submitted by Kozel to Sleep8 hoursMay 5, 2025 21:28:45 ago (+7/-1) (Sleep)
Earlier this year I was relieved of numerous responsibilities and unregimented time made itself abundant.
When the skies were dark I began the experiment by seeing how long I could stay up and what cycle I would end up in.
I found that I began gravitating toward staying awake 18 hours and sleeping 10 or 12.
However, I later took a more freestyle approach laying my head down and closing my eyes any time I felt like it and the following pattern emergant:
Sleep 5-9 hours. Function 7 hours. Sleep 4-5 hours. Function 18 hours. Repeat.
I am seeking an ultimate sleep cycle as it has been long apparent to me the sun cycle is unoptimal for our biology. Once I have found something resembling such a sleep cycle I believe there is a way to implement it so it can fit with the standard sun cycle.
I like the idea but set cycles of any kind dont make sense.
Some days I'm physically exhausted. Need sleep to restore body. Other times I can be mentally exhausted and need rest for the Deep Sleep cycle.
So then the lengths of these rests could differ greatly if I use the get out of bed when I feel well rested. Aka only possible on days off.
Typically my sleep schedule goes through it's rotation of having me up 3 or 4 hours early and getting to bed right after work to shifting back around to not being able to get to sleep with 5 hours til work alarm.
I have tried biphasic cycle before to mixed results. The split schedule trying to keep to 7-9ish hours total.
I dont think it's worth trying to force a perfect system. With work constraints in place I have to work within what I can and when I want to be awake or able to go out shopping. Some nice midnight to 5am isolation reading a book and exercising before work etc...
Now that I have actually caught up on sleep, I feel like I can stay up WAY longer, but I'm just not sure what a balanced sleep schedule would look like yet.
[ + ] CoronaHoax
[ - ] CoronaHoax 5 points 7 hoursMay 5, 2025 21:47:28 ago (+5/-0)
[ + ] observation1
[ - ] observation1 1 point 4 hoursMay 6, 2025 01:21:23 ago (+1/-0)
[ + ] FacelessOne
[ - ] FacelessOne 2 points 8 hoursMay 5, 2025 21:36:57 ago (+2/-0)*
Some days I'm physically exhausted. Need sleep to restore body. Other times I can be mentally exhausted and need rest for the Deep Sleep cycle.
So then the lengths of these rests could differ greatly if I use the get out of bed when I feel well rested. Aka only possible on days off.
Typically my sleep schedule goes through it's rotation of having me up 3 or 4 hours early and getting to bed right after work to shifting back around to not being able to get to sleep with 5 hours til work alarm.
I have tried biphasic cycle before to mixed results. The split schedule trying to keep to 7-9ish hours total.
I dont think it's worth trying to force a perfect system. With work constraints in place I have to work within what I can and when I want to be awake or able to go out shopping. Some nice midnight to 5am isolation reading a book and exercising before work etc...
[ + ] Love240
[ - ] Love240 4 points 7 hoursMay 5, 2025 21:46:33 ago (+4/-0)
[ + ] Love240
[ - ] Love240 2 points 8 hoursMay 5, 2025 21:32:18 ago (+2/-0)
Now that I have actually caught up on sleep, I feel like I can stay up WAY longer, but I'm just not sure what a balanced sleep schedule would look like yet.
[ + ] Kozel
[ - ] Kozel [op] 1 point 4 hoursMay 6, 2025 00:43:29 ago (+1/-0)
a follow up 8-10 hour sleep allows repeat of the same
[ + ] germ22
[ - ] germ22 0 points 6 hoursMay 5, 2025 23:00:38 ago (+0/-0)
https://infogalactic.com/info/Polyphasic_sleep
[ + ] Master_Foo
[ - ] Master_Foo 0 points 7 hoursMay 5, 2025 22:33:37 ago (+0/-0)
Congratulations, you managed to find a way to increase that.
[ + ] Kozel
[ - ] Kozel [op] 0 points 4 hoursMay 6, 2025 00:40:41 ago (+0/-0)
[ + ] observation1
[ - ] observation1 0 points 4 hoursMay 6, 2025 01:24:49 ago (+0/-0)
Most people are awake 36-40
Not saying its wrong just that its definitely more sleep which is something maybe we all need more of.