| written by Azuraun2 on May 19, 2007 03:07 |
 | |  | | I read this and I'm absolutely fascinated by this, I would love to stay up as long as described! I won't even try to explain it all, here's the link I read it from:
http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=892542
Wow. Just plain wow. I REALLY wanna try this but can't because of the weird schedule >.> I'm so dang tired I could probably begin my first 20 minute nap right now  | |  | |  |
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 | |  | | ![]() Personally, I'm just fine with my current 6-hours-per-night sleep cycle (in bed approximately 21:20, awake by 03:20), and I have a rather active lifestyle, so I won't be trying this for the time being. Thanks for the link, anyways; could come in handy if I should ever suffer some sleep disorder.  | |  | |  |
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| written by Naavis on May 19, 2007 10:36 |
 | |  | | ![]() I wouldn't recommend sleeping in 20 minute periods. The brain generally needs a certain amount of REM-sleep to stay fit, and REM-sleep usually occurs after several hours of sleep. Narcoleptics are an exception. They usually skip straight to REM-sleep, after about 20 minutes. But they tend to fall asleep randomly and involuntarily all the time. | |  | |  |
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 | |  | | ![]() The whole article (which seems rather fake to me) is about tricking your brain into going right into REM sleep right when you take those 20 minute naps. | |  | |  |
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| | | | ![]() I know how to trick your brain into doing stuff! Just open your skullcap right here and let me hook this electrode there...now I'll turn on this machine. *bzzzap* There we go! Hey why aren't you breathing?
Yeah the article seems rather fake. Jeez, can't people just sleep normally without sleep gimmicks?  | | | | |
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| written by Magnulus on May 19, 2007 12:58 |
 | |  | | ![]() I've talked to someone who goes on four hours of sleep a night but with four "key-naps" during their waking day.
A key nap is when you take a nap with, for example, a key chain in your hand and your hand in a position that - should you drop the keys - they fall onto the floor or something else that makes noise. As you go into the deep sleep, you drop the keys, and you wake up, feeling refreshed.
Now, I haven't tried doing the four-hour thing (well, not regularly), but I have done the key-naps, and they work a treat when you're so tired during the day that you feel like fainting. A key nap can take anything from ten to twenty minutes, and it really wakes you up. | |  | |  |
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| written by Azuraun2 on May 19, 2007 18:57 |
| | | |  | Raptorjedi said: | | The whole article (which seems rather fake to me) is about tricking your brain into going right into REM sleep right when you take those 20 minute naps. |
Hmm, I'm not sure. There's been ALOT of people claiming to have done this, some failed. But I WILL try this at some point during my lifetime, and you guys will be the first to know
EDIT: Oh, I forgot to mention, but there's a wikipedia article on it if you need a little more info on this | | | | |
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| written by Fth on May 19, 2007 20:34 |
| | | | Eh, the note at the bottom makes me think less of even that pages credibility among all cases. | | | | |
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