when i was in boot camp the head drill instructor was from the army.and he said that in the army they teach you how to sleep wit your eyes open and your sub concoius awake is that true or was he lying or did i hear wrong?
2006-07-03 18:03:49 · 17 answers · asked by jon jay 87 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
To an extent...
you can train yourself to "sleep" with your eyes open... but you never enter REM (rapid eye movement) and therefore it's not true sleep... your brain is not able to process what you've experienced and therfore it is not a healthy practice...
people who are able to do this, are actually hyponotising themselves and putting themselves in a very relaxed state...
Most people who have acheived this can not maintain the state for more than a few hours and certainly not rely on this state for more than 3 days... the mind must have REM sleep to remain alert. Without REM sleep, you eventually will lose you mind.
2006-07-03 18:09:46 · answer #1 · answered by ptm8 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
observed as day-dreaming pal.. is college that boreing that you want to nod off with ur eyes open? So the instructor dont somewhat comprehend ur sleeping..yet even as they call on u and u dont do no longer something then there gonna comprehend..besides the undeniable fact that the merely right prognosis is to in person-friendly words imagine of somthing yet you'll have an exceedingly sturdy ideas to do it..yet merely stare off into area and also you will get there.
2016-10-14 02:37:55 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hmmm.. no... you will not learn to sleep with your eyes open.. but.. you WILL learn to be able to grab needed sleep under some of the strangest situations.. and wake up fast when needed.. example:
I learned to sleep next level down from the flight deck underneath the number 2 wire on a aircraft carrier (the one that all the landing planes aim for with their tail-hook) .. which is about like sleeping inside a 55-gallong drum with people hitting it every few seconds with a hammer....oh.. and the reels for the wires make a lot of noise rewinding the wire too!
strange part... when my electronic watch alarm went off.. it would wake me up!
2006-07-03 18:18:44 · answer #3 · answered by ♥Tom♥ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lying. What will happen is in the battlefield you will adapt and not sleep as deeply so you will awaken more quickly if need be. You learn to sleep anyplace at any time when you can.
2006-07-03 18:09:05 · answer #4 · answered by Sir J 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hairy 1 is right. You learn to sleep anywhere, anytime you can. I slept on a metal box next to an active runway once.
2006-07-03 18:10:22 · answer #5 · answered by Pumpkin Head 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They do train you to function, however minimally, on little sleep. I dunno about sleeping with your eyes open, but I think that's how cracked out you will feel after they keep you awake doing grunt work. I think they only make the special forces and navy seal type fools do the no sleep thing too... regular troops get their sleep I think.
2006-07-03 18:07:16 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats a good question I hope you get valuable answers
2016-08-23 01:08:36 · answer #7 · answered by marta 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no you teach yourself that to stay 'awake' on cq or shift. And yes...you will be able to sleep anywhere...rocks,sand, a fire pit....lol youll learn
2006-07-03 21:47:34 · answer #8 · answered by whatever496 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think no body can!!!
but i saw on a movie that they teach them to lie on a lie detector test so even they lie the detector test wouldn't know it.
2006-07-03 18:10:16 · answer #9 · answered by bunny baby 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i never learned that trick, but I did learn to sleep whenever and wherever I could.
2006-07-03 18:07:06 · answer #10 · answered by toohairy4u 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