No Sleep For A Week- Dangerous?
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Well the world record is 11 days, but that person is abnormal (like most world record holders). I've done 50 hours and started to hallucinate at little bit. 72 hours has the potential, depending on your health, genetics, etc. to really do a number on you.
Short answer: yes.
Long answer: Yes, of course it is, don't do it, you could go into a coma (maybe) but death is a possibility and you'll probably fall asleep anyway.
Or to put it a different way: 'Hmm, wonder if depriving myself of a basic human function/necessity is in anyway a bit of a poor life decision?'
No offence ment.
Long answer: Yes, of course it is, don't do it, you could go into a coma (maybe) but death is a possibility and you'll probably fall asleep anyway.
Or to put it a different way: 'Hmm, wonder if depriving myself of a basic human function/necessity is in anyway a bit of a poor life decision?'
No offence ment.
Actually, it's been researched that it's very dangerous to your body, it gets to a point where you body just starts to shut down. Psychologist theories that it's because you brain has not had the REM sleep that it needs to rejuvenate it's self. But your vital organs will slowly start to shut down.Agayek said:
Very hard to do. You most likely are going to start falling asleep without even knowing it. Also very bad for your health as well.
You WILL pass out in a matter of days. If you can't take care of yourself than instinct takes over, same as that's impossible to to drown yourself.
I assume it will go like this.banthesun said:
Day1. This is easy just a little sleepy is all
Day2. Nothing coffee can't fix
Day3. Boy this is hard
Day4. THE SPIDERS ARE COMING OUT OF MY EYES!!!
Day5.Passed out or dead.
A week is often considered LETHAL in survival situations. So Not a good idea, in normal, at home situations, brain damage, really worth it?
Ascending order of how long you can survive without an item:
Shelter.
Water.
Sleep.
Food.
You will sooner die or pass out from sleep deprivation than starvation. Have fun with that
Ascending order of how long you can survive without an item:
Shelter.
Water.
Sleep.
Food.
You will sooner die or pass out from sleep deprivation than starvation. Have fun with that
Staying awake too long isn't just exhausting and eventually hallucinogenic, it can get physically and mentally painful. I know from experience when I was at university.
Short of being in a warzone, there really is no need for it. For your own health, get at least 6 hours a night.
Short of being in a warzone, there really is no need for it. For your own health, get at least 6 hours a night.
Griffstar said:
Just one question Griffstar, Why would you ask this question, only to then ignore people when they tell you it's dangeruos?Griffstar said:
You might pull it off, but I think it'll stop being funny long before you have finished.
But hey, on the upside, you might get a Darwin Award.
72 hours is the "breaking point"Griffstar said:
I once did a self-experimental sleep-deprivation study as a Psychology project in high school; for safety I gave myself a "maximum" and found that after 72 hours you risk serious brain damage.
I kept a journal for the experiment period, and wrote two entries every hour. First entry was what I did that hour, and the second was "stream of conscious" writing of whatever was on my mind.
After 24 hours, the two began to be interchangeable. After 38 hours, I experienced light hallucinations, (I would see movement very frequently in my peripheral vision). After 50 hours, I had trouble with extremely basic functions, and could no longer hold complete conversations. Past that I only remember a little, my written entries also stopped. If not for my parents tracking my behavior, I wouldn't have had any information for hours 50-60. At hour 60, I caved and struggled to sleep.
That was probably the most ironic thing; and sticks out in my mind more than anything else about the experience: after 60 hours without sleep, I was unable to sleep readily or consistently. I spent the better part of the following 24 hours trying to get a restorative sleep - which I was unable to do. I didn't fully recover from the experience until two days after.
I post all this so that you might have something someone has done first hand, rather than just a medical snippit (though those are certainly informative as well).
But, seriously, don't do it. I wouldn't do more than a full 24 hours ever.