Comment on How is it possible that some people have stayed awake for so long they died?
Pistcow@lemm.ee 3 days ago
I stayed up for a little over 3 days due to a funky schedule and baseball playoffs. Finally crashed and slept for 28 hours. Room mate said I slept forever, and I thought it was just for 4 hours when I looked at my alarm clock.
Talonflame@lemmy.cafe 3 days ago
Yeah that’s what I don’t get. After 3 days you can barely think straight. I don’t know how the guy in China deliberately went 11 days without any sleep at all to watch a football game. It sounds similar to holding your breath until you die. He didn’t have fatal insomnia so I don’t get why he didn’t just automatically pass out before he died and slept.
Grabthar@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I did three days once and was still lucid. Wasn’t even really tired, so I even went clubbing until 5am on the last night. I could have stayed up longer, but I had no reason to be up anymore, so I got four or five hours of sleep and was back on schedule. Some people just can’t do that kind of thing, and it seems to be easier for others. Dude from China sounds like a machine though. I’d guess be was the right combination of the kind of person who doesn’t require a lot of sleep and stubborn as hell.