As a kid that is sort of what would happen to me, minus the music. I still have times where I try to force myself to sleep for hours, and it sucks. I have found that I need to go to sleep as soon as I feel tired or I won't be able to for a while. Often when I have music on I start paying attention to it and it keeps me thinking about things (which is often why I can't fall asleep), however talking and many other television sounds don't keep me awake.
2 hours is not enough for extended periods for most people. Maybe they have a different idea of keeping the body functioning, but a lot starts to go bad quickly if you try to stick with that. When you add the mental stuff it becomes worse and injuries tend to increase due to lack of alertness and awareness. That is my experience, at least. 4 hours has always been plenty for me to learn and retain information. I am pretty sure this is just me, but when I try to sleep 8 hours for consecutive 24 hour periods I feel more tired when I am awake and I feel lazier. Usually I have to force myself back to sleep to reach the 8 hour mark if I have been getting regular sleep, and is why 6 is about my "normal" max. If I break up my sleeping time it is a bit different, but I have never documented and tested doing that. A few weeks ago I was thinking of trying 30 minutes every couple hours to see how long I could sustain it, and doing 2 blocks of 4 hours each day to reach the recommended 8 hours a day.
Yes, "functioning" was though more as being able to walk your normal distance. Anyway, one of the exercises we had was one of few times I can safely say I hallucinated so mental function goes for me at two hours/day at least. I am sure elephants or orchestras don't really roam Norwegian woods :wacko: it was an interesting experience though. Come to think of it, if you put a seriously sleep deprived person alone in the woods for a night, give him a radio and tells him to report anything out of the ordinary... you are asking for weird reports
haha i hope it's not that longthis your first kid?Thanks, all is well4 days old now! Last night we kept the baby with us and it disrupted our sleep several times, but we are slowly learning how to adjust. I heard the first 3 months are the worst
actually the first 18 years are the worst
Yeah, I guess hallucinations may be present in a functioning body, but are a clear sign to me that it isn't functioning properly. I personally prefer to keep from pushing myself (or letting others push themselves) to the breaking point. Stop just short of that. People might not be happy, and there may be a lot of pain and such, but it helps show what someone is capable of, and that it is a lot more than many might guess (not including those that falsely think they are invicible and make stupid choices like jumping off of a third story balcony while drunk).
Hey that's great! Congratulations... and good luckwith a new born baby, far not enough
Thanks againHey that's great! Congratulations... and good luckwith a new born baby, far not enough
Hehe! You seem to gain a little humor and more relaxed (which you lacked before) after you have kid
Good thing. Hehe!
Is it that difficult nowadays ?
Depends on where you're hanging around.Is it that difficult nowadays ?
Well in Japan at least it's not because women don't want to have kids - it's more of a "being at the right place at the right time" kind of problem. But it may be different elsewhere.
Source?
Source is linked in the article, but here are the studies:
Well, at least someone has to do something against worldwide population growth.
But it seems not working, humans in other countries multiply much faster than we can not getting children... XDSeriously, some people must banging like rabbits to outdo the whole EU population decrease, where does this all end? "Soylent Green" anyone? ^^"
