Dear Die-ary #27 - Audio - Johnny C.
There are a lot of people asking for advice on staying awake. Because I'd prefer it if everyone shut the fuck up since seeing everyone elses dream is screwing with my sense of reality as unstable as it already is, I suppose I'll give a bit of advice since I am, in fact, fairly well versed on the topic.
To begin with, you want to stay active. Contradictory, I know. You'd think activity would wear you out. Oddly enough, it does the opposite. I'm not saying run laps, but do things like pace around the room. Sing a song. Play a game with someone or by yourself. As long as you have stimuli, you'll convince your body you need to stay awake.
Second, keep hydrated. Drink water. Plenty of it. Mix it up with caffeine sometimes, but I wouldn't suggest going overboard on it. Too much caffeine and you'll eventually run into a fucking sugar crash. Then you're fucked.
Really, it's simple. Keep active and stimulated, and keep hydrated. That's what's worked for me. My record is staying awake three weeks. I think. Oh yeah. I should probably mention that.
After about two-three days without sleep, you'll experience "hallucinations". I use the term loosely because who the fuck really knows what's real, especially here, but it's going to be hard to tell if you're awake or asleep by that point anyway. You're kind of on your own from there.
Now shut the fuck up and stop bombarding the network with bullshit. Some of us arre trying to work.
To begin with, you want to stay active. Contradictory, I know. You'd think activity would wear you out. Oddly enough, it does the opposite. I'm not saying run laps, but do things like pace around the room. Sing a song. Play a game with someone or by yourself. As long as you have stimuli, you'll convince your body you need to stay awake.
Second, keep hydrated. Drink water. Plenty of it. Mix it up with caffeine sometimes, but I wouldn't suggest going overboard on it. Too much caffeine and you'll eventually run into a fucking sugar crash. Then you're fucked.
Really, it's simple. Keep active and stimulated, and keep hydrated. That's what's worked for me. My record is staying awake three weeks. I think. Oh yeah. I should probably mention that.
After about two-three days without sleep, you'll experience "hallucinations". I use the term loosely because who the fuck really knows what's real, especially here, but it's going to be hard to tell if you're awake or asleep by that point anyway. You're kind of on your own from there.
Now shut the fuck up and stop bombarding the network with bullshit. Some of us arre trying to work.