Now it’s official – I just started my polyphasic sleep trial. So far I did all my naps on schedule. However I wasn’t really able to fully fall asleep during those naps, it felt like I was just on the verge of sleep. I can remember several short dream images, however it felt like I stayed conscious the whole time.
I think this might be the normal experience of the onset of sleep and it’s just that we normally don’t remember that because we fall asleep directly afterwards. It’s probably much like we don’t remember waking up at night just becuse we drift back into sleep right away. The strange thing is however, that I felt much fresher and more awake than before the naps.
I also recorded a short video clip to announce this trial:
For at least the duration of the adaption period I will continue to post updates, both here and on youtube.
#1 written by Daan December 21st, 2009 at 02:25
Good luck, Joachim! I’ll following your progress