During an all night anime marathon where me and a friend watched all of bubble crisis 2040, Martian Successor Nadesico and the original bubblegum crisis back to back from first ep to last I not only started losing my grip on reality enough to start confusing the characters with real people but I kinda lost the realisation we were watching something on a TV rather than being bystanders to something happening in RL. Made the anime a lot more fun to watch though <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin-HWGuy in a Can+Aug 2 2004, 06:00 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (HWGuy in a Can @ Aug 2 2004, 06:00 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I've heard that in one of the following military institutions (Marines, the Army, the Navy SEALs) sleep deprivation is one of the facets of "hell week". Is it true? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Completely true, and its the Navy SEALs. While going through "Hell Week" they get no more than four hours of sleep in five and a half days, while going through one of the worlds thoughest physical courses, landing rubber boats in the dead of night during downright shi*ty weather with waves as tall as two people against jagged rocks, survival training, and injuries plus cold weather hampurs this. Doc's check the trainies everyday *twice* to see if they are fit to go on.
<!--QuoteBegin-BizZy | 9mm Messiah+Aug 2 2004, 09:38 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (BizZy | 9mm Messiah @ Aug 2 2004, 09:38 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-kida+Aug 2 2004, 04:00 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (kida @ Aug 2 2004, 04:00 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I just felt like doing it?! And so I am. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Put several bags of sour skittles in your mouth all at once, that will wake you up. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> And/or choke you to death.
<b>Some tip</b>:<i> - Eat more then you used to. - Drink mostly water and NOT soft drinks. - Try to not focus on your cloak, just have "fun" and not think about it. - Make thinks you never tried :] *Well, i dont know what but something* - Play NS <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> - Try to not exercise, you know why <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> - Listen to music, like rock or metal, and not soft songs. - Dont just sit near the computer, take some walk time after time. - Watch TV.</i>
At the last, i wish you good luck <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Most people suffer a psychotic break after a few days without sleep.
Probably because your body doesn't understand why you cannot sleep, subconsciously determines that you're not sleeping because of a threat, cannot identify the threat, and thus triggers psychosis where you see some form of threat everywhere. Paranoia, that sort of thing. Although psychosis still isn't fully understood, and is more a case of "you don't have this, this, or this, so we're calling it a psychosis".
I know it happened to a DJ who tried to play music nonstop without sleep for as long as possible. He passed out, woke up, suffered a psychotic break, and spent a few years in psychiatric therapy.
A psychotic break permanently alters brain structure, which is a bad thing as this is rarely solved by chemical treatment. Instead you're pumped full of drugs to bring you to "normality" and THEN see a shrink for a considerable length of time until you have adjusted to your new brain. Then they take you off the drugs. Seeing the shrink is the real meat and bones of the treatment because it involves a lot of introspective examination so that you can come to terms with your new mental processes.
In my opinion its not something to play around with, so if you're intending to stay awake for that length of time, do so responsibly and for a very very good reason. Otherwise, you're a fool, or you enjoy sitting in a shrink's office talking about "why you feel that way".
Oh, yeah, another thing. I tried doing that once, but it's hard to pull off, since my parents are always sleeping in the next room. Since my computer is louder than most turbine engines on planes, it's hard to entertain myself for the hours that they sleep through; so I just fall asleep. Although, one time I went fishing 2 days in a row and stayed up for roughly 50 hours.
If someone was looking to pass the time, damage his brain and wants to see some trippy stuff, sleep deprivation isn't the way to go. <span style='color:white'>snip</span>.
And if you're bored, wouldn't it be better to get as much sleep as possible? My record is sleeping for twenty three hours and fourty minutes.
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That being said, sleep deprivation is an incredibly foolish thing to subject yourself to. Brain damage is a very real consequence of sleep deprivation. This kida individual is, as I said before, probably some attention-starved teenager.
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If you don't get enough sleep, you'll slip into a coma. Also, I believe the world record of days spent awake was 18. I want to know how long he slept for.
That being said, sleep deprivation is an incredibly foolish thing to subject yourself to. Brain damage is a very real consequence of sleep deprivation. This kida individual is, as I said before, probably some attention-starved teenager. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> or maybe he just wants to try it <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin-Ha.ze+Aug 2 2004, 10:46 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Ha.ze @ Aug 2 2004, 10:46 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-HWGuy in a Can+Aug 2 2004, 06:00 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (HWGuy in a Can @ Aug 2 2004, 06:00 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I've heard that in one of the following military institutions (Marines, the Army, the Navy SEALs) sleep deprivation is one of the facets of "hell week". Is it true? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Completely true, and its the Navy SEALs. While going through "Hell Week" they get no more than four hours of sleep in five and a half days, while going through one of the worlds thoughest physical courses, landing rubber boats in the dead of night during downright shi*ty weather with waves as tall as two people against jagged rocks, survival training, and injuries plus cold weather hampurs this. Doc's check the trainies everyday *twice* to see if they are fit to go on. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> You get quite nice view of that in GI Jane. [/OT]
Well, i havent been up more than 40 hours in a row so cant give any advice for that. Good luck with your attempt.
