Am I still doing polyphasic sleeping? Yes, and no. Some of these days, I’ve just been too tired to have been able to wake up after 30 minutes. Also, apparently, not only can I successfully operate a touchscreen phone in my sleep and turn off an alarm; but I can also yell angry responses too. So, human alarm clocks also do not work for me. My body has to be willing to be woken up for me to have a hope. That being said, I’ve decided to switch back to Uberman. However, I immediately ran into the same problems I had with my last run with Uberman. Now, I am on SPAMYL-sleep polyphasically as much as you like. However, I still average about 4ish naps per day. So, I guess I’m mostly on a non equidistant Dymaxion, with exceptions where I either oversleep (monophasic days) or have Uberman days. I’m not really in any form of consistency right now, nor am I anymore adapting or anything due to my hectic schedule.

Don’t fret, though. I’m gonna try consistency again, and get this up and going. No matter what, consistency will be obtained in 3 weeks for that is when I move into my on campus apartment. That is also the time when all my crap disappears, which I am unbelievably excited for.

Thanks for reading, sorry for being an inconsistent blogger
-Robby

ps: I apparently have about 3 readers per day on average now. Does anyone know if this is the same person all 3 times, or are they unique hits?

To tell the truth. I sunk into a lethargic state. It wasn’t depressed, although it was less than in a decent mood. I just never wanted to get up. I don’t really have that much more to put into this paragraph. I’m frustrated with these days. So, I really don’t want to put much thought into them. Just believe me when I say that you should always have something to do. Also, not to lie in bed and get warm. Instant sleep, nothing more needs to be said.

When I went to sleep, I could tell that I was going to oversleep. I don’t know much how to describe it. I could feel my body preparing for a core sleep and not a 3o minute nap. I didn’t know how to counter this, other than set multiple alarms. Much to my dismay, I disabled them all and shut off my semi-gradual wake-up music. If I did wake-up in a time near when I fell asleep, I would immediately go back to sleep. This was because I was in a lethargic mood. I didn’t want to move, and without movement, there was only sleep.

Magic new paragraph. OOOooohhhhh (read as ghost moans). This is just here because I didn’t want to do another p.s. So, now on to the point. For the midnight nap getting out of day 6 I finally got around to creating a 30 minute gradual wake-up playlist. It’s all Gorillaz, as that has become mini-obsession lately. I tried it out, and holy hell! I woke up feeling amazing. My last song even woke me up before my alarm went off. I had so much energy it was pathetic.

Thank you for reading
-Robby

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p.s. I like the theme I have now better than what it was.

I will just skip to the second half of today for my personal stuff. Pregaming for college parties happened again today. This time I got to partake in fun games. Afterwards, I went and hung out with some different friends for a bit of legal insanity. I’m still amazingly impressed with that last bit. That might be my favorite extracurricular activity now. Aside from this, I had a good text conversation with my ex. We are actually making pretty good friends. Sometimes it gets very awkward. However, once we get passed that point we have pretty good, innocent fun. I’m going to hang out with her a bit before she goes to work tomorrow. Now, onto the third paragraph.

If you haven’t noticed, I have very little to post about. Here is why: I slept for 11 hours today. Skipping the nap after pushing back that nap for so long killed me. This is what you should of already knew would happen. I don’t look back at this as a setback or an oversleep I got up, but chose to go to sleep after getting up. It would of been impossible to stay up, but I still made a lazy choice by sleeping instead of toughing it out. I’m back on schedule now. I feel rested. So, it’s not like the 11 hour coma has ruined my ability to take naps. It’s also not that I overslept without knowing why I did. That is what makes me furious; when I set an alarm and everything, then wake up several hours later. I learned the consequences of skipping a nap. I also learned that it is not impossible to delay naps for an hour and forty minutes for me. So, I would not take back the learning experience that was yesterday.

