It would be cool if people doing this kept a journal, and wrote down changes in the way they think and feel during this. I tried it twice, and lasted a solid two weeks during one of the attempts, but it wreaked havoc on my ability to store and/or recall memories. I would have a lot of trouble telling you what I did a few days ago, and I would be irrationally angry/upset for about 15 seconds at the person who woke me up.(I did this with a group of three.) A few times I yelled angry nonsense at them for this short time. We had a “safe word” that was supposed to prove we were awake, ours was “alligator”. After one nap I was woken up, angrily hissed “ARMADILLO” and tried to go back to sleep. It was pretty funny even at the time, but I decided to stop since I figured it wasn’t good for me, and I was pretty miserable. I was definitely micro sleeping at times as well, so I’ll echo Petruchio’s warning about looking out for that.
Best of luck, hope it works out for you better than it did for me.
I’ve been keeping a journal of my adventures in polyphasic sleep here. Right now, I’m not doing anything exciting—just siesta sleep (6 hour core, 1x20 minute nap), but I intend to eventually shift slowly into Everyman 3, as my schedule allows.
It would be cool if people doing this kept a journal, and wrote down changes in the way they think and feel during this. I tried it twice, and lasted a solid two weeks during one of the attempts, but it wreaked havoc on my ability to store and/or recall memories. I would have a lot of trouble telling you what I did a few days ago, and I would be irrationally angry/upset for about 15 seconds at the person who woke me up.(I did this with a group of three.) A few times I yelled angry nonsense at them for this short time. We had a “safe word” that was supposed to prove we were awake, ours was “alligator”. After one nap I was woken up, angrily hissed “ARMADILLO” and tried to go back to sleep. It was pretty funny even at the time, but I decided to stop since I figured it wasn’t good for me, and I was pretty miserable. I was definitely micro sleeping at times as well, so I’ll echo Petruchio’s warning about looking out for that.
Best of luck, hope it works out for you better than it did for me.
I’ve been keeping a journal of my adventures in polyphasic sleep here. Right now, I’m not doing anything exciting—just siesta sleep (6 hour core, 1x20 minute nap), but I intend to eventually shift slowly into Everyman 3, as my schedule allows.