I had the opposite happen to me once back in my early 20s
One time I was dead tired and could barely keep myself awake after working in an university assignment due the next day. I finished past midnight and went to bed at 1am, I recall watching the clock before going to sleep since I had to set up an alarm for 8am or something.
Thing is, I fell asleep immediately, then I woke up fully refreshed before my alarm went off, I woke up feeling amazing, fully awake and ready to go. Then I checked the time… 1:50am. Since I couldn’t fall asleep again I watched some movies until my alarm went off and then went to class like nothing happened.
Yes, I was tired very early the next day, but I still think of that night from time to time
I used to routinely stay up 3 days in a row, at least once a year during my uni days to get a final assignment in on time[1]. I remember vividly after it was complete and I’d printed/binded/handed it in, I was on the train back home and saw weird shadows flickering across the carriage. Those flickering shadows followed me on my walk to the house, starting to creep in like oscillating blades at the edge of my vision, and when I finally got into bed and laid my head against the pillow that’s when the daggers closed in, and everything went black.
Woke up 15 hours later feeling great.
First day is the worst, second gets better once you switch from caffeine to fruit, and third day you’re making stupid decisions like walking into traffic instead of waiting for the light ↩︎
I remember some times when I’d be up for a long time, eventually it felt like the part of my brain that controlled awareness of another person’s presence would glitch out. Like if I was alone in my room playing video games, I’d get a sense that it was time to pass the controller when I died, or to comment on something for the other person that wasn’t really there.
But I was alone in my room, which made it pretty easy to recognize what was going on as a form of hallucination (I’d also see dark spots moving around in my peripheral, which I suspect some less self-aware people might think are bugs moving around at the edge of their vision). If I was out walking, where it was harder to logically be sure that you’re alone when your senses lie to you, I could see it developing into a strong paranoia. Would suck for that to be a normal feeling rather than something that happens after staying up way too long.
I had the opposite happen to me once back in my early 20s
One time I was dead tired and could barely keep myself awake after working in an university assignment due the next day. I finished past midnight and went to bed at 1am, I recall watching the clock before going to sleep since I had to set up an alarm for 8am or something.
Thing is, I fell asleep immediately, then I woke up fully refreshed before my alarm went off, I woke up feeling amazing, fully awake and ready to go. Then I checked the time… 1:50am. Since I couldn’t fall asleep again I watched some movies until my alarm went off and then went to class like nothing happened.
Yes, I was tired very early the next day, but I still think of that night from time to time
Good ol’ Circadian Arrhythmia
Sleep 10 minutes? Rested up and refreshed to start the day.
Sleep 10 hours? Dead tired and need an IV of caffeine to function.
Worn out after a long day? Lay down & BOOM! you have the energy of a 5 year old full of Halloween candy and Red Bull.
I used to routinely stay up 3 days in a row, at least once a year during my uni days to get a final assignment in on time[1]. I remember vividly after it was complete and I’d printed/binded/handed it in, I was on the train back home and saw weird shadows flickering across the carriage. Those flickering shadows followed me on my walk to the house, starting to creep in like oscillating blades at the edge of my vision, and when I finally got into bed and laid my head against the pillow that’s when the daggers closed in, and everything went black.
Woke up 15 hours later feeling great.
First day is the worst, second gets better once you switch from caffeine to fruit, and third day you’re making stupid decisions like walking into traffic instead of waiting for the light ↩︎
I remember some times when I’d be up for a long time, eventually it felt like the part of my brain that controlled awareness of another person’s presence would glitch out. Like if I was alone in my room playing video games, I’d get a sense that it was time to pass the controller when I died, or to comment on something for the other person that wasn’t really there.
But I was alone in my room, which made it pretty easy to recognize what was going on as a form of hallucination (I’d also see dark spots moving around in my peripheral, which I suspect some less self-aware people might think are bugs moving around at the edge of their vision). If I was out walking, where it was harder to logically be sure that you’re alone when your senses lie to you, I could see it developing into a strong paranoia. Would suck for that to be a normal feeling rather than something that happens after staying up way too long.
I thought the dark spots were little spaceships.
They are demons gathering strength and waiting for you to let your guard down and go to sleep!