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I'm not cheating either. I've been up for 21 hours so far, and intend to go all night long...

same here. I think my record's in the mid-90's, but i can't really remember exactly the time.

Now to search for pictures i prolly will neva use.

Actually, chronic insomnia has been known to affect one or two people per generation to the point they don't sleep period.

A taxi driver in new york hasn't slept for about 19 years or so, and nothing serious is affecting him. I wish I could remember his name, as i've done research on insomnia for years in a vain attempt to find what can cure it.

But you are correct, most normal people do tend to get whacky the longer they stay awake. The body tabulates the lack of sleep for up to two weeks, and past that it gets confused. The problem lies in the fact that we really don't know why the brain needs sleep, as all reports tend to be like violence from video games: Each say something different.

The general concensus though is that your body will eventually become a horrible sleeper. It is a myth that you need 8 hours, because more than 20% of the populace sleeps perfectly with only 5-7, and a good chunk are hypersomniac.

Plus, insomnia has about 9 different categorial causes, and there's three different kinds of insomnia as well.

In short, its really a long topic that's really not well understood to this day. Most who complain they have it really don't, and those that do never seek attention.

Well, as stated, its one person per generation or less.

As I recall, the man eventually quit taking three jobs and settled back down to a "normal" schedule, doing workouts and studying and eventually made up for lost ground. Still, drugs are the most prescribed method of treatment, and most cases of insomnia are all due to environmental circumstances.


Plus, one thing you have to remember is that not everyone in psychology knows everything, and one teacher may have a vastly different bias than another. Its not surprizing they would mention something that proves their ignorance on the subject matter. But from me, the lord of insomnia, I know for a fact that it seems much like running. Once you break your circadean rhythm, you become rather sustainable until you choose to do so. However, if you drink caffiene or eat poorly, the feats of endurance are far harder to maintain. Still, I love creeping my a**l fetish lovin' roomate to hell by just staying up forever and ever and watch him squirm from the thought I can pull that chuck norris joke off, "he doesnt' sleep, he waits".

Makes you rather hard to prank too, as everyone knows that catching you asleep is a trick, and they've got to sleep sometime. Locking the doors with an expert lockpicker isn't very comforting...

Freud would say you have a sexual fetish of macrophobia, and desire that you could create a sexual partner for your own, but you fear what you create would be destroyed.... or something like that...

I'm a dreamwalker, personally. I've encountered numerous occasions where i and another person had the very same dream, dialogue and all. skuld knows all to well of this, though in later years i usually wind up in nothing but a t-shirt in her dreams. I have a good guess why, but at least I have some control over what happens.

You know you like those dreams, Nelo. You always leave out the best parts when you retell that. The ability to fly, the ability to create an orchard at whim in full blossom, and have the breeze gently knock the petals off. You're a hopeless romantic at heart who puts on that seroius cold stone sharade just so people will think you're so smart its intimidating.

Though I wish you would seriously let me have some fun in wonderland too. I may not be your Alice, but jeez, let me play croquet with some flamingos or eat something while I'm there to help re-enact the scenes...