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When extreme environments create dependencies that don't translate to normal life

Seven months at a high-altitude research facility and I've stopped being able to sleep unless I can see stars, which is becoming a problem now that I'm back in the city.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The psyche can become so attuned to extraordinary conditions that ordinary reality feels impoverished.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Extreme environments — poles high altitude deep ocean?”

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