Technically this was yesterday, I am now on day 13. Sorry about not posting earlier, but I was tired and not really in the mood. I will try and compensate my actually getting a bit written.. maybe.

 

Today was not so great. I am sure that you, dear reader, would have experienced sleep deprivation at some point in your life, and it saddens me to inform you that this is what you are going to get if you try polyphasic sleep. It’s usually around 3 am (when the human body is most tired) and onwards untill about 6 that you are most likely to crash and oversleep. However, because I stayed awake so perfectly the night before, I knew I was going to be in for a rough time. I was, but it didn’t seem so bad.

I overslept after my 1 am nap. I remember me wishing for that nap to come, and when it finally came, I had no trouble falling asleep. Then my alarm woke me up. I am not too sure what happened next, although I imagine fell back into sleep. I still find it impressive that I can sleep through 3 alarms set on my phone, with about 5 mins or so between, but I managed it. Oh well.

It is rather a disapointment, as I was assuming I am past oversleeping. Turns out that would not be the case. My body seems to be rather stubborn in its ways, and not adapting rather well. That being said, I always get REM sleep now, and feel dramatically better after naps (except occasionally after my 1 or 5 am naps). My unhappiness with sleep deprivation has decreased too, although I think its me just becoming slightly more desensitized. Many people at school who have seen my ‘blag’ have talked to me through the day. Some want to join me, some want me to stop, but everyone comments how I look like I am dead. To be honest, I could be.

The funny the about this is that I am starting to get into a routine, and it’s rather comfortable. I enjoy being awake in the dead of night and early morning (I just wish there was someone I could talk to). But, of course there are disadvantages. Because I am awake for so much longer, I procrastinate even longer, and when it finally comes down to doing the work, I am either exhausted or about to oversleep, which isn’t good (and why I am going to do some work after this post).

As for the rest of the day, it was mainly normal. The rests didn’t seem quite so ‘restful’, but they were good none-the-less. Because I overslept and realized that if I went to school then I wouldn’t get my nap, I had a quick 15 minute one at home. This made me slightly late, but was much better than risking next nap.

I was reading someone elses polyphasic blog, and he was talking about adding extra naps. He failed eventually, and he blamed the extra sleeping. I can understand how that could happen, as I have overslept on a few occasions when I’ve tried to grab another nap. In my opinion, I think that if you are resigning yourself to oversleeping by saying “Hey, I might just squeeze in another nap at 3 am”, making you and your body think that it is ok to go to sleep. Then, upon waking you just feel “Hey, why not just another half hour?”, and then you crash. Well, that’s my personal experience. I suppose everyone’s different. Steve Pavlima pulled it off, this guy didn’t. I really hope that this all turns out for the better.

Oh, just a reminder, yes I will be making a post on polyphasic sleep, the Uberman method, and how to start in full detail (almost definately doing that tomorrow night). Just as a quick reminder for everyone attending some form of education, DON’T start this now. Wait until holidays. Your brain will love you for it.

 

Until tomorrow (today),

Jimmi