[UA] Lingo Lower Now, How Low Can You Go?

[Eric Eves]

I've never gone more than about fifty hours without sleep, and even that
wasn't intentional.

I did, however, spend a couple months at college where I got between
three and zero hours of sleep a night, due to chronic insomnia, a
buzzing radiator, and my dorm mates.  I never really hallucinated beyond
occasionally hearing my name in various types of "white noise," things
like crunching leaves and such, and maybe a few minor tactile things and
"things seen in the corner of the eye."  Still, that was mildly
disturbing, sometimes more than mildly.

The tough part was that my mind just stopped working the way I was used
to after a while.  I couldn't think clearly, and much of the time I
wasn't really even thinking in terms of language at least a third of the
time.  Oh, and my flesh was a bit more grey and pallid than I felt
comfortable with, and I stopped having emotions around the end.  My
general health was none too great, either.

But, after I dropped out for a semester for health reasons and slept for
a bunch of 13 hour nights, I healed and suffer no real lasting problems
beyond a profound distaste for dorms.


Well, there's /my/ sleep deprivation story.  Enjoy.  Or don't enjoy, I
don't really care either way.

-Eric

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