GET LESS SLEEP!! and still feel great

[RMO]

this is an interesting experience, i will not lie.

It is where you sleep 20 min every 3hr instead of 7 hrs every 17, This is what is called polyphasic sleep. This specific kind of sleep is called uberman sleep schedule and it works to a certain extent. You can survive off of it quite effectively for months at a time. It adds years to your life span and it teaches you the ultimate power nap.

there are 2 problems with uberman however.

A. you do experience a modicum of sleep deprivation

B. it is so different from normal people schedules it only works when your on vacation

so it takes about 10 days to get used to that sleep schedule but they will be the worst ten days in your life ever. Due to your sleep deprivation (staying up 8 days straight) your body begins to hallucinate the final day or 2. afterwords your fine and you feel great afterward.

I read about this a year ago and i started doing it, after my 3 week trial run i read the game and herbal's similar experience, only i have 1 hr less between naps.
I am thinking about doing this over again but first i wanted to give you a heads up on what is was and i will more likely than not do a vlog on the experience.

I urge you to try it if you have a free 10 days becuase it teaches you how to take really good naps and allowing you to bypass coffee and energy drinks.

BUT THEIR IS STILL THE SLIGHT RISK OF SLEEP DEPRIVATION. its not much but be careful.

also their is a method that takes about a month to get used to, its called the everyman sleep schedule,
you sleep 20 min every 5 hrs and take a 4hr nap in the middle of the night. It is easier to get acclimated to but take 3 times along

[Deleted]

Someone has been reading "The Game" too much haha

[RMO]

actually i heard it on a college radio, if i had first heard about it when i read the game i would prolly not do becuase style and herbal didn't finish.

[Alek]

My man, you are officially the best bullshitter I've ever met

[RMO]

it was a college radio station in alaska, the UAF college radio about a year ago. but whatever

[Alek]

Im not doubting that, but it doesnt work

[RMO]

and alek is right, it doesnt work on the long time scale aka longer than 1 year becuase of sleep deprivation, when you take the naps you arent under long enough to get the correct R.E.M sleep but if you stay up all night anyway its useful, also the power napping technique is a useful skill.

[Alek]

Yeh power napping is, but this wont even work past 10 days...if it would then americans would do it. Seeing how there is not enough time in the day

[RMO]

Well same could be said about slot of things but it's only physically possible for longer than a year also most people who try it can't get past the first ten days and it hasn't been popualrized as well as been scientificly researched. And don't knock it till you try it.

[Alek]

Well I did some research on it, and i dunno lol. So I take that back, but I am curious to see if it does work

[Calli]

I personally don't think this would work, partly because of Neil Strauss's experiences with it, and then partly because of my own understanding of how the body's sleep system works.

I think naps this short would not allow the brain to reach the deepest stages of sleep, therefore denying the brain the chance to fully refresh.

You know when you wake up suddenly from a deep sleep, and you are kind of halfway between being asleep and awake, a bit like a zombie for 15 minutes or so until you fully wake up? What about when you are excited or scared, and then go to bed, and take a long time to go to sleep, because your body has to change from a wide awake state to a sleep state? What I am getting at here is that asleep and awake are two different states, and it takes the body time to adjust between these states. If you accept this, surely it makes sense that taking many short naps would be a huge waste of time, because your body would constantly have to waste time changing between modes, Not to mention the amount of stress and confusion this would put on the body.

If we as humans are seeking answers, more often than not, these answers can be found by looking to the perfect design; nature. Every aspect of nature fits together into a perfect system. It is always a good idea to use ideas and systems from nature to the benefit of mankind. In science, this is becoming increasingly common nowadays. So we can look at the natural sleep patterns of animals to help us understand the ideal sleep patterns for man. And when we look at other animals, what do we see? Animals sleep for large amounts of time, with similar sleep patterns to the average human. So it seems crazy to me that a system such as what you suggest would be beneficial, seeing as it goes completely against the example that nature has set for us.

So in my opinion, stick to 8 hours sleep every night, and you will be a lot better off than wasting your time on this crazy plan.

[RMO]

well i do respect your opinion but i did research this, i didnt just pull it out of my ass.

1. that kind of halfway sleep you have, well that is nature
its kind fight or flight response, you see you waste 2 hrs on each end of your deep restful REM sleep becuase you must be able to get up to fight or run from something externally bad. like caveman being attacked by animals i the night.

2. our normal sleep has varying degrees of sleep, from fight or flight to extreme deep REM. polyphasic sleep is when your body is taught to go into a deep sleep almost immediately, thats why it teaches you an amazingly powerful powernap method. but it only goes into the deepest state for a few minutes so on a time line longer than a year its impractical.

3.
yea but animals shit in the woods and get eaten by other animals, humans are the exception, disease, and starvation are part of nature but our control over our environment keeps us alive, we adapt to the world and we thrive by building our own home, thats why we dont all live in the woods or lord of the flies style.

4. Strangely 8 hrs of sleep isnt the natural method, researches tested humans brainwave patters and there is a lull of brain activity in the middle of the day, they found out that humans are biphasic. we have 6 hrs of sleep at night and a 1 to 2 hr nap at noon, thats natural.


5. just like alek, dont knock it to you try it, the world doesnt become a better place if people aren't open to new ideas or if they experiment.