Sleepmaxxing as Cope

[X-sanguinate86]

Is it possible to be asleep all but one hour a day to clean, eat/drink minimally, defecate etc? Would that be a way to wait things out until death? Aside from questions about fixed income is it possible?

 

[Forever Sleep]

I imagine it would start to result in health issues. Elderly people who can't move about much start getting issues like bed sores, muscle loss I imagine.

Even being less dormant but still more dormant than usual- spending vast quantities of time bed rotting and doom scrolling/ playing games, I'm noticing that my general fitness is f*cked. Even small jobs are feeling tiring.

I suspect it's sort of possible although- I wonder if we can even stay asleep 23 hours a day. I doubt it would even be all that enjoyable after a while though.

 

[Pluto]

 

[maketner]

:)

 

[Forveleth]

I sometimes get hypersomnia with my depression (ironic as I also have insomnia) and use is as an escape mechanism. I was up to 16 hours/day at one point. I do not know if it is possible to sleep 23 hours/day but I would not recommend it. I started losing real sense of time and it really fucked with my head in a way I did not like. Some prisoners actually use this to try to sleep through their sentence and it usually does not go well for them either.

 

[cakedog]

 

[Tobacco]

Antipsychotics, hydroxyzine and depression made me sleep 14 hours at some point. It was nice because I didn't have to confront reality for a lot in a 24 hour period.

Nowadays sleep still makes me very happy and I spent like 12 hours in bed everyday and I still can keep a part time job.

 

[inkmage333]

I mean it's POSSIBLE but I wouldn't recommend it, saying this as someone who sleeps for an extremely large chunk of the day most of the time. Like mentioned earlier it'll lead to some health problems down the line and ultimately it'll be more trouble than it's worth

 

[Unbearable Mr. Bear]

There is a physical limit, but I think if you don't do sleep all hours straight (Like being awake 2 or 3h for every 6h slept) there won't be any serious issues.

 

[X-sanguinate86]

I guess 23 hrs out of 24 might not work out even if it can be achieved for any length of time. Does anyone know what the minimum awake time would be? Maybe four hours? Probably still hard to sustain. I've definitely spent years on end during periods of my life spending at least 20 hrs a day in bed but I wasn't asleep for the 20 hrs.

I wish I could be given a medically induced coma. I wonder if I could ask a doctor to do that for me somewhere.

 

[Angst Filled Fuck Up]

I've had phases of life where I tried this. Granted not to the extreme of going for 23 hours a day of sleep, but pushing it to 12-14 hours where possible.

Lately I'm dealing with very bad anxiety and insomnia though. Feels like I'm losing my mind sometimes.