Thread: Definition Of Polyphasic Sleep

this all reminds me of that seinfeild episode where kramer trys this and then he ends up staying up all night and crashing randomly... is this possible?

Originally Posted by FluBB

this all reminds me of that seinfeild episode where kramer trys this and then he ends up staying up all night and crashing randomly... is this possible?[/b]

Haven't seen that one. Vid link?

Sorry for the late arrival - didn't realize this was made. And I haven't had much time, what with burglars and deaths.
Anyway..

That Seinfeld episode was quiet amusing.
Unfortunately it's not a small snippet, the mini-plot is sustained through most of the episode.

As I recall, Kramer walks in all excited about 'Da Vinci Sleep' and decided to try it.
As the episode progresses, he becomes steadily narcoleptic - falling asleep at crazy times and looking like a complete zombie.

Let's just say that there's a little truth to it - but only if you go 'cold turkey' on something extremely radical like uberman (6x20 minutes a day)

Someone asked about dreams and the ability to lucid dream when polyphasic.
In my case, the answer is both good and bad.
Once adapted, I can lucid dream many of my naps, by WILDing. It seems like 80% of them, but probably a bit less.
The bad news is that I could never get a WILD to be as vivid and engrossing as a dream induced LD.

[EDIT]
After going through this thread carefully, I picked up some other stuff:

(1) Polyphasic sleep might be bad for kids. They're still growing, etc, and polyphasic sleep most likely buggers around with growth hormones.

(2) Many of you make the statement that your naps become almost entirely REM, and that they always start with REM. This isn't the case at all, according to research done by.. Claudio Stampi I think it was.
He discovered that on average, you end up having the same percentage of all the sleep stages as you do for monophasic sleep.
What happens is that your naps start alternating between different modes - delta sleep, REM, etc.
And this seems to accurately describe what happens to me. In one nap, I'll pass out, and in another I'll be dreaming lucidly.

This is very interesting...
It seems like it would take a while to accomplish, but it also seems that it helps with WILD immensely, though that's not a good enough reason to rearrange my lifestyle. I'm gonna do some more research on this, It seems like something I could see myself doing in the future, Maybe I'll convert to Polyphasic sleep for my Summer break, which is four months, plently of time to convert back, if that's even possible.

Originally Posted by asher

polyphasic sleep typically requires adhering to a rigid schedule, which makes it unfeasible for many people.

Whew, that poyphasic sleep thing feels like work to me. Also, I've never been able to nap at all during the day so I'm not sure how I'd ever manage those 15 minute naps.

I knew a prof who was a sleep specialist. 8 hours a night is the best way to sleep. He said that short naps though out the day will not provide the person with enough rest.

i think i'm gonna try polyphasic sleep! im gonna write this down on my to do list hanging on my door!
(wich at this moment does not exist)

Originally Posted by Kal8

I knew a prof who was a sleep specialist. 8 hours a night is the best way to sleep. He said that short naps though out the day will not provide the person with enough rest.

That's like saying that it's not possible (because long-term lack of sleep would ensure failure eventually)
Then why is it that there are people that have done it for 2 years, and people who do it for a living (solo yacht racers for example)
And they don't suffer any noticeable side effects, other than the social inconveniences.

With all due respect, when scientists tell me that I can't do something, when I've DONE it already, then I give them that look. You know that look.

All that aside, even without a nap-oriented sleep schedule, 8 hours is NOT the best schedule according to myriads of OTHER experts.
Apparently that title falls to biphasic sleep - having a midday snooze / siesta.
This helps curb the natural 'mid-afternoon slump' that most of us get.

... but what is the sleep schedule to convert to this type of sleep? i dot know how. will it be different if im the type that sleeps all night and that's it?

Either cold turkey, with a *lot* of determination, or ease into it.
Some try splitting up your sleep more and more and moving them apart and cutting them shorter until you're where you want.
Some try Dr Stampi's method for the artist in his book, which I don't have on hand right now. He also allowed long naps that got shorter over time.

If you really are interested, then I suggest starting your own thread to discuss it, and perhaps sign up on the polyphasic google mailing group and ask there as well - they're pretty helpful.

does it automatically turn anything that has the world sleep in it red?

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I am 9 days in to applying the Uberman polyphasic sleep schedule and I am blogging everyday - let's see how it goes!

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thanks!

Skipo

I have officially been a polyphasic sleeper for 3 days now. I am using the Dymaxion Sleeping Schedule which was founded by the famous inventor Buckminster Fuller. I sleep two hours every 24 hour period. I take a 30 min nap at 6:30 and 12:30 am and pm. You can see my day-to-day progress adapting to the Dymaxion Sleep Schedule at http://sleeplesslivemore.blogspot.com/. Don't hesitate to send me your questions, comments, and thoughts.

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