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**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 91651 04-21-2012 11:51 PM

Mind over matter...literally it would seem http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exchange/node/1690

However I'm interested in the hallucinogenic effects, I've had the odd night where sleep either wasn't an option or I didn't readily get enough so personally I have never been to the state of seeing 'objects' in my peripheral vision which either weren't there or tricking of the mind.
Has anyone intentionally done this either out of curiosity or just to see what the 'trip' would be like?

**Kotter**

LoP Guest Wrote:

Mind over matter...literally it would seem http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exchange/node/1690

However I'm interested in the hallucinogenic effects, I've had the odd night where sleep either wasn't an option or I didn't readily get enough so personally I have never been to the state of seeing 'objects' in my peripheral vision which either weren't there or tricking of the mind.
Has anyone intentionally done this either out of curiosity or just to see what the 'trip' would be like?

I have, did 72 hours once.

...It's not for the faint-hearted, I can tell you that.

**absurdious** · (This post was last modified: 04-22-2012 12:13 AM by absurdious.)

LoP Guest Wrote:

Mