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Posted on 7/9/15 at 9:30 pm to weagle99
Reminds me of the Seinfeld episode where Kramer decides to only nap for days on end.
It is amazing how important it is. When my husband travels for work, I have a bad habit of staying awake till 3-4 am working on projects, then waking at 7:30 (bc my little kids can't sleep any later). Needless to say by day 4 I look, act, and sound like a 55 y/o smoker and/or zombie.
It is amazing how important it is. When my husband travels for work, I have a bad habit of staying awake till 3-4 am working on projects, then waking at 7:30 (bc my little kids can't sleep any later). Needless to say by day 4 I look, act, and sound like a 55 y/o smoker and/or zombie.
Posted on 7/9/15 at 9:30 pm to weagle99
I have (and still) thought about this... Very interesting. It's like trying to remember the point of falling asleep. I never can, but it feels so good when you wake up after a good night's sleep.
Posted on 7/9/15 at 9:31 pm to weagle99
Why not try to go without it, see how your life turns out.... 
This post was edited on 7/9/15 at 9:32 pm
Posted on 7/9/15 at 9:31 pm to its1999
"People say, 'I'm going to sleep now,' as if it were nothing. But it's really a bizarre activity. 'For the next several hours, while the sun is gone, I'm going to become unconscious, temporarily losing command over everything I know and understand. When the sun returns, I will resume my life.'
If you didn't know what sleep was, and you had only seen it in a science fiction movie, you would think it was weird and tell all your friends about the movie you'd seen.
They had these people, you know? And they would walk around all day and be OK? And then, once a day, usually after dark, they would lie down on these special platforms and become unconscious. They would stop functioning almost completely, except deep in their minds they would have adventures and experiences that were completely impossible in real life. As they lay there, completely vulnerable to their enemies, their only movements were to occasionally shift from one position to another; or, if one of the 'mind adventures' got too real, they would sit up and scream and be glad they weren't unconscious anymore. Then they would drink a lot of coffee.'
So, next time you see someone sleeping, make believe you're in a science fiction movie. And whisper, 'The creature is regenerating itself."
George Carlin, Brain Droppings
If you didn't know what sleep was, and you had only seen it in a science fiction movie, you would think it was weird and tell all your friends about the movie you'd seen.
They had these people, you know? And they would walk around all day and be OK? And then, once a day, usually after dark, they would lie down on these special platforms and become unconscious. They would stop functioning almost completely, except deep in their minds they would have adventures and experiences that were completely impossible in real life. As they lay there, completely vulnerable to their enemies, their only movements were to occasionally shift from one position to another; or, if one of the 'mind adventures' got too real, they would sit up and scream and be glad they weren't unconscious anymore. Then they would drink a lot of coffee.'
So, next time you see someone sleeping, make believe you're in a science fiction movie. And whisper, 'The creature is regenerating itself."
George Carlin, Brain Droppings
Posted on 7/9/15 at 9:33 pm to weagle99
Yep, just to have what we deem a comfortable life, most of us sleep 1/3 of our day and work another 1/3. 2/3 of our day isn't really ours, and that doesn't count the other maintenance tasks like cleaning, yard work, errands, etc. It's all done in the hopes that our kids one day grow up to do the same thing with a better attitude and effort, and that the last fraction of our lives gives us back that extra 1/3 of our day. I'm not even high. frick you OP.
Posted on 7/9/15 at 9:37 pm to weagle99
Years ago, touring some medieval European castle, there was this bed that looked like a sofa in the back, and was only about 4-5 feet long. The tour guide told us that in medieval times, lots of people didn't sleep flat, but sitting up 
Talk about a backache. I'm riding in the back of a minivan right now in that position & it's uncomfortable as fuq.
Talk about a backache. I'm riding in the back of a minivan right now in that position & it's uncomfortable as fuq.
Posted on 7/9/15 at 9:38 pm to ILikeLSUToo
We sleep for one third of our life. That is a very comforting statistic to me because I love my sleep. The other two thirds of life can be vastly overrated but that one third, when you are sleeping well, is close to heaven to me.
Posted on 7/9/15 at 9:42 pm to cleeveclever
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temporarily losing command over everything I know and understand. When the sun returns, I will resume my life.'
But you don't lose command, your subconscious mind takes over. In many ways your subconscious mind is more powerful. You continue to breathe, not shite or piss yourself, make repairs to muscles and skin, and then works out issues your "awake" mind can't. Many times I go to sleep and then wake up with a clear head and the answer to whatever was bothering me during the day.
Posted on 7/9/15 at 9:47 pm to weagle99
I think about it all the time. Sleep is really scary to me. I could never wake up and have no control over it.
Prolly why I need Ambien to get good rest
Prolly why I need Ambien to get good rest
Posted on 7/9/15 at 9:48 pm to weagle99
I think about this pretty much every day.
I don't believe we really truly know very much about why we actually sleep at all, or as much as we do (on average probably close to 1/3 of our lives). There are plenty of theories out there but I've never come across anything conclusive.
I don't believe we really truly know very much about why we actually sleep at all, or as much as we do (on average probably close to 1/3 of our lives). There are plenty of theories out there but I've never come across anything conclusive.
Posted on 7/9/15 at 9:48 pm to weagle99
never seems weird. luv it!
