A'hoy hoy,

Well I have finally done it; external influence of light and day no longer has influence on my sleep patterns. It took a while and various methods of conditioning, but I am no longer dependant on my enviroment, whatsoever, to help myself sleep.

I can sleep at anytime, in any place, the only requirement is a comfortable position (of course). A lot of people cannot sleep during the day, or maybe the night (insomniacs, jet lag, etc.), or are at least awaken by certain lights or the sun entering their room.

I now can only sleep for five hours at a time and I immediately wake up after five hours of sleep (which is just what I need). This means that my dreaming and sleep are entirely introverted! My sleep is entirely dependant on myself and controlled entirely by myself. I do not need an alarm clock to wake me up at a certain time, I just think of how many hours I will sleep; not a certain time, because that depends on the light of day, just the passing of time.

Incredible.

My methods for doing this first included figuring out how much sleep I need to have a good nights rest. For myself:

4 hours = Groggy and cranky, any less and I am just exhausted
5 hours = Just fine.
6-8 hours = More energetic and can last longer hours
9-10 hours = Lazy and tired
11+ hours = Slow, lethargic, and occasional headaches

(Longest time I slept during this experiment was 20 hours, shortest was 1/2 an hour)

Once I figured this out for myself, I then forced myself to sleep only that amount of time whenever I went to bed, with the help of an alarm clock. Also, I made sure to just go to sleep whenever I am tired, not at a set time of day or time, just when I felt like sleeping. This, of course, had drastic reprocussions (going into work very exhausted, light headed, nearly fainting, very sleep deprived, migranes, etc.) but I endured it all and suck it up for the very beneficial rewards.

Well now, that is it all simplified. This was my personal method of ultimately controlling my sleep. My biggest piece of advice is that to only try this while aware of the consequences during experimentation, and that it requires a lot of attention to the hours you sleep; the entirety is very dependant on the passing and attention to time (which I believe actually increases melatonin production..).

Look forward to any feedback and I hope I have been enlightening.