What I'm thinking of doing over summer vacation ...
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- FurryFox13
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During the school year I think of things that people are able to try to do, but I never hear actually happening.
For instance, the longest filibuster was 24 hours and 18 min, The longest time spent (trapped) in an elevator was six days.
Now I looked up that the longest time ever spent awake, without nodding off, was 10 days. I want to see how long I can stay awake without dozing off.
The reason why I'm telling you this is because I want to ask if anyone has anything to say, question, or suggest about this.
~~FurryFox13
For instance, the longest filibuster was 24 hours and 18 min, The longest time spent (trapped) in an elevator was six days.
Now I looked up that the longest time ever spent awake, without nodding off, was 10 days. I want to see how long I can stay awake without dozing off.
The reason why I'm telling you this is because I want to ask if anyone has anything to say, question, or suggest about this.
~~FurryFox13
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The longest I've ever been awake was 36 hours, and the urge to sleep was terrible. Every waking second was agony. And for good reason: going too long without sleep can cause brain damage.
If you have the determination to resist the lure of sweet, sweet sleep and keep yourself awake, by day four you'll be suffering from paranoia and having hallucinations. (Though, this is what happens in adults. If you are 15 your experience may be different, for better or worse.)
Not recommended.
If you have the determination to resist the lure of sweet, sweet sleep and keep yourself awake, by day four you'll be suffering from paranoia and having hallucinations. (Though, this is what happens in adults. If you are 15 your experience may be different, for better or worse.)
Not recommended.
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Guinness no longer accepts entrants for this record (as well as other dangerous ones, such as longest time underwater without air).
I have stayed up for nearly a week without sleeping, so if you want some serious tips about this, let me give you the best tip I can: Don't do it. After two days, you will begin dreaming WHILE YOU ARE AWAKE... which is the strangest sensation in the world. After four days, you will start laughing or crying at strange times, for no apparent reason.
As for it messing you up for "months"? Your Circadian rhythm will be off for well over a year.
Take it from someone who's been there. Don't do it.
I have stayed up for nearly a week without sleeping, so if you want some serious tips about this, let me give you the best tip I can: Don't do it. After two days, you will begin dreaming WHILE YOU ARE AWAKE... which is the strangest sensation in the world. After four days, you will start laughing or crying at strange times, for no apparent reason.
As for it messing you up for "months"? Your Circadian rhythm will be off for well over a year.
Take it from someone who's been there. Don't do it.
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QFT...Guinness no longer accepts entrants for this record (as well as other dangerous ones, such as longest time underwater without air).
I have stayed up for nearly a week without sleeping, so if you want some serious tips about this, let me give you the best tip I can: Don't do it. After two days, you will begin dreaming WHILE YOU ARE AWAKE... which is the strangest sensation in the world. After four days, you will start laughing or crying at strange times, for no apparent reason.
As for it messing you up for "months"? Your Circadian rhythm will be off for well over a year.
Take it from someone who's been there. Don't do it.
...It's not really worth it. Longest I've been awake was also a week and it IS true your sleep pattern will indeed suffer many months after...
**posts this message and hunts down a song he wrote about the experience**
"Do you really think you have what it takes? Do you?"
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It must have taken me maybe a week (or two?) to stay awake again for a normal day, but
I kept on waking up over and over again after that. To this day I still have bouts
of insomnia, and I wish I hadn't bothered.
I wrote this song during one of those insomnia moments:
**sings to the tune of "My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean"**
My sleeping has been interrupted,
My sleeping has gone quite awry.
My sleeping pattern is corrupted,
Oh let me sleep or I shall cry!
Let me, let me, oh let me sleep just a bit, a bit!
Let me, let me, oh let me sleep just a bit!
This is starting to get quite annoying,
I'm going right out of my head!
With my sanity I feel it is toying,
I wish I could just stay in bed!
Let me, let me, oh let me sleep just a bit, a bit!
Let me, let me, oh let me sleep just a bit!
I got a few hours in last night,
I napped for an hour today,
But up and down, that just don't seem right!
My mentality is drifting away!
Let me, let me, oh let me sleep just a bit, a bit!
Let me, let me, oh let me sleep just a bit!
I think I'll just go now and lay there,
In my bed so soft and warm!
If I don't fall asleep, I just don't care,
Just laying in bed does me no harm!
Let me, let me, oh let me sleep just a bit, a bit!
Let me, let me, oh let me sleep just a bit!
(So I say again: IT'S NOT WORTH IT! LISTEN TO DOC!)
I kept on waking up over and over again after that. To this day I still have bouts
of insomnia, and I wish I hadn't bothered.
I wrote this song during one of those insomnia moments:
**sings to the tune of "My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean"**
My sleeping has been interrupted,
My sleeping has gone quite awry.
My sleeping pattern is corrupted,
Oh let me sleep or I shall cry!
Let me, let me, oh let me sleep just a bit, a bit!
Let me, let me, oh let me sleep just a bit!
This is starting to get quite annoying,
I'm going right out of my head!
With my sanity I feel it is toying,
I wish I could just stay in bed!
Let me, let me, oh let me sleep just a bit, a bit!
Let me, let me, oh let me sleep just a bit!
I got a few hours in last night,
I napped for an hour today,
But up and down, that just don't seem right!
My mentality is drifting away!
Let me, let me, oh let me sleep just a bit, a bit!
Let me, let me, oh let me sleep just a bit!
I think I'll just go now and lay there,
In my bed so soft and warm!
If I don't fall asleep, I just don't care,
Just laying in bed does me no harm!
Let me, let me, oh let me sleep just a bit, a bit!
Let me, let me, oh let me sleep just a bit!
(So I say again: IT'S NOT WORTH IT! LISTEN TO DOC!)
"Do you really think you have what it takes? Do you?"
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