Sleep Deprivation Makes Me Feel Better

[tankasnowgod]

I don't think it's possible to stay up for 2 weeks straight with absolutely zero sleep, after a few days without sleep your body literally shuts down anywhere and anytime whether or not you want it to - sleep no longer becomes optional--eventually your body decides you're going to get sleep, period, even if it means making you fall asleep standing up. And that was after only 3 days without sleep let alone 14 lol. So, I don't think it's possible to die of sleep deprivation at least not without drugs, because at some point... you're gonna just pass out.

Well, 11 days is apparently possible- Randy Gardner (record holder) - Wikipedia

He may have exaggerated the time, or may have fallen asleep for brief periods as well, but when he related the experience, he did say he would be lying in bed with his eyes open and his roommates freaked out that he wasn't actually sleeping. He also described the waking hallucinations as well.

 

[YourUniverse]

Waking up at the end of 90 minute sleep cycles can make me feel fine after 4.5 or 6 hours. 7 or 8 hours feels awful, but 9 feels incredible

 

[SuperStressed]

1 night of sleep loss lowers my anxiety by quite a lot but if it continues I experience really bad mental health such as deep depressive feelings.