How weird is sleep

[reprise85]

Like 1/3 of our life spent unconscious while we lay horizontally and have parts of our unconscious and conscious lives swirled around into narratives in our head that don't make logical sense but sort of do sometimes. And we just lay prone for 6-8hrs while the world keeps turning and people are awake going about the business of conscious awareness. Like what.

[reprise85]

And if you don't/can't sleep you fucking turn into a lunatic and eventually would die except in most cases your body will force you to sleep whether you like it or not

[Bread Regal]

If i weren't able to sleep, how could I get away with doing nothing.

[reprise85]

Is this alarming to anyone else

[Bread Regal]

not really.

i mean it is kind of strange, but if you think about the biological necessity for it, it becomes less weird.

[reprise85]

Originally Posted by Bread Regal

If i weren't able to sleep, how could I get away with doing nothing.

Yeah, in a few weeks I'm going to be so busy I'll rarely have time to do nothing for any length of time (besides sleep), it's gonna be great and suck

[reprise85]

Originally Posted by Bread Regal

not really.

i mean it is kind of strange, but if you think about the biological necessity for it, it becomes less weird.

ok strange is a better word

[Bread Regal]

the notion that weirds me out more is that your heart pretty much beats nonstop, from inside the womb all the way until you finally give up the ghost.

all the fuckin time. your heart does a lot of fuckin work.

[Bread Regal]

think of how fast your hand would cramp up if you had to pump your blood manually.

[yo soy el mejor]

my heart has been through a lot. it's so wild.

[Bread Regal]

mine too. i should take better care of it.

[reprise85]

Originally Posted by Bread Regal

the notion that weirds me out more is that your heart pretty much beats nonstop, from inside the womb all the way until you finally give up the ghost.

all the fuckin time. your heart does a lot of fuckin work.

yeah that is crazy

for a long time, my anxiety was so high that i had heart palpitations basically 24/7. they finally put me on beta blockers and i freaked out because i couldn't feel my heart anymore. but the med was contraindicated for the asthma medicine i was taking and i ended up in the hospital because my doctor messed up by putting me on it. but now i'm calmer and i'm used to not feeling my heart beating all the time. i lived with feeling it almost constantly for like, 10 years. it used ot make my BP crazy as well - one time when I was in the mental hospital, my BP was constantly like 170/100. and it was all anxiety, it's normal now and i'm not on any heart meds. my heart rate is high though and always has been. normally 100+, maybe 85-90 when i wake up. poor heart. i have an app for my phone that checks your heart rate and it's always stupidly high

it is fucking weird that it's always going though.

[null123]

i have pretty bad anxiety and yet my heartrate and blood pressure are just short of being dangerously low so i assume i should keep my anxiety levels sufficiently high to prevent dropping dead

sleep is weird though i agree. it's kinda humbling to have to sleep

i'm glad they've finally almost figured out the actual biological purpose for sleep
could never get it out of my head that they didn't really know
think i found that out from a science article on Cracked.com

i havent had sleep paralysis in almost a year and i go to bed every night thinking i'm due

i still bite my tongue several times a week either right as i'm falling asleep or way in deep sleep so it hasn't been smooth sailing

[Starla]

Originally Posted by Bread Regal

the notion that weirds me out more is that your heart pretty much beats nonstop, from inside the womb all the way until you finally give up the ghost.

all the fuckin time. your heart does a lot of fuckin work.

That pretty much freaks me out too. I can't give too much thought to it or I'll have an anxiety attack about it. I used to have a lot of health anxiety in my early 20's, and thought my heart would stop at any time.

[slunken]

At it's most basic level, the concept of sleep always seemed like science-fiction to me.

[T&T]

sleep is definitely weird.
but not as weird as hibernation - imagine being asleep for over a month?

[slunken]

that's like a fantasy of mine i've tried it

[T&T]

I feel a lot of empathy for people who have deep meaningful experiences in their sleep & cannot return to those places or people ever again.

I once lost a girl that I dreamed, I'll never forget her. Her name was Lalanna. She never returned to any of my dreams, no matter how hard I'd try. I could consciously think of her but that's not the same as how real and separate from me she felt in those initial dreams. Lalanna.

[Order 66]

there's nothing i like better than getting home from work and passing out. and then freaking the fuck out when i wake up to my clock saying 8:00 and the relief i feel when i realize its only 8 PM

[slunken]

then you stay up until its time for work and start to crash around 7:30am

[Order 66]

pretty much

[slunken]

really though that instant where you switch from the absolute terror and fear of being late for work (or school or anything) to the sudden relief of that not being true is the highest of highs

[reprise85]

Originally Posted by T&T

I feel a lot of empathy for people who have deep meaningful experiences in their sleep & cannot return to those places or people ever again.

I once lost a girl that I dreamed, I'll never forget her. Her name was Lalanna. She never returned to any of my dreams, no matter how hard I'd try. I could consciously think of her but that's not the same as how real and separate from me she felt in those initial dreams. Lalanna.

That's... oddly sweet.

[reprise85]

Originally Posted by slunken

really though that instant where you switch from the absolute terror and fear of being late for work (or school or anything) to the sudden relief of that not being true is the highest of highs

that day when you finally are getting over being really sick is awesome. having a little energy back when it feels like it was all sapped out of you for 4-5 days is refreshing.

[reprise85]

Originally Posted by Aeris Hilton

i havent had sleep paralysis in almost a year and i go to bed every night thinking i'm due

i still bite my tongue several times a week either right as i'm falling asleep or way in deep sleep so it hasn't been smooth sailing

i havent had it in a month or so... actually, maybe more. i used to have it multiple times a night, and then 3-4 times a week for a while. now it's just once in a while. that biting your tongue thing must be awful, i remember you talking bout it before

[slunken]

Originally Posted by reprise85

that day when you finally are getting over being really sick is awesome. having a little energy back when it feels like it was all sapped out of you for 4-5 days is refreshing.

not even close to being comparable

[slunken]

what's the longest anyone has stayed awake. i'm definitely under 48 hours.

[reprise85]

about that. but i've had periods of a week or two where i had 2-3 hrs of sleep per night or so.