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What If You Stopped Sleeping?

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By woodyPublished 11 months ago 3 min read
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WHAT IF YOU STOPPED SLEEPING?

Sleep deprivation has serious consequences, especially if it lastslonger than 48 hours. The longer it goes on, the worse the effects become. People experience sleep deprivation differently, but general trends show that the more hours a person without sleep, the worse it becomes. Just %48% of the average person's sleeping hours are enough to cause extreme sleep deprivation, but you'll probably start feeling strange before then. After 18 hours of sleeplessness, you might feel drunk. A sleepless day lasting 24 hours is equivalent to having a blood alcohol content of 0.05%, which is what you get from 3-4 drinks in two hours.

Drinking alcohol while sleepy can increase its effects, including driving While caffeine could make you feel more alert for several hours it only works up to a certain point. On a day and a half from now your chances of getting sick are higher than usual. Your body cannot fight like it normally can and around this time, your brain and body get very tired. These microsleeps cause you to act less prudently, which can lead to getting sick.

Short sleep periods, about 30 seconds each, can be very annoying and dangerous. They can also lead to hallucinations. Visual distortions are the most common. If you're driving, your water bottle might grow 2x its size or move around the room. If you're not careful, you could even experience auditory hallucinations--things like feeling someone who's not there tapping you on the shoulder or hearing your name called in a ghostly voice. Sleep deprivation studies are now illegal in most countries if they go beyond two consecutive days without sleep.

hallucinations get stronger, and you can even lose your identity.

That is the sensation of reality evaporating, which may or may not be accompanied by an out-of-body experience.Your

It's understandable why the UN forbids this kind of restriction when acute worry, anger, tension, and weariness are added.

You won't be able to think about anything else after 72 hours but going to bed.

Don't bother with trivial chores.

Things like obtaining a snack or getting dressed could seem daunting, partly due to weariness and partially because your capacity for emotional regulation is essentially nonexistent.

Your hallucinations might get more sophisticated, becoming completely formed visions of things like a human, a bear, or possibly an automobile you shouldn't be driving.

Additionally, individuals in at least four earlier sleep studies

All of this creates the ideal environment for delusions, sadness, and paranoia.

So that makes 96 hours or more without sleep.

Folks, wave goodbye to reality.

An increase in hallucinations and paranoia could progress to sleep-deprivation psychosis, which would cause a complete loss of awareness of reality.

In the past, women who were accused of witchcraft were kept up all night long, which caused them to develop this insanity.

Judges took into account the women's rambling admissions and visions, which resulted in their convictions.

The fifth day is now referred to as the pivotal day.

The danger zone is here.

Your mental state rapidly deteriorates, solidifying your delusions as your new reality.

Your brain will eventually stop working properly, which could cause organ failure and, in rare instances, death.

Fortunately, getting enough sleep can help you recover from sleep deprivation. However, if you consistently lack sleep, you run the risk of developing long-term problems like weight gain, acne, migraines, and high blood pressure.

And getting back on track can take weeks.

One study found that it takes four days to fully recover from losing only one hour of sleep.

Instead of staying up late, try going to bed early. Better yet, get seven to eight hours of sleep each night to completely avoid the recovery phase.

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