Posted on 7/9/15 at 9:52 pm to genuineLSUtiger
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. The other two thirds of life can be vastly overrated but that one third, when you are sleeping well, is close to heaven to me.
in reality it's probably the closest thing to heaven that actually exists and is why we even have an idea that there is something else beyond the physical, in the nether.
Sleep, dreams, heaven, and the Pineal gland
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Posted on 7/9/15 at 10:06 pm to weagle99
I actually first thought about this back when I was at LSU (and seldom getting enough sleep)...
I agree with you in that the whole concept of sleep makes no sense to me at all...how ineffecient must our bodies be that we have to remain in an unconscious state for a third of our lives just to function....
what the hell exactly does sleep provide that we can't get while we are awake?...why haven't we evloved away from the need for sleep?....
I agree with you in that the whole concept of sleep makes no sense to me at all...how ineffecient must our bodies be that we have to remain in an unconscious state for a third of our lives just to function....
what the hell exactly does sleep provide that we can't get while we are awake?...why haven't we evloved away from the need for sleep?....
Posted on 7/9/15 at 10:06 pm to ManBearTiger
What if you die in your sleep in the middle of a dream? Considering our brains remain active for minutes after death including a sudden surge of brain activity before total shutdown, isn't it possible that your dream could become your afterlife? Long dreams last for seconds in real time. What about minutes of straight dreaming including an extraordinary surge of brain activity? That could equate to what may seem like an eternity in a dreamscape.
What if you were in the middle of a nightmare? Would that nightmare become your Hell?
Scary thing is that the dreamscape would truly become your reality, especially if your body had just experienced death. In that moment, any remnant from your actual life would seem like a dream within the dream, because the dream would be your new reality.
Therefore, who can say for certain that we are in fact alive right now. What if I'm actually dead, I'm dreaming, and this dream is my reality? What if my blessed life, wife, children, Tigerdroppings, and this discussion is just a figment of my dying imagination?
Honestly, there's truly no way to know if this moment is real or imagined, and there's no way to prove that's you are alive versus dead.
Good night, everyone, I'm going to bed...I think.
What if you were in the middle of a nightmare? Would that nightmare become your Hell?
Scary thing is that the dreamscape would truly become your reality, especially if your body had just experienced death. In that moment, any remnant from your actual life would seem like a dream within the dream, because the dream would be your new reality.
Therefore, who can say for certain that we are in fact alive right now. What if I'm actually dead, I'm dreaming, and this dream is my reality? What if my blessed life, wife, children, Tigerdroppings, and this discussion is just a figment of my dying imagination?
Honestly, there's truly no way to know if this moment is real or imagined, and there's no way to prove that's you are alive versus dead.
Good night, everyone, I'm going to bed...I think.
This post was edited on 7/9/15 at 10:16 pm
Posted on 7/9/15 at 10:08 pm to Emteein
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But you don't lose command, your subconscious mind takes over. In many ways your subconscious mind is more powerful. You continue to breathe, not shite or piss yourself, make repairs to muscles and skin, and then works out issues your "awake" mind can't. Many times I go to sleep and then wake up with a clear head and the answer to whatever was bothering me during the day.
This seems to confirm in a way something I read some years ago about what is happening while you sleep. It also mentioned that your brain sort of files away what we want to remember, and things we've learned, and clears your mind.
I have to agree with the last part by experiencing myself how disorganized I am in my thoughts and memory after not being able to sleep on a previous night. Being disorganized for me easily leads me to be frustrated very easily.
Posted on 7/9/15 at 10:11 pm to weagle99
I think about it some times and I don't do drugs.
Posted on 7/9/15 at 10:13 pm to mizzoukills
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isn't it possible that your dream could become your afterlife?
yes, that is 100% what happens imo and I have believed it for some time. it's a big reason why I'm not very religious/superstitious anymore.
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What if you were in the middle of a nightmare? Would that nightmare become your Hell?
See above.
I look at it this way- happy, well off people usually have happier dreams, while people who are burdened with a guilt of some kind are troubled by it in their sleep.
So if you're wondering whether you're going to heaven or hell, don't worry about praying or sitting i a pew 60+ hours a year (at minimum, for the religious types), analyze your dreams- that's where you'll find the answer to what track you are on at that given moment.
Posted on 7/9/15 at 10:20 pm to ManBearTiger
Perhaps the fact the our brains remain active after death is proof of heaven and hell. Why do humans have afterlife visions just before death? Some say it's our body's way of comforting us to prepare the body for transition to death.
But that still doesn't explain why we experience visions of an afterlife. If doesn't make sense if you believe the atheistic notion that life is so ruthless and without mercy.
But that still doesn't explain why we experience visions of an afterlife. If doesn't make sense if you believe the atheistic notion that life is so ruthless and without mercy.
This post was edited on 7/9/15 at 10:26 pm
Posted on 7/9/15 at 10:22 pm to weagle99
Someone correct me if I'm wrong... but I'm pretty sure that this is correct:
There is no conclusive scientific evidence as to why we *need* to sleep...
And the fact that scientists can't explain it, gives me pause... but I'll be damned if those 48hr FTX's in the Army didn't frick me up
There is no conclusive scientific evidence as to why we *need* to sleep...
And the fact that scientists can't explain it, gives me pause... but I'll be damned if those 48hr FTX's in the Army didn't frick me up
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