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AllanfromWales1 t1_j684vrd wrote

Reply to Researchers has found a link in sleep problems and suicidal thoughts and behaviors. A study found sleep disturbances were prevalent among those with lifetime suicidal ideation or a lifetime suicide attempt. by Wagamaga

One way to sort out which way the causation lies would be to look at people with obstructive sleep apnea - a sleep disorder with a medical cause not obviously related to depression or suicidal ideation - and see whether they are more prone to depressive/suicidal thoughts.

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UrbanIronBeam t1_j684aih wrote

Reply to comment by satinsateensaltine in Near-whole ankylosaur remains found, complete with its jagged spikes, most of its limbs, armor coating, and some of its guts and stomach contents. The remains could be a key to understanding aspects of Early Cretaceous ecology, and shows how this species may have lived within its environment. by drewiepoodle

I highly recommend the nearby Dinosaur Provincial Park, do the walking tour. I learned that you can lick your finger and press, it will be a bit sticky when you peel it off if it is a fossil and not if it is just a rock. There are fossils everywhere and you actually get to try for yourself.

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rich1051414 t1_j681t0x wrote

Reply to comment by theedgeofoblivious in Researchers has found a link in sleep problems and suicidal thoughts and behaviors. A study found sleep disturbances were prevalent among those with lifetime suicidal ideation or a lifetime suicide attempt. by Wagamaga

I think it is both, as someone who sometimes suffers from insomnia, the depression comes after the sleep disruption, not before, however, I can also see how depression can also cause sleep disruption, especially if coupled with feelings of 'new day dread'. I don't know if there is an actual word for this feeling, but it's one of hopelessness, and not going to sleep is a way to stop yourself from feeling it.

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RussianSpyDonaldDump t1_j680m3i wrote

Reply to comment by Dissidentt in Access to modern military technology substantially reduces the probability of democratisation of authoritarian regimes — New details about the spread of 29 ground-breaking military technologies in all independent states from 1820 to 2010, as well as the form of government in these states by marketrent

And justify their military budgets by creating their own rebel armies, then crippling foreign countries into never being able to compete with their economies

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theedgeofoblivious t1_j67z1c7 wrote

Reply to comment by Gathorall in Researchers has found a link in sleep problems and suicidal thoughts and behaviors. A study found sleep disturbances were prevalent among those with lifetime suicidal ideation or a lifetime suicide attempt. by Wagamaga

Yeah, I'm speaking from experience.

When I'm sitting there thinking about how horrible I perceive the world to be, I'm having trouble sleeping.

The way the article is presented, it's presupposing that the sleep disturbances cause the negative thoughts, whereas for me, the negative thoughts always seem to be causing the sleep disturbances.

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fleebleganger t1_j67ygry wrote

Reply to comment by ObligatoryOption in Near-whole ankylosaur remains found, complete with its jagged spikes, most of its limbs, armor coating, and some of its guts and stomach contents. The remains could be a key to understanding aspects of Early Cretaceous ecology, and shows how this species may have lived within its environment. by drewiepoodle

Uhhh-yes, found it does remain!…

(Nervously changes the subject)

So…curious…did you see anything big and ankylosaurish shaped around here lately? Just checking if we’d gotten another one because I know where the old one is….

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