Venting Not sleeping much helps me with my mental health

[Suizid]

So i've noticed that everytime i only get 4-5 Hours of sleep or even if i don't go to sleep at all and go to work the next day i feel much more calm. I usually have this program running in the back of my mind where it's making me really anxious and askward, thinking alot about myself and how i'm being seen by others. But when i'm sleep deprived that's almost completely gone. I'm much more chill and even want to socialize more. It's Kind of like i have 1-2 beers in me for that day. I wish i could feel like that all the time. But unfortunantly sleeping little is very unhealthy. And i can only do it once a week.

Am i the only one?

 

[Spicy Tteokbokki]

IIRC there's something like that for ADHD, though it only works for 1-2 days tops, as beyond that you start to feel worse.
I am the same, though. I can be extremely productive those days quite ironically, as I can focus more easily on the things I have to do and not overthink as much about every step of the process.

 

[Suizid]

IIRC there's something like that for ADHD, though it only works for 1-2 days tops, as beyond that you start to feel worse.
I am the same, though. I can be extremely productive those days quite ironically, as I can focus more easily on the things I have to do and not overthink as much about every step of the process.

Yes, 1-2 days max. For me it's just 1 day, the second day without much sleep is already too much for my brain. but 1 day is just perfect. I think i'll do that once a week from now on. Probably gonna cut some years of my life by the long run because of the negativ health effects but it's totally worth it imo. Gonna ctb anyway sooner or later.

 

[slitwristsbleedcold]

it's a good strat tbh for u, i haven't had a good night of sleep in ages, most i got recently was 6 hours, sleep overrated asf

 

[Grav]

I've been on might shift for 40 years and sleep 3 hours at a time max, usually only 5 total which includes waking up for stuff. After 4 or 5 days my mood sinks bad but not sleeping so much calms me because I can get stuff done, especially hobbies. Being able to work on stuff I've bought over the years because I actually liked something feels productive, otherwise it all goes in the trash. I don't get people who sleep 9+ hours like my wife. When they're on their last minutes are they going to say "man I'm sure glad I slept away over 1/3 of my time here!"