Whitechapel - Short Sleepers Sun, 19 May 2013 07:35:30 -0700 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.1.4 & Feed Publisher Short Sleepers http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9769&Focus=290950#Comment_290950 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9769&Focus=290950#Comment_290950 Sun, 17 Apr 2011 05:59:05 -0700 Finagle short sleeper?

Have you ever thought, "If only there were more hours in the day?"

Well, some people are able to function with far less than the recommended seven or eight hours of sleep a night.

"Short sleepers" make up just a small percentage of the population. If you think you're one, you're probably kidding yourself. True short sleepers don't need naps or coffee. With just five or six hours' sleep, they're more energized than regular sleepers.

Take 35-year-old Elena Angeli of San Francisco. She naturally sleeps about 5 1/2 hours a night, and then, well, just try to hold her back.

"I'm constantly moving," she says. "Outside of a full-time job, I sit on three boards, so I keep busy. I have a number of friends all over the world, so I've got constant activity to keep up with."

- http://www.npr.org/2011/04/16/135450214/eight-is-too-much-for-short-sleepers ]]> Short Sleepers http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9769&Focus=290952#Comment_290952 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9769&Focus=290952#Comment_290952 Sun, 17 Apr 2011 06:27:09 -0700 Alan Tyson Short Sleepers http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9769&Focus=290954#Comment_290954 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9769&Focus=290954#Comment_290954 Sun, 17 Apr 2011 06:44:30 -0700 Finagle
So one question would be whether their sleep is simply somehow more productive than that of ordinary people, and if so, how one can encourage the brain to get more done during the rest it does get. ]]> Short Sleepers http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9769&Focus=290955#Comment_290955 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9769&Focus=290955#Comment_290955 Sun, 17 Apr 2011 06:52:07 -0700 Morac Short Sleepers http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9769&Focus=290985#Comment_290985 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9769&Focus=290985#Comment_290985 Sun, 17 Apr 2011 12:19:10 -0700 Lee Edward Short Sleepers http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9769&Focus=291030#Comment_291030 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9769&Focus=291030#Comment_291030 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:42:40 -0700 HEY APATHY!

whether their sleep is simply somehow more productive than that of ordinary people, and if so, how one can encourage the brain to get more done during the rest it does get

I'm not good at meditation, it requires a lot of concentration, but sometimes before bed I take the time to really breath deep and relax. I let the details of my problems fall away but stay focused on some undefined positive resolution. When I fall asleep in this calm state I find my brain is much sharper at fixing messes in the morning. I guess the best way to encourage the brain is to give it a good rest once in a while. ( i sleep from 6:30 am -noon & nap somewhere between 9 -11pm and am very productive but am hallucinating regularly, i think) ]]> Short Sleepers http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9769&Focus=291113#Comment_291113 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9769&Focus=291113#Comment_291113 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 18:07:32 -0700 256 Shunpei Yamazaki, one of the most prolific inventors of all time (current #2 in terms of international patents held, if Wiki is to be believed), has said that he only sleeps 4 hours a night and that sleeping more makes you stupid. ]]> Short Sleepers http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9769&Focus=291125#Comment_291125 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9769&Focus=291125#Comment_291125 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 22:58:56 -0700 Morac
“Oftentimes, I’ll fall asleep while taking the train home at the end of the day,” he says. “I wake up, and I have an inspiration.”

Masters of Invention ]]> Short Sleepers http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9769&Focus=291196#Comment_291196 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9769&Focus=291196#Comment_291196 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:57:41 -0700 Bankara Here.

I don't know if what I need is a way to stay awake longer hours without suffering from exhaustion since i think that the altered state of mind is what actually produces the work for me. If it means I had to sleep for 15 hours once a week to put some time back in to my sleep debt and that balanced the account I would be ok with such a system and it wouldn't involve swallowing bottles of Jumpstart Pills. ]]> Short Sleepers http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9769&Focus=291277#Comment_291277 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9769&Focus=291277#Comment_291277 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 10:58:38 -0700 munin218 Short Sleepers http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9769&Focus=291284#Comment_291284 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9769&Focus=291284#Comment_291284 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:42:22 -0700 HEY APATHY! Short Sleepers http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9769&Focus=291290#Comment_291290 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9769&Focus=291290#Comment_291290 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:07:54 -0700 sseloske Short Sleepers http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9769&Focus=291292#Comment_291292 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9769&Focus=291292#Comment_291292 Wed, 20 Apr 2011 13:14:05 -0700 HEY APATHY! Short Sleepers http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9769&Focus=299017#Comment_299017 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9769&Focus=299017#Comment_299017 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 06:35:06 -0700 Kosmopolit So, forget life extension for a second. I've always been more of a "don't tell me I'm burning the candle at both ends - tell me where to get more WAX!" sort of person.