Thanks for reading
-Robby

p.s. I’m sorry if the partying and what not is not what you want to read about. I really don’t want to offend any potential readers, but this sleep blog is about being a polyphasic sleeper in a college setting. To think that there will not be partying in college is at least very optimistic. People also always ask how polyphasic people respond after a long night. This can help them. For those people who look down and whatnot, you can think of me as what not to do while trying to adapt . Sorry again if you don’t like those parts. Keep reading.

Since this section is about my personal life and such, you will here about the absurdness of today. Just keep in mind that this is probably a lot more exciting firsthand and with a level of sleep deprivation. I’ll go chronologically for the first time in my life. I started out by going to see my grandparents. The set with the terminal grandfather. I enjoyed my visit. I had to take a nap while there, and I had to explain my sleep schedule to my grandmother. That was an odd endeavor in itself. After the visit with them, I headed back home. As soon as I got home I got a call from my college advisor. After finding out that I should change which major is my primary major from now on, and I have to transfer between the school’s colleges, I mention the possibility of having to drop a class on my schedule if I were to pass an AP test. At this point she decided to tentatively drop me from that class. While going to drop me she got a pop-up from the school’s enrollment system. Apparently, the first round of AP test results were sent to the college. Out of the 4 they recieved, I passed all 4. This means that I do not have to take any English class in college. Also, I get to tell my European History teacher, who is now one of my friends, to suck it, because he often said that I wouldn’t pass the test.  Yet I did. Haha. After this amazingness, I was invited out to hang out with friends. This is where the title of this post comes from. I definitely pregamed for college. Legal substances only, which is a weird thought that tonight’s activities weren’t in any way illegal. Cool, I guess?

Now onto the repercussions of my social life onto my nap schedule. I’ll start out by saying that I slept normal at midnight. Woke up energized and such. Made it until 5:20 and then I started laying really still without realizing it. So, I gradually reached mega zombie mode before it was time for my nap. After the nap, I got up normally. Then, at 7, I went and got back in my bed. Long story short, I woke up at 8. Not that bad of an oversleep at all. I could almost consider it an added nap. After I woke up, I headed down to my grandparents. I helped them out on some chores and stuff. Then, I started getting amazingly tired. It turns out that I forgot about my 12pm nap, it was 1:45. I thought I was going to die, or oversleep, or something. However, I had a normal nap. Got up slightly after 30 minutes and was completely out of sorts. This prompted the explanation of my sleep schedule to my grandmother. I drove home. Got home, and had a normal 6 pm nap. I was still expecting the bounceback from the overly delayed nap. Then, I was invited to hang out with some friends at 8. We ended up hanging out until 2ish in the morning. If you didn’t infer from that last sentence, I’ll spell it out. I didn’t take my 12am nap. This is even more drastic to me considering the overly delayed nap in the same day. When I got home, I decided I would experiment and not take the 12am nap instead of taking it at 2. I’m writing this at 4:33 right now. I am definitely doin the zombie right now. I do think I have had some semblance of a nap tonight. While watching a move, I had several periods of micronapping. After about 5 of these, I felt pretty refreshed. I wonder if they help so much now because of my body’s ability to compress sleep cycles down??? I guess the world will never know.

Thanks for reading
-Robby

p.s. Like I’m pretty sure I’ve mentioned, I am an example of someone who screws up at the rules of this, and still endures through. May you’re experience with polyphasic sleeping be enhanced by your glimpse into the stupidity that is me being a polyphasiac.

I figured out a purpose for this paragraph finally: It is kind of an explanation on what I do with my extra time and such. It is not a detailed account by any means; nor will it, probably, give you any insight into what you should do with all your new found free time. I guess it could also be a sanity checker on me for you reader(s?). If I start talking about purple rhinoceroses and such, someone may need to track me down and get me help. On a serious note though, don’t track me down. I don’t want to be killed for one. Also, odds are meeting me and telling me you found me will end with a restraining order on you. Let’s face it; that would be straight freaky of you if you did it. Anywho, onto my little update for now. I am really into the Gorillaz right now. 19-2000 lyrics make up the title of this post.

