Intro to Polyphasic Sleep | First attempt (lasted 30 days) | Second Attempt (lasted 7 days) | Third Attempt (ongoing)
Bugger it. I know yesterday I said I’d start polyphasic sleep in a few days but I had the urge to just go for it today so I jumped right in and started.
I had an interesting early morning (3am to 10am); I was tired as buggery and felt a little like a zombie, but I was able to push through it rather easily. Eating food (especially fruit) really helped, as did sitting outside in the cold every few minutes to wake myself up. I managed to get a lot of work done as well. The time between naps was on average 4 hours.
Tomorrow I’m spending the entire day rock-climbing with zero chance of a nap, so from midday onwards I started having a nap every hour or two to ensure I don’t zonk out tomorrow. Waking up from the naps has been very easy, with the grogginess/lethargy only lasting between 1 and 5 minutes after getting up. After that I’ve felt 100% fine, if I had to rate it I’d say 10/10.
Two things are the same as the first time I attempted polyphasic sleep. Falling asleep is like hitting a switch; one second I’m conscious and fully awake, the next second I’m asleep.
The other thing that’s the same is when I wake up, it feels as if I’ve entered some sort of void and have lost 20 minutes; I’m not having any dreams and I don’t even feel like I’ve slept, I feel like I disappeared from time and space for 20 minutes somehow, like I failed to exist. It’s a very, very, very strange feeling, certainly takes some getting used to. Last time it only took a week for that feeling to go and for me to start having proper, vivid dreams. Can’t wait!
Tomorrow, with the rockclimbing, I’ll have to get through 16+ hours without a nap. To be honest I’m very nervous about falling asleep, so I’m taking a small amount of coffee just incase. Fingers crossed all goes well.
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