seventy fifth episode of this Anime. I want to sleep."

by Tired and hungry. October 29, 2017


can't sleep huh?

So... You can't sleep huh?

Me neither, I wrote this at 4:49 am

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So... Can't sleep huh?

by Scroll down July 23, 2021


pre-sleep wank

To have a nice goodnight bat after a long stressful day of being horny before going to sleep, just to get it out of ya system.

This is the most common form of stress relieving therapy.

B1: i slept like a baby last night ....

B2: hmmm pre-sleep wank huh?

B1: precisely B2

by kooni June 6, 2007

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sleep like thieves

What really really really really REALLY light sleepers do.

It is extremely hard to watch any porn at night at home because my parents sleep like thieves and are always waking up and being annoying.

by Beanstalker November 8, 2009

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Sleeping Morgan Freeman

The act of getting a z-job from someone while they are passed out shitting on the toilet.

"Hey Bobby fell asleep taking a shit. Lets make him give us a sleeping morgan freeman."

by c-c-cold_c-c-carl May 3, 2014


sleepy sleep surprise

while your significant other is asleep you lube up a hot wheels and discretely insert it into their anus. if you can pull this off you are a true legend.

person 1: my ass is killing me, I think my boyfriend gave me the old sleepy sleep surprise

person 2: legendary

by tyrell Mcdangledick November 23, 2020