So I played some deadspace before going to sleep for the 4 am nap. Turns out the game is really scarry. I was wandering through dimly lit passageways filled with rubble and litter with nothing but a space suit and a gun. Its a really atmospheric game and honestly I dont think I can play it when I am the only one here. Thank god my friend is here too or else I would have hid under the blankets and passed out. While meandering through the space hulk the cat jumped on my leg and I proceeded to flip the eff out. Belive me that I jumped the same way when the aliens attacked me as when the cat appeared on my lap.
I notice the effects of sleep on my friend alot more than on me. His blinking rate and length of time his eyes are shut during a bink has increased. This is interesting being able to see someone else go through this at the same time as myself. I belive that I am probably going to adapt faster considering I have not aquired these behaviors as well.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Monday, November 24, 2008
12:30
First nap was ok, I kinda slept not really sure. My friend's alarms did not wake him up so he overslept a few minutes till I woke him up. I'm a little worried about him considering he overslept on the first nap.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Return to Polyphasic
I will be re entering a polyphasic sleep lifestyle after being off of it for over a year. This time I will be keeping track of various things to see how polyphasic sleep is effecting my body and mind. I am interested in how the return to polyphasic will effect me due to the fact that I have done this already. Perhaps the adaption period will go alot smoother and less painfully than it was last time.
The only long lasting effects that I have noticed from polyphasic sleep have been the ability to take naps. I used to not be able to do this but now I can ever since I started.
Alright I am going to be going on a schedule of 4 8 12 round the clock and I start tuesday. Yet again it will be the uberman schedule with 25 minute naps. This time a friend is coming along with me for the journey. We'll see if we last through the adaption period. I really hope he makes it because that will cut down on the boredom and social issues alot.
What I am planning to do in order to keep me entertained is:
1. Learn how to use the OCZ NIA to control videogames with my mind.
2. Learn a second language (probably greek)
3. Work on short animated film for film festivals next year.
4. Excersize, books, movies
I'll keep the blog up to date on my status of things so its not just polyphasic but how I progress through these other challenges to maybe make it more interesting.
I am extremely excited for tuesday. I need to get a new portable alarm clock, my old one is broken.
The only long lasting effects that I have noticed from polyphasic sleep have been the ability to take naps. I used to not be able to do this but now I can ever since I started.
Alright I am going to be going on a schedule of 4 8 12 round the clock and I start tuesday. Yet again it will be the uberman schedule with 25 minute naps. This time a friend is coming along with me for the journey. We'll see if we last through the adaption period. I really hope he makes it because that will cut down on the boredom and social issues alot.
What I am planning to do in order to keep me entertained is:
1. Learn how to use the OCZ NIA to control videogames with my mind.
2. Learn a second language (probably greek)
3. Work on short animated film for film festivals next year.
4. Excersize, books, movies
I'll keep the blog up to date on my status of things so its not just polyphasic but how I progress through these other challenges to maybe make it more interesting.
I am extremely excited for tuesday. I need to get a new portable alarm clock, my old one is broken.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
lack of posts
I stopped my experiments at the 9 weeks point. Its been a couple weeks since then so I thought the madness was over. Boy was I wrong. Apparently I'm still semi polyphasic but my sleep schedule is now 2/6/10 oh lawd I need to escape this!
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
week 8
So, I don't know if this is going to be the last week of this experiment or not. It was succesfull and I have no real reason to stop. I don't know the correct way to stop because now I have issues perceiving my life back as a monophasic sleeper. Now that I've wandered into fairly uncharted waters I really don't know the true reprocussions of this are. I think if I continue this too much further I will either learn more about the human mind and dreams than I would ever have before, or I will just decent into madness.
I honestly feel like an explorer wandering off the map. Reality in general feels very different, no one mentioned the crazy psychological effects of entering a dream world 6 times a day. Sometimes it feels like I'm in a high and am in complete control of my senses. Other times like when I have a hyper real dream it shatters my very idea of what reality is. In all honesty, due to the events that happened to me before my polyphasic sleep I cannot tell you what the truth of the world I live in is. Its strange and filled with so many patterns and it feels like the world is telling a story and I'm just along for a ride. Much like a dream. The more I travel down this path the more introspective my views on the world become. I have never been so aware of my own thoughts and how much of my life is spent in the mind rather than the real world. So my huge philosophical question is, "Have I ever in my life been awake?"
I honestly feel like an explorer wandering off the map. Reality in general feels very different, no one mentioned the crazy psychological effects of entering a dream world 6 times a day. Sometimes it feels like I'm in a high and am in complete control of my senses. Other times like when I have a hyper real dream it shatters my very idea of what reality is. In all honesty, due to the events that happened to me before my polyphasic sleep I cannot tell you what the truth of the world I live in is. Its strange and filled with so many patterns and it feels like the world is telling a story and I'm just along for a ride. Much like a dream. The more I travel down this path the more introspective my views on the world become. I have never been so aware of my own thoughts and how much of my life is spent in the mind rather than the real world. So my huge philosophical question is, "Have I ever in my life been awake?"
Monday, January 21, 2008
Week 6 and MADNESS!
So even though I haven't posted I have been meaning to for quite some time. I guess I'm just lazy. Anyways last wednesday or something like that I had a dream at 11:00 am.
It was about teapots. It was sepia toned. Then I woke up.