I feel like being more helpful this time around on my account of the adaptation. Firstly, I am writing this as it is happening. My day is not even over yet. I’ll probably edit this post later tonight, complete with strikethroughs (just one) and everything. I guess I’ll address people who haven’t tried adapting right now. When you try to adapt you may experience the following during the adaptation period as I have: More sensitivity to cold; weird eating schedule (be repulsed by the thought of food, followed by ravenous periods); the desire to eat more throughout the day; weird perspective on time; boredom; extreme tiredness; some irritability for the first couple of days. Extreme tiredness is going to happen to you no matter what as you will be sleep deprived for the first of the adaptation. This can cause one to become irritable. It also screws with your body, causing the sensitivity. The fact that you don’t have a long sleep to separate days causes you to lose track of days and such. Also, being up 22 hours makes you want more food. Combination of these last two tid-bits causes weird eating schedule.
Remember those anti-smoking commercials talking about learning to do everything without a cigarette? Well, somethings are like that with sleep, like showering, brushing your teeth, and eating breakfast. Odds are you do all of these things within the first hour of waking up from your hibernation. Well, without that hibernation and perspective of a day, you may not naturally remember to do any of these. I have to physically think about it to remember to do it. Furthermore, on the brushing one’s teeth business, you don’t get a giant plaque buildup in the 20-30 min naps. So, you lose that indicator too. On the positive side though, this may mean that polyphasic sleeping is actually healthier for your teeth in the long run. It makes sense.

Onto my actual day so far. I am definitely at zombie mode again. Definitely worse than when attempting Uberman, but that is to be expected. By the by: I would never recommend starting off with the Dymaxion schedule. It is just too extreme to have as your first schedule. Also, study when would be best to take your naps before attempting a polyphasic sleep schedule. I have had to change my schedule 3 times to get to my current Dymaxion schedule of 6′s and 12′s. Back to personal experience again- The 6 hour intervals between naps feels a lot more natural to me. On the days of my semi-being on this schedule, where I wasn’t in zombie mode, I did not get tired between naps, but could easily drop off to sleep for my naps.

I didn’t need to do strikethroughs, except for the second s on strikethroughs. However, I do feel the need for adding more about my day after it happened. I didn’t oversleep per se, but I did fall asleep for 2 hours at 2pm. If I would of listened to my own words made in the p.s. of this post about staying out of bed it wouldn’t of happened. I do not feel that bad about this sleep error though as I still have only slept for 4 hours today. I’ve discovered that my weak point is at the 6am-4pm area. To counter this weak point I am going to be walking mindlessly around like a zombie through some biking trails near my house. If I get arrested for scaring pedestrians, I’ll post as soon as I get back from jail. Haha

Thanks for reading
-Robby

p.s. Get out of bed, and stay out of it if you hope to not oversleep, or die.

So, now for the personal stuff, since that seems to be my M.O. Yeah, break-up stuff and a dying family member. The details in that sentence and what I have already wrote are enough. This is a sleep log, not a livejournal. I need to keep telling myself that and resist any urges to turn whiny or petty.

Continuing on personal stuff: I now have at least one reader and that is amazingly cool. I replied on a comment and said that I would be writing again. That was a couple of days ago, though. I feel like I owe an explanation: that is, the reason I haven’t posted anything in a days since I said I would. The truth is: I spent time with my friends for the first time in forever. That being said, sobriety wasn’t exactly the key word, and skipping naps was fairly common.

