What happens when you stay up too long?
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lol thats what happensUsually my eyes start to flicker rapidly in short bursts, then I become incredibly paranoid that there are inhuman things in my house. I also have these random desires to bust out my Trombone and jam by myself.
I get tired. But it's odd.
I get less scared of video games. I.E., Ravenholdm in HL2 or BioShock.
Also, I function better with no caffeine or very little caffeine in my system. In CoD4, I got 17 kills to about 9 deaths with no caffeine. Compare that with the usual 7 kills to 25 deaths with it..
I get less scared of video games. I.E., Ravenholdm in HL2 or BioShock.
Also, I function better with no caffeine or very little caffeine in my system. In CoD4, I got 17 kills to about 9 deaths with no caffeine. Compare that with the usual 7 kills to 25 deaths with it..
Well in HM:Wonderful life, you instantly beat the game and get to see the ending, and by that I mean you have a heart attack and die.
In real life however, after the first 30 hours, you cease to become tired and usually become generally irritable and muffled feeling, often accompanied by short energetic bursts that aren't really of much use for anything productive.
In real life however, after the first 30 hours, you cease to become tired and usually become generally irritable and muffled feeling, often accompanied by short energetic bursts that aren't really of much use for anything productive.
The longer I stay awake, the sharper the world becomes. I stayed up for three days once: I remember playing football and seeing everything in slow motion. Problem was I was moving in slower-er motion. Eventually a guy takled me and knocked me out. Slept like a baby.
'pologies abound.
'pologies abound.
I can't be the only one who gets the "Night Laughs". After stayin up for a day or 2 everything starts getting hilarious. It doesnt matter what it is, the sound of a chair squeeking when you sit on it could put you in histarics until you finally pass out on the floor/couch/lawn. One of those natural high things, a great feeling if you dont mind sleeping until around 4 the next day.
I just get... really tired. Nothing else happens.
When I stay up longer than normal, I go through a roller-coaster of 'sleepy/not sleepy'. One minute I might be very tired, the next I could be like I was rested, and the one after that, tired again.
Once, I remember, I was staring at my computer screen, and, in my peripheral vision, I could see the edge of my rug and the armchair across from me. The rug and the armchair's colors suddenly switched to harsh black and white, and over the armchair floated a large mask with closed eyes and a wide smile. It lasted for a second before I jerked my head up to stare at it; it was gone by then.
I don't know what I would've done if it was still there.
When I stay up longer than normal, I go through a roller-coaster of 'sleepy/not sleepy'. One minute I might be very tired, the next I could be like I was rested, and the one after that, tired again.
Once, I remember, I was staring at my computer screen, and, in my peripheral vision, I could see the edge of my rug and the armchair across from me. The rug and the armchair's colors suddenly switched to harsh black and white, and over the armchair floated a large mask with closed eyes and a wide smile. It lasted for a second before I jerked my head up to stare at it; it was gone by then.
I don't know what I would've done if it was still there.
I suffer from periodical insomnia. during these episodes I get twitchy, nervous, paranoid and strangely enough very energetic. this may sound reasonable, but it is actually horrible, because i no longer notice how tired i am and i constantly screwup with almost everything because although i have a lot of energy and am fully awake, my concentration level is as it should be (i miss even the most obvious things).
also i get gamerelated hallucinations. i had an episode of insomnia when i was playing Half-Life 2 and could swear headcrabs where hiding all over the place...
it's horrible, because after a few days i can no longer distinguish reality and hallucination. i've tried sleeping pills, but they just won't work.
1 minor positive point: i can catch up with my homework in the first 2/3 nights.
also i get gamerelated hallucinations. i had an episode of insomnia when i was playing Half-Life 2 and could swear headcrabs where hiding all over the place...
it's horrible, because after a few days i can no longer distinguish reality and hallucination. i've tried sleeping pills, but they just won't work.
1 minor positive point: i can catch up with my homework in the first 2/3 nights.