I was awake for 9 hours yesterday and that was even too much.....I slept for 14 hours <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
I dont know how you can do it for more than 24....
Yea. I've decided after 48 hours to not go on further risking possible damage to the brain, so I've been sleeping. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Ya, brain damage sounds real scary after 48 hours of being awake... Expecially when the only way to prevent it is sleep <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> How long did you sleep after those 48 hours?<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Why don't you take his last post in the forums and his most recent post and do the math... It hasn't been that long...
I've done 36 hours awake before, but not really intending to, I just kept doing things and forgot all about sleeping <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Jim schedules his sleeping times and has reminders around the house, now. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /><!--endemo-->
I've gone 5 days without sleep (not because I wanted to, but had to)
Towards the end I occasionally saw ripples in the air, just slight ones. I couldn't focus expecially well but was able to hold it as much as I needed to. I spent most of the time coding, going to class, or pacing the hall. I'm fairly experienced at staying awake, I find you get cycles of feeling sleepy and no thought of sleep. Not fun though. I've only stayed up because of some need for the most part. I've only stayed up twice for the fun of doing something over that long a period.
<!--QuoteBegin-kida+Aug 2 2004, 05:23 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (kida @ Aug 2 2004, 05:23 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I really don't understand sometimes the motives I have that impel me to do certain things of dentriment, and essentially stupid.
If there is a blizzard outside and its -30 degrees celcious with wind chill, I'll go out and ride my bike down a 45 degree angled hill. I want to know and I want to experience - be the snow - and in this case push my mind further in a different way.
I don't necessarily see how it could cause brain damage, so please show me something to prove that; neither will I continue to do this for two weeks much akin to the period of time it would take a rat to die from immune system failure.
Seven days was a goal and I don't necessarily believe I will truly hurt myself in the long term, for others have gone much longer and have turned out sane.
Other than that, I have absolutely nothing to do at my dad's motel which is located in a place where nobody lives. It gets awfully lonely. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Thats quite possibly the stupidest thing I've ever heard. Are retarded people aware that they're retarded? If it's pretty mild retardation maybe, but I doubt it. It's pretty obvious that there is something wrong with your brain (not flaming here) to cause you to want to go without sleep for 7 days and ride bikes around in subzero temperatures, assuming for a second that I don't believe you're doing this to garner attention from the community. That's just not normal buddy.
I've heard about the same guy CommunistWithAGun was talking about in the 50's....bugs crawling all over him among other hallucinations, hard time of concentrating, impaired coordination, and just generally feeling like ****. If you were doing it for some charity or scientific research then I can excuse you...but to voluntarily subject yourself to something like that just so you can brag about it in some stupid online forum demonstrates a serious lack of judgement. There is also a chance that you WILL die in the attempt, but I can't say I'd miss you.
Edit: Wow, I just finished reading the entire thread and I have to say that I pity the people who are not only proud that they've spent 50+ hours without sleep (or whatever) but are arrogant enough to consider themselves 'experts' and offer advice on how to stay awake longer. Also, "be the snow" and "push my mind further"... what's your problem? Do you think you're actually intelligent? What could nearly killing yourself by exposing yourself to freezing temperatures possibly accomplish as far as becoming more intelligent goes?
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Completely true, and its the Navy SEALs. While going through "Hell Week" they get no more than four hours of sleep in five and a half days, while going through one of the worlds thoughest physical courses, landing rubber boats in the dead of night during downright shi*ty weather with waves as tall as two people against jagged rocks, survival training, and injuries plus cold weather hampurs this. Doc's check the trainies everyday *twice* to see if they are fit to go on.
Put several bags of sour skittles in your mouth all at once, that will wake you up. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
And/or choke you to death.
- Eat more then you used to.
- Drink mostly water and NOT soft drinks.
- Try to not focus on your cloak, just have "fun" and not think about it.
- Make thinks you never tried :] *Well, i dont know what but something*
- Play NS <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
- Try to not exercise, you know why <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
- Listen to music, like rock or metal, and not soft songs.
- Dont just sit near the computer, take some walk time after time.
- Watch TV.</i>
At the last, i wish you good luck <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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That is how you do it.
Probably because your body doesn't understand why you cannot sleep, subconsciously determines that you're not sleeping because of a threat, cannot identify the threat, and thus triggers psychosis where you see some form of threat everywhere. Paranoia, that sort of thing. Although psychosis still isn't fully understood, and is more a case of "you don't have this, this, or this, so we're calling it a psychosis".
I know it happened to a DJ who tried to play music nonstop without sleep for as long as possible. He passed out, woke up, suffered a psychotic break, and spent a few years in psychiatric therapy.
A psychotic break permanently alters brain structure, which is a bad thing as this is rarely solved by chemical treatment. Instead you're pumped full of drugs to bring you to "normality" and THEN see a shrink for a considerable length of time until you have adjusted to your new brain. Then they take you off the drugs. Seeing the shrink is the real meat and bones of the treatment because it involves a lot of introspective examination so that you can come to terms with your new mental processes.
In my opinion its not something to play around with, so if you're intending to stay awake for that length of time, do so responsibly and for a very very good reason. Otherwise, you're a fool, or you enjoy sitting in a shrink's office talking about "why you feel that way".
Oh, yeah, another thing. I tried doing that once, but it's hard to pull off, since my parents are always sleeping in the next room. Since my computer is louder than most turbine engines on planes, it's hard to entertain myself for the hours that they sleep through; so I just fall asleep.
Although, one time I went fishing 2 days in a row and stayed up for roughly 50 hours.
And if you're bored, wouldn't it be better to get as much sleep as possible? My record is sleeping for twenty three hours and fourty minutes.
That being said, sleep deprivation is an incredibly foolish thing to subject yourself to. Brain damage is a very real consequence of sleep deprivation. This kida individual is, as I said before, probably some attention-starved teenager.
That being said, sleep deprivation is an incredibly foolish thing to subject yourself to. Brain damage is a very real consequence of sleep deprivation. This kida individual is, as I said before, probably some attention-starved teenager. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
or maybe he just wants to try it <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/confused.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Completely true, and its the Navy SEALs. While going through "Hell Week" they get no more than four hours of sleep in five and a half days, while going through one of the worlds thoughest physical courses, landing rubber boats in the dead of night during downright shi*ty weather with waves as tall as two people against jagged rocks, survival training, and injuries plus cold weather hampurs this. Doc's check the trainies everyday *twice* to see if they are fit to go on. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
You get quite nice view of that in GI Jane.
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Well, i havent been up more than 40 hours in a row so cant give any advice for that. Good luck with your attempt.
Yea. I've decided after 48 hours to not go on further risking possible damage to the brain, so I've been sleeping.
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I dont know how you can do it for more than 24....
Yea. I've decided after 48 hours to not go on further risking possible damage to the brain, so I've been sleeping. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Ya, brain damage sounds real scary after 48 hours of being awake... Expecially when the only way to prevent it is sleep <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> How long did you sleep after those 48 hours?<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Why don't you take his last post in the forums and his most recent post and do the math... It hasn't been that long...
I really learned my limits this past year.
Towards the end I occasionally saw ripples in the air, just slight ones. I couldn't focus expecially well but was able to hold it as much as I needed to. I spent most of the time coding, going to class, or pacing the hall.
I'm fairly experienced at staying awake, I find you get cycles of feeling sleepy and no thought of sleep. Not fun though. I've only stayed up because of some need for the most part. I've only stayed up twice for the fun of doing something over that long a period.
If there is a blizzard outside and its -30 degrees celcious with wind chill, I'll go out and ride my bike down a 45 degree angled hill. I want to know and I want to experience - be the snow - and in this case push my mind further in a different way.
I don't necessarily see how it could cause brain damage, so please show me something to prove that; neither will I continue to do this for two weeks much akin to the period of time it would take a rat to die from immune system failure.
Seven days was a goal and I don't necessarily believe I will truly hurt myself in the long term, for others have gone much longer and have turned out sane.
Other than that, I have absolutely nothing to do at my dad's motel which is located in a place where nobody lives. It gets awfully lonely. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Thats quite possibly the stupidest thing I've ever heard. Are retarded people aware that they're retarded? If it's pretty mild retardation maybe, but I doubt it. It's pretty obvious that there is something wrong with your brain (not flaming here) to cause you to want to go without sleep for 7 days and ride bikes around in subzero temperatures, assuming for a second that I don't believe you're doing this to garner attention from the community. That's just not normal buddy.
I've heard about the same guy CommunistWithAGun was talking about in the 50's....bugs crawling all over him among other hallucinations, hard time of concentrating, impaired coordination, and just generally feeling like ****. If you were doing it for some charity or scientific research then I can excuse you...but to voluntarily subject yourself to something like that just so you can brag about it in some stupid online forum demonstrates a serious lack of judgement. There is also a chance that you WILL die in the attempt, but I can't say I'd miss you.
Edit: Wow, I just finished reading the entire thread and I have to say that I pity the people who are not only proud that they've spent 50+ hours without sleep (or whatever) but are arrogant enough to consider themselves 'experts' and offer advice on how to stay awake longer. Also, "be the snow" and "push my mind further"... what's your problem? Do you think you're actually intelligent? What could nearly killing yourself by exposing yourself to freezing temperatures possibly accomplish as far as becoming more intelligent goes?