The skipping naps, and shall we say “training for college” , made the first couple of days in attempt not worthy of being counted. Furthermore, past just being irresponsible and such, it seems that everyone has joined forces in trying to prevent me from completing a nap. I swear, my grandmother has called (first time in months), mother miraculously woke up and stormed around the house, dog had a seizure, and calls from my father. Generally it has been a pain to keep with this schedule, as missing a nap is horrible in comparison to Uberman. After every time I missed a nap, I’d end up sleeping 6 hours the next nap. (funny, for the Uberman my oversleep would only be 4 hours. I wonder if the awake period determines the oversleep period?) That did not stop me though. Like I said in my original mission statement: I am going to do this, not try. Sure I had a bad period. It’s as I’ve heard on almost every blog though, “Everyone fails their first time.”
I think I am going to end this post here and actually do a 2:2 (attempt:day) post right now.

Thanks for reading
-Robby

p.s. anyone noticing my single spacing twice in this post. I’m digging it.

So, after the breakup, we were friends. In other words, all was good. Then, well.. it turned to crap. The day of my first oversleep, I had a fight with her. Blah blah blah. I guess I am now officially a whiny brat with this post. So, from then on we weren’t on great terms, and I was slightly depressed. That is why I was able to keep it up for most of the day, because I wasn’t completely depressed.

First, I am going to tell you something. I am back on bear mode for the time being. Now, I will tell you why. First off, my grandfather has been put on hospice care, and is only expected to live for 90 days. In all actuality, by the time someone reads this, he will be dead. Secondly, my ex, the one who I dated for 2 1/2 years did something incredibly whorish within two weeks of us breaking up. She makes a completely awkward sexual tension between us after the break up, and goes and does this… But I digress. This is still fresh on my mind, and I am frankly furious about it. So, the combination of these two events has put me into a state of severe depression and aggression.

This combination has made it impossible for me to continue with polyphasic sleeping for now. I oversleep, become naturally tired and groggy because of that. Then, I get angered easily because I am tired. Which, just mixes with my aggression I am already harboring, causing me to be impossible to be around. I realize this, however I cannot do anything to change it besides actually getting sleep.

I am sorry for now. I got in over my head. If I had some consul, this wouldn’t be bad. However, I have no outlet for any of my hatred/rage/depression right now. So, for now, I am going to stick to bear mode. I’m going to try to visit my grandparents at every opportunity. I’m going to try to get over her and all the bullshit she puts me through. Then, I am going to get back on this.

Do not worry about this going dormant, as my problems have a way of hitting all at once, and ending in a timely manner. I only expect this to be down for a week or two at the max. Sorry, once again. I will be back on this. Not that it matters if I am gone for a week or two more. Haha.

Thanks for reading
-Robby

p.s. I finally figured out how to make it not double space. I feel pretty awesome about that.

Overall, my day was pretty good. I didn’t feel tired once, save for the period when I overslept. It was my 4-8 period, and I woke up at 7:10 when I was supposed to wake up at 4:20. That period from 7:10-12 was absolute hell. I drove for the first time in a couple of days. I also hung out with a friend for multiple hours today. So, I wasn’t a complete shut-in today. Afterward, my mom wanted to go to a hookah bar, and I have convinced her to buy a hookah. At very minimum $10 a pop for a hookah bar, where we found hookahs for $40 and shisha is $3 for a box. So, we will save money in the end, and she won’t be smoking cigarettes. Furthermore, it’s a lot more difficult getting a hookah started than lighting a cigarette. So, maybe it will take away the impulse smoking from her. I don’t know. I get a hookah though. haha

I’m gonna start today at 12am, instead of the usual 4am where I consider the day to start. 12-4 was a really good period. I found something to do for a while to keep me from falling asleep. Video games, they’re miracles. So, for my morning naps I actually get into bed 10-15 minutes before I am supposed to get to sleep. This is because these are the naps I have the most trouble completing successfully. So, I got in bed, and then I set my alarm (usual pattern), but what I did was get in bed set the time but didn’t start the alarm then passed out. I woke up at 7:10, and was promptly furious with myself. However, no matter how many of these set backs I have, I am not going to quit. It is going to work out. I will persevere. Past that, I don’t really remember much, because my memory is absolutely horrible today, but you will probably read that post next.