I've had rather severe insomnia for as long as I can remember so I've adapted to take in any rest (ie: curling up in my chair while gaming, laying in bed awake, ect.) to work as some sleep so I function normally even with my average 4 hours or so of sleep a night. But during times when I've not slept at all for 2 or 3 days the only thing I notice is I start to keep my eyes closed for minutes at a time and not notice unless I'm actively engaged in something.
Paranoia, more pronounced agressiveness (I can keep my anger in, most of the time). See, the problem is my body is used to some sleep, to the point that an hour-long car ride can cause sleep (even in the middle of the afternoon after a good night's sleep). Due to this, my body seems to send me off to sleep extremely easily with the usual head-bobbing sleep-awake state, so staying up is kind of a hassle (unless of course I have something to preoccupy myself with).
I occassionally pull an allnighter at work, typically 22 - 26 hours but up to 30 hours. I alternate between brief (15 - 30 minutes) periods of extreme sleepiness, just feeling tired, and feeling incredibly sharp and on my "A" game. I haven't noticed any additional errors during that work, but have noticed my overall productivity goes down.
As a teenager (16) I once drove to my paternal grandmother's in Daytona, Florida (about a twelve hour drive then) after a full day's work. I had 3 - 4 hours of sleep between packing and getting up early, then my parents and maternal grandparents decided to drive down with me for the weekend (I was going for a week) so I had to work that day and then wait for them to get packed before we could leave. I was up maybe 28 hours and well into Florida before I began to hallucinate an alien-looking man with a ball cap turned around backwards running beside the car. I *knew* he wasn't there - but I couldn't stop seeing him. Kind of freaked me out. I had to pull over and get my grandfather to drive the last hour because I was literally running off the road, sleeping with my eyes closed. Had it just been me I would have had to sleep on the side of the road, I was just too tired to safely drive.
In college I often stayed up studying all night before a big test, and I'd just stay up until the next night without getting sleepy at all. I've read you need less sleep as you get older, but I definitely get sleepier now from missing a night. At least during the night; the next day I'm fine and often stay up late the next night as I get kind of wired and it's hard to sleep.
I think though that significant sleep loss combined with the combination of high adrenaline from gaming can be deadly, as I've read several stories from Korea and China about sudden death from prolonged gaming sessions. Probably it's more dangerous because work doesn't cause an adrenaline rush, and more physical activities probably either wear you out and put you to sleep, or burn off more of the adrenaline.
As a teenager (16) I once drove to my paternal grandmother's in Daytona, Florida (about a twelve hour drive then) after a full day's work. I had 3 - 4 hours of sleep between packing and getting up early, then my parents and maternal grandparents decided to drive down with me for the weekend (I was going for a week) so I had to work that day and then wait for them to get packed before we could leave. I was up maybe 28 hours and well into Florida before I began to hallucinate an alien-looking man with a ball cap turned around backwards running beside the car. I *knew* he wasn't there - but I couldn't stop seeing him. Kind of freaked me out. I had to pull over and get my grandfather to drive the last hour because I was literally running off the road, sleeping with my eyes closed. Had it just been me I would have had to sleep on the side of the road, I was just too tired to safely drive.
In college I often stayed up studying all night before a big test, and I'd just stay up until the next night without getting sleepy at all. I've read you need less sleep as you get older, but I definitely get sleepier now from missing a night. At least during the night; the next day I'm fine and often stay up late the next night as I get kind of wired and it's hard to sleep.
I think though that significant sleep loss combined with the combination of high adrenaline from gaming can be deadly, as I've read several stories from Korea and China about sudden death from prolonged gaming sessions. Probably it's more dangerous because work doesn't cause an adrenaline rush, and more physical activities probably either wear you out and put you to sleep, or burn off more of the adrenaline.
i have one rule: i need 6-9hrs of sleep
do i get it? noooooooooooooooooooooooo
always staying up on my computer.
i feel that going to be around 1am-1:30am is a bad idea, but i dont fall asleep during the day (much)
I guess it just takes you a few years to get used to it..........
do i get it? noooooooooooooooooooooooo
always staying up on my computer.
i feel that going to be around 1am-1:30am is a bad idea, but i dont fall asleep during the day (much)
I guess it just takes you a few years to get used to it..........