I'm planning to stay up for about three-four days straight, as part of a self-organized study on sleep depravity and hallucinations. What, if any, have any of you experienced during sleep depravity...and how long can you go without sleep without getting too crazy?
2007-07-31 15:36:44 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I'm a psychology major. I'm wanting to learn more about how the brain works when deprived of sleep. Mainly I'm interested in sleep disorders
2007-07-31 15:52:11 · update #1
No drugs or caffeine
2007-07-31 16:17:37 · update #2
I've done 72 hours during Gulf War #1 while stationed at the Straights of Hormuz.
Didn't notice much difference except I was less tolerant of the bullshit from superiors.
When I did finally get to sleep, it was for 20 hours straight. Waking up completely disoriented was worse than going without the sleep.
As for how long..there was a story about a DJ who did like...8 or 9 days while on air (maybe less, maybe more)..he was never the same afterwards...
The brain needs sleep. Simple as that.
2007-07-31 15:47:32 · answer #1 · answered by It's Kippah, Kippah the dawg 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you really want to gain some understanding of this, it would be more productive under a real psych study--filmed and with trained experimentors and in a controlled environment. Frankly, I don't think that a person can will himself to stay awake for that period of time. I hope you're not going to use drugs to do it--that would contaminate your "findings".
2007-07-31 22:52:30 · answer #2 · answered by Martell 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hope U R doing this for school project.
If you can stay up for three days. Please E ME.
I would like to ask a few Q of U.
Thanks.
2007-07-31 22:45:24 · answer #3 · answered by bobalo9 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