Thanks for reading

-Robby

Anyway, on to personal stuff. So, my mom literally thinks that this sleep system is unhealthy, and I am insane for trying it. I guess I’ll find out if it is crazy, or not, first hand. I had my house to myself yesterday. That’s how I was able to do that insane workout so late at night. Ususally, I am secluded to my room past about 9pm to be nice and let her sleep. Lame, I know, but I might as well stay in good terms with someone who I will be mooching off of for the next couple of years. Anyways, now to the actual sleep and clinical part.

Day Five: To start off, and why I was late with the last two posts. I overslept majorly. I slept from 4 to 9:30. I was really bummed out. The worst part, I was groggy as hell afterwards too. Past then, not much to report. My naps are now officially 20 minutes, because I figured out how I am going to get to sleep. Since, I cannot just jump in bed and fall asleep in 2 minutes, I have decided to do the following: I get in bed 10 minutes before a tv show ends. I turn on my alarm for 30 min at that point in case I fall asleep early. Then, I spend 10 minutes relaxing, gradually getting myself closer and closer to sleep, but not actively trying to go to sleep. As soon as the next show starts, I am already close to sleep. So, getting to sleep is fairly easy. If you are trying the Uberman sleep and are having troubles getting to sleep, then try this. Just remember, that I am not advocating Polyphasic sleeping and you choosing to do so is your own prerogative, and any illness or blah blah is your own responsibility, blah blah blah not mine. Blah blah blah, I’m a blogger, not a scientist, blah blah no suiting me blah blah.

On a side note: I am not getting tired at all by the time for my next nap. So, I am thinking about switching to the Tesla sleep schedule. I might try that this coming week, or so. Idk. (For those of you who do not know what the Tesla schedule is, it is as followed: Only taking 20 minute naps 4 times a day, instead of 6. Cutting sleep time to 1 hr 20 min from 2 hr)

Thanks for reading

-Robby

Since I am writing this on a more personal note I will start putting some things about my day that are more personal to me and less relevant to the actual sleep part of this schedule as the second paragraph. Because in essence, this is a lifestyle, not a simple change in what cereal you buy. So, if you do not wish to know, I would recommend skipping the second paragraph from hereon out. However, today the personal info will be the third paragraph: due to this explanation paragraph.

I guess I’ll start with my living situation. Right now, I am living with my mom. I have no job, but I will get one after the sleep deprivation isn’t randomly sending me into zombie mode. I am going to start college this August at Oklahoma State, and plan to maintain a polyphasic sleep schedule for the rest of my life, hopefully. I started wanting to do this because of how little sleep I would naturally get. I would feel completely groggy all day, and wake up at noon. So, almost all of my daytime hours were being wasted to sleep. I’ll continue this second paragraph trend. So, more tomorrow, and now time for the actual day four part of this.

Day Four: So, the beginning of the day started out fairly normal. My 12am nap went well: I had dreams and didn’t feel too groggy when I woke up. The 4am one went much the same way. Then came the 8am nap. Holy freaking god, I could not even move after waking up. I had to literally fall out of my bed to get myself out of it. I am incredibly lucky that I did not just fall back asleep. It did not get any better throughout the 4 hours. Zombie mode the entire time. To make it through, I did not sit/lay down or stop walking. I was also ravenous during this period, but the food did not make it any better. When noon rolled around I was ecstatic. However, it did not get any better. If anything it got much worse. I thought I might have to legitimately have to quit if this continued for much longer. After managing to stay awake through 90% of the time, I read that naps should be no longer than 20ish minutes. Since I had nothing to lose, I tried it out. Eureka!!! I woke up feeling amazing. So amazing in fact, I did a 1,111 calorie cardio workout that night. Still felt amazing after the following nap. Only sleeping 2 hours a night now…..and segue into day 5

Thanks for reading.

-Robby

P.S. I may actually promote this blog some day. You will probably know that I have considering there would be no other way you would of found out about my blog. As for right now, it is something that keeps me awake, and helps me keep track of the days.