Thread: The 100-hour no-sleep challenge.

Originally Posted by JoannaB

Sageous, given how long ago this thread was started, this is certainly not a one time experiment.

Signet, how often do you do this experiment? How many times have you done this?

Good point, and good questions.

Signet you are a really weird guy lol no offense lol I just admire how you want to do this lol but I don't see any point of it but it's fascinating kind of.... I can't have a day passed that I don't sleep for only one day or about 35 hours ...whenever I am awake for that long if I lay down or get in half lying position I fall asleep instantly..... but idk why are you doing this.... I think sleep is really important...I don't see how would you get enlightened this way.... I don't understand why would anyone do what you are doing....I thought this forum should be about dreaming and lucidity but when I came to this subject I wondered myself Is this forum really about dreaming? lolz no offense any to anyone...

Sorry to have abandoned you, everybody. Classes, y'know.

Originally Posted by Sageous

Though I still have no idea how sleep deprivation will help his problems (sounds like solving the problem of a hole in the yard by digging deeper), it likely won't do much harm to try and maybe we'll see some interesting posts from him as the 100th hour approaches.
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Does this mean the challenge is over?

Eh. For me, sleep deprivation works a lot like fasting does for some people. After the second night, things I've been thinking about become a lot more clear.
Thus it happened in this case, and so... yeah. I didn't need to stay awake 'cause I was able to make up my mind about what had been bugging me.

Originally Posted by dutchraptor

Interestingly sleep deprivation can help alleviate depression temporarily, since the serotonin levels in the brain are higher it simulates the effects of common SSRI anti depressants. The downside is that your cognitive functions are severely impaired even after a single sleepless night, probably leading you to make much more irrational decision.

Ahh. So that's why this attempt succeeded in helping me make up my mind! Thank you, DR.

Originally Posted by Karloky

Signet you are a really weird guy lol no offense

None taken.

Originally Posted by JoannaB

Sageous, given how long ago this thread was started, this is certainly not a one time experiment.
Signet, how often do you do this experiment? How many times have you done this?

The first time was an accident and lasted 88 hours, which is as long as the second time lasted as well. There was another attempt that made it ~40 hours this summer, and then this one (which lasted ~50). I try when I feel like it and when I have the time to.

Come to think of it... I think I've got a plan for the next time! Fall break is coming up in a month (or something like that) and I've been meaning to get into the studio on campus and do the rest of the recording and mixing for my first album. Since that's how this whole 100-hour challenge was conceived -staying awake for days on end while recording- I guess I'll... schedule some studio time during that break!

Thanks for the discussion, folks. 'Til next time...

Originally Posted by frost458

I remember reading in stephen laberge that sleep deprivation was a torture technique used in wars.
After 5 days you start having hallucination and delirium, as it happens subject's brains were in dream mode while being awake.

I can personally attest to this. I went 5 days without sleep while on an extended patrol during my army career. You eventually start rem activity while still awake, have auditory, visual, and tactile hallucinations, lose your capacity to reason cogently, even lose your ability to move when necessary. Some things you see you know are hallucinations. Others seem so real and life-like you can endanger yourself and others with your responses. Voluntarily going without sleep for 100 hours without medical or at least peer group supervision is an extremely BAD idea!