Your brain can eat itself when you're sleep-deprived 🧠🍴

[redvelvetjoy]

This one is straight out of a horror movie: when you’re really sleep-deprived, your brain starts breaking down and eating its own cells. It’s a process called "astrocyte activity," where it cleans up old or damaged cells but goes into overdrive without sleep. Like, imagine your brain snacking on itself because you pulled an all-nighter. Sleep is officially terrifying now. Anyone else freaked out?

 

[suga98]

I think that’s wild! Sleep deprivation really messes with your brain, though. It’s crazy how it starts to break down its own cells for energy!

 

[Mash Burnedead]

This one is straight out of a horror movie: when you’re really sleep-deprived, your brain starts breaking down and eating its own cells. It’s a process called "astrocyte activity," where it cleans up old or damaged cells but goes into overdrive without sleep. Like, imagine your brain snacking on itself because you pulled an all-nighter. Sleep is officially terrifying now. Anyone else freaked out?

Whoa, that’s wild! Honestly, the idea of my brain eating itself is enough to make me never skip sleep again—talk about a real-life nightmare! But hey, it’s kinda comforting to know the brain’s just cleaning house.