When you think about it, an extra 2-3 hours of consciousness a day is a sort of life extension.

It's an approximate 15-20% increase in the number of hours of consciousness - over a lifetime that's like living another decade or more. ]]> Short Sleepers http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9769&Focus=299019#Comment_299019 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9769&Focus=299019#Comment_299019 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 06:44:09 -0700 Gordon Short Sleepers http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9769&Focus=299030#Comment_299030 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9769&Focus=299030#Comment_299030 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 07:22:13 -0700 mojokingbee Short Sleepers http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9769&Focus=299035#Comment_299035 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9769&Focus=299035#Comment_299035 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 08:12:37 -0700 Fauxhammer
Horrific for those who have to deal with me. I'm actually pretty cool with it. ]]> Short Sleepers http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9769&Focus=299037#Comment_299037 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9769&Focus=299037#Comment_299037 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 08:43:03 -0700 government spy Short Sleepers http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9769&Focus=299057#Comment_299057 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9769&Focus=299057#Comment_299057 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 11:41:19 -0700 sneak046
And anyway:
I agree with Neil ]]> Short Sleepers http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9769&Focus=299066#Comment_299066 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9769&Focus=299066#Comment_299066 Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:56:12 -0700 BrianMowrey
I also bike to work, I think that does do good. I also have lots of coffee though I dont feel caffeine for more than five minutes (I mainly fucking love coffee; have you had it it's great, hot coffee, iced coffee, black and hot and Ivey coffee coffee coffee)

Typed on ipod ]]> Short Sleepers http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9769&Focus=304634#Comment_304634 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9769&Focus=304634#Comment_304634 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 03:42:33 -0700 shadwick
I read a while back in what claimed to be the largest sleep study done, 10 years 1 million people (strange i can't find it now.. was it a dream?), 6 hours was supposed to be the best for most people. At least it left them the most alert. Of course it varies from person to person, and health matters.

They do say 1:30 is a sleep cycle, and right after that 20 minute REM part at the end of the cycle is best time to wake up (leaving you the most alert).

Supposedly Leonardo, Edison (an asshole, I know), and others have gotten on the "Uberman" sleep method. People still do it today, some for months at a time, but thats when you trick your body into only going to REM sleep. Basically you only allow yourself 20 minute naps, and after a week of hell or so, your body submits to the most important part of sleep - dreaming. Without dreams you go insane, and if you're in good health deep sleep isnt super important. So you take 20 minute naps 6 times a day and you're supposed to be more alert than a regular schedule. I never succeeded and I'm currently suffering from lack-of-sleep sluggishness so I'm going to end here.

Nice forums though, great story, I should've probably joined sooner ^ ^ ]]> Short Sleepers http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9769&Focus=304750#Comment_304750 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9769&Focus=304750#Comment_304750 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 10:22:17 -0700 agentarsenic
Due to circumstances, I tried the "Sleep of Genius" but it didn't work out. I work at a hotel from 11pm-7am and left there to go directly to my second job that lasted from 8am-6pm. So about four hours of sleep from 6pm-10pm and 5 or so short naps at the hotel of about 15mins. I did it for two and a half months and I was a wreck, I never got used to it. I would fall asleep in meetings at the second job and driving across town back home was a nightmare of blurred taillights and jerk-awakes. ]]> Short Sleepers http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9769&Focus=304858#Comment_304858 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9769&Focus=304858#Comment_304858 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 15:35:25 -0700 256 here by one of the guys who made it up in the late '90s. Historical dudes may have slept to funny patterns, but they rolled their own.

Uberman, by the way, is a reference to the way that the schedule is supposed to make you feel, ie like Superman. (It's sort of funny to see people spelling it Ubermann, as if it were an actual person). I tend to think that the associated feeling of hallucinatory clarity is probably actually a bad sign, but that's just a guess. ]]> Short Sleepers http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9769&Focus=306379#Comment_306379 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=9769&Focus=306379#Comment_306379 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 03:12:03 -0700 apefist