OneMoreStep
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- Dec 3, 2020
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Ive been looking into insomnia and sleep deprivation and have decided im going to attempt to stay awake long enough for serious side effects to take place. They could be positive or negative, i dont really care if i get fucked up from it.
The longest ive stayed awake is probably 72 hours but that was while i was on drugs and partying so i couldn't tell you what it did to me, i was so fucked up already that who knows.
That may not be impressive to some, but everyone is different. Technically 72 hours is well into extreme sleep deprivation and warnings of hallucinations, illusions, delusions and depersonalization. Some people can stay awake this long and experience nothing. I want to see what it will do to me, not others.
At the 96 hour mark i may experience sleep deprivation psychosis, which at this point might be too unwired to give any updates or keep myself safe. I think it will take 100 hours before i start becoming alarmingly different just based on experience.
Sleep deprivation is used as torture, and its also used to treat depression, which is what started my interest in doing this. You can find many articles covering both subjects. How can something so simple as staying awake be used as both a weapon and a healing device? Well the weapon part i understand...but to cure depression? Now, they are not suggesting staying awake until you feel better lol. There has just been enough research and data to give credit to the potential benefits (25-50% of people say their mood increased after cutting down their sleep) i dont think any of them would approve of me trying to stay awake in one bender.
Nobody is going to care to hear about my symptoms until like 48 hours i think. Everyone has experienced that at one point at least right? After that im going to start documenting how i feel. Im going to try and stay up for as long as i can.
the only drug ill use is caffeine and weed. Weed sounds like a dumb idea, but it will be fine for me. I dont think staying up will be hard until after a couple days. Im very good at paranoid thinking, getting my heart racing, and failing to close my eyes anyway lol. I can make myself cry on command just by thinking about my life, so i dont see keeping myself awake with thoughts will be a issue.
my hopes is i will experience something new. Im a completely empty shell and just want to feel, regardless of what. Im into hallucinogens so that part will be cool. Its the psychoses part that intrigues me. The risk of permanent damage is small, and im already permanently damaged so fuck it. This cat is morbidly curious and i dont even have to die to itch this one lol.
shouldn't be any physical pain either. And hey, if it ever becomes too much, ill just pass out. Pretty big safety net on such a supposedly risky idea. Im not concerned about the side effects anyway. Maybe they will write a article about me and i can finally contribute something to society. Or maybe not.
The world record is 264 hours by some 17 year old whose health was being monitored by sleep professionals. They said the deprivation had little effect besides minor things like mood swings. Little effect, and thats the world record. I wonder how close i can come to that...
The longest ive stayed awake is probably 72 hours but that was while i was on drugs and partying so i couldn't tell you what it did to me, i was so fucked up already that who knows.
That may not be impressive to some, but everyone is different. Technically 72 hours is well into extreme sleep deprivation and warnings of hallucinations, illusions, delusions and depersonalization. Some people can stay awake this long and experience nothing. I want to see what it will do to me, not others.
At the 96 hour mark i may experience sleep deprivation psychosis, which at this point might be too unwired to give any updates or keep myself safe. I think it will take 100 hours before i start becoming alarmingly different just based on experience.
Sleep deprivation is used as torture, and its also used to treat depression, which is what started my interest in doing this. You can find many articles covering both subjects. How can something so simple as staying awake be used as both a weapon and a healing device? Well the weapon part i understand...but to cure depression? Now, they are not suggesting staying awake until you feel better lol. There has just been enough research and data to give credit to the potential benefits (25-50% of people say their mood increased after cutting down their sleep) i dont think any of them would approve of me trying to stay awake in one bender.
Nobody is going to care to hear about my symptoms until like 48 hours i think. Everyone has experienced that at one point at least right? After that im going to start documenting how i feel. Im going to try and stay up for as long as i can.
the only drug ill use is caffeine and weed. Weed sounds like a dumb idea, but it will be fine for me. I dont think staying up will be hard until after a couple days. Im very good at paranoid thinking, getting my heart racing, and failing to close my eyes anyway lol. I can make myself cry on command just by thinking about my life, so i dont see keeping myself awake with thoughts will be a issue.
my hopes is i will experience something new. Im a completely empty shell and just want to feel, regardless of what. Im into hallucinogens so that part will be cool. Its the psychoses part that intrigues me. The risk of permanent damage is small, and im already permanently damaged so fuck it. This cat is morbidly curious and i dont even have to die to itch this one lol.
shouldn't be any physical pain either. And hey, if it ever becomes too much, ill just pass out. Pretty big safety net on such a supposedly risky idea. Im not concerned about the side effects anyway. Maybe they will write a article about me and i can finally contribute something to society. Or maybe not.
The world record is 264 hours by some 17 year old whose health was being monitored by sleep professionals. They said the deprivation had little effect besides minor things like mood swings. Little effect, and thats the world record. I wonder how close i can come to that...
