Journal joeysmith's Journal: The candle has more than two ends 1
I recently came across a reference to an idea called "eletronarcosis", which is (as I understand it) sending an electrical current through your body while sleeping in order to accelerate whatever processes your brain performs while you are sleeping. The few tidbits I could find referred to reducing the average person's need for 8 hours of sleep for every 16 hours awake down to as little as 2 hours per every 22.
For as long as I can remember, I've rarely needed to get more than 4 hours of sleep a night. If I try to sleep more than 6 hours on a night where I'm not exhausted, I'll wake up around the 6th hour and be unable to return to sleep, no matter what I try.
I've always hated sleep. It's boring, and a waste of valuable time. There's not enough hours in a day to learn everything I want to learn, and even sleeping only 4 hours a day I often find myself having to pass up the chance to study some exciting new field because there just isn't time to give it justice.
I've tried Ubermann's, but I'm just not disciplined enough to stick to such a rigorous schedule. So I'm sure you can imagine how much an idea like electronarcosis appeals to me. Given my natural sleeping pattern and something like this, it's possible that I might be able to go 36 hours without sleep, without feeling any adverse effects!
Of course, this is very fringe "science". It's even hard to find much information about it. But I'm curious...how many people have sleeping patterns similar to mine? How rare is it to actually HATE sleep? I've never met anyone else who claims to do so. In fact, most people seem to enjoy their sleep.
What do you think?
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