OT Poll: Amount of Sleep...

[Randallw]

I find it hard to concept the idea that people can be awake for more than 24 hours. It is unnatural and surely a human being is incapable of thinking adequately after that time. I have never in my life even come close to being awake for anything more than 18 hours at most. I once had to work at 3.30 am (well technically I didn't HAVE to but when I had to do something by 3pm why waste time). I would go to bed at 10pm and wake at 3.30am, work till 8am then go back to sleep. This by the way will seriuosly throw off your rythmns and thats when I discovered what hallucianting feels like.

[Raging Deadstar]

Lol, I don't think anyone who stayed awake longer than 48 or so hours stated they were "thinking adequately"

After 4 days of being awake myself everytime i stood up i lost balance and crashed to the floor, not to mention all the bright fuzzy lights, disorientation, lack of coherrent speech and all the fun that came with it.

[Randallw]

Raging Deadstar said:


After 4 days of being awake myself everytime i stood up i lost balance and crashed to the floor, not to mention all the bright fuzzy lights, disorientation,

sounds like me when I used to eat too much salt and contracted menieres disease .

[Suicide Junkie]

alarikf said:Wow. Burly. I stayed up four days once, and you're right, it totally messes you up. I often find, even today, that I stay awake a couple days at a time to get things done sometimes.

I once went 9 days without eating, and only drinking water with a bit of salt...does that count?

Quick! Write a book, and make piles of money on "The Alarikf Diet"

[AgentZero]

Heh. If people ever ask me bout losing weight (lost 60kg in 1.5years), I always swear by the Fork Diet. Goes by one simple rule: PUT DOWN THE FORK!

alarikf said:Wow. Burly. I stayed up four days once, and you're right, it totally messes you up. I often find, even today, that I stay awake a couple days at a time to get things done sometimes.

Yeah, but I'm not able for that sort of thing anymore. Used to stay up a 2-3 days in a row when I had loads to do, but I found sleeping just 4 hours a day made me able to do way more, since it kept my mind fresh.
But if you want a real challenge, try solitary confinement. Makes sleep deprivation seem like a cake walk. And yes, I did that too, again for the Psych department (hey, I was a student, they were offering money. What else could I do?). Now THAT screws you up nicely. Went five days without seeing or hearing anyone or anything, and when they let me out I went racing around the place hugging everybody I saw and crying for joy when they spoke to me. Everyone always says solitary can't be that bad, but trust me, it's worse.

[Randallw]

thats another thing I can't comprehend. People speak of making do with 4-5 hours of sleep every few days. If someone tries to wake me up after 6 hours I....well if I had less manners....would tell them to "<censored> off", or at least I might, if I used that sort of language, if it wasn't for the fact that I am half asleep. Someone can wake me up and if they don't keep an eye on me I will be asleep 5 seconds later, and have no memory of them even trying to wake me. Oh and a Clock is uselss. Maybe once a week otherwise I just ignore it, by which I mean it does not even register as a disturbance.

[Gandalf Parker]

Randallw said:
thats another thing I can't comprehend. People speak of making do with 4-5 hours of sleep every few days.

I make fun of my mother-in-law saying she is from some alien moon and never got used to Earth hours. She does an entire day in 8 hours. Sleeps, works, etc etc.

Oh and a Clock is uselss. Maybe once a week otherwise I just ignore it, by which I mean it does not even register as a disturbance.

Its been proven often enough (and Ive seen it personally many times) that you either want to get up or you dont. If you want to get up you wouldnt need the alarm, if your trying to sleep then no alarm will help.