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Sleep Debt Reversal Strategies

Meaning

Sleep Debt Reversal Strategies are clinical and behavioral interventions specifically designed to compensate for the cumulative deficit of restorative sleep acquired over a period of chronic sleep restriction. This accumulated ‘debt’ leads to systemic physiological dysfunction, including metabolic impairment, chronic HPA axis activation, and blunted anabolic hormone release. Effective reversal strategies aim to restore the body’s homeostatic sleep balance and recalibrate the endocrine system through structured, incremental increases in both the duration and the quality of sleep.