When I had awoken I was somewhat paralyzed, I could move but at great effort and very slowly. I had been sleeping in my car like I do when I am at work. But I noticed I was in a different position than when I went to sleep. Also I had apparently put my seatbelt on in my sleep. So I was a little worried if I did anything like sleep driving. I started to panic considering I wasnt able to move. I thought the paralysis would just wear off after a few seconds. It had lasted literally minutes. Strangely enough my phone was in my hand which made me realize something horrible. I probably shut off the alarm in my phone in my sleep and I had overslept. Oversleeping at home is one thing but at work its a whole nother story. So I try to dial my work to get help. But my fingers dont seem to want to move much so I get the phone open and thats about it. I did try to dial but I could not remember where my work's phone number was in my address book without being able to see it. I had to navigate the keypad by touch. At this point I notice I'm breathing funny. I am breathing as if I am still asleep. So I start to wonder if my body is still "shut off" but my mind had woken up. I slowly make my preparations to escape into the world. I take off my seatbelt and open the door. Gracefully like a swan I fall out and land on the concrete. I am cold, I am paralyzed and I am hurting. I really don't like what is happening right now. About a minute passes and then I hear a ring. I hear my phone.
I wake up.
I look around for a second. In shock I realize that that was just a dream. However it was hyper-real it was a perfect simulation like the lucid dream. I check the clock to make sure I did not over sleep. Turns out all that madness happened in under 10 minutes. I was halfway done with my nap. Wow... I made a descision to return to napping regardless of the frightening experience I just had. I go back to sleep. This time I wake up again. I walk into work confused and dazed by my experience. I'm checking things out making sure everything is right just incase I am sleeping still. Hyper-real dreams bring into question whether I am awake or not. In complete honesty. I cannot without the shadow of a doubt tell you if I am in another dream or if this is real experience. It's not like a dream it's more like the holodeck.
Week 6 of polyphasic sleep has rolled around.
My alcohol tolerance is gone. Completely. I get buzzed off half a drink, drunk off one and a half. Brought to justice on 2, beligerant on 2 and a half and time traveller on 3.
About a week ago I found out my tolerance was 3 shots to the floor. This week I decided to make sure it was 3 shots out. So... I drank 3 shots. I was down. I missed waking up. I had a magical journey. So.. as long as I continue this experiment I am not going to drink that much. Honestly I'm still recovering from it's fucking with my schedule a couple days ago. I went to sleep at like 11:00 then I kinda stared at the corner of my room and it was 5 am. I have no idea what happened tonight. no clue at all. All I know is that I'm going to take it easy this week to re align my chi or whatever it is.
At this point it feels like I am between both monophasic and polyphasic sleep schedules psychologically. From where I am both schedules seem weird to me. I can't explain it, they both just seem really weird to me.
My friends have started a betting pool as to whether I am going to go crazy or not.
That is all.
It was about teapots. It was sepia toned. Then I woke up.
When I had awoken I was somewhat paralyzed, I could move but at great effort and very slowly. I had been sleeping in my car like I do when I am at work. But I noticed I was in a different position than when I went to sleep. Also I had apparently put my seatbelt on in my sleep. So I was a little worried if I did anything like sleep driving. I started to panic considering I wasnt able to move. I thought the paralysis would just wear off after a few seconds. It had lasted literally minutes. Strangely enough my phone was in my hand which made me realize something horrible. I probably shut off the alarm in my phone in my sleep and I had overslept. Oversleeping at home is one thing but at work its a whole nother story. So I try to dial my work to get help. But my fingers dont seem to want to move much so I get the phone open and thats about it. I did try to dial but I could not remember where my work's phone number was in my address book without being able to see it. I had to navigate the keypad by touch. At this point I notice I'm breathing funny. I am breathing as if I am still asleep. So I start to wonder if my body is still "shut off" but my mind had woken up. I slowly make my preparations to escape into the world. I take off my seatbelt and open the door. Gracefully like a swan I fall out and land on the concrete. I am cold, I am paralyzed and I am hurting. I really don't like what is happening right now. About a minute passes and then I hear a ring. I hear my phone.
I wake up.
I look around for a second. In shock I realize that that was just a dream. However it was hyper-real it was a perfect simulation like the lucid dream. I check the clock to make sure I did not over sleep. Turns out all that madness happened in under 10 minutes. I was halfway done with my nap. Wow... I made a descision to return to napping regardless of the frightening experience I just had. I go back to sleep. This time I wake up again. I walk into work confused and dazed by my experience. I'm checking things out making sure everything is right just incase I am sleeping still. Hyper-real dreams bring into question whether I am awake or not. In complete honesty. I cannot without the shadow of a doubt tell you if I am in another dream or if this is real experience. It's not like a dream it's more like the holodeck.
Week 6 of polyphasic sleep has rolled around.
My alcohol tolerance is gone. Completely. I get buzzed off half a drink, drunk off one and a half. Brought to justice on 2, beligerant on 2 and a half and time traveller on 3.
About a week ago I found out my tolerance was 3 shots to the floor. This week I decided to make sure it was 3 shots out. So... I drank 3 shots. I was down. I missed waking up. I had a magical journey. So.. as long as I continue this experiment I am not going to drink that much. Honestly I'm still recovering from it's fucking with my schedule a couple days ago. I went to sleep at like 11:00 then I kinda stared at the corner of my room and it was 5 am. I have no idea what happened tonight. no clue at all. All I know is that I'm going to take it easy this week to re align my chi or whatever it is.
At this point it feels like I am between both monophasic and polyphasic sleep schedules psychologically. From where I am both schedules seem weird to me. I can't explain it, they both just seem really weird to me.
My friends have started a betting pool as to whether I am going to go crazy or not.
That is all.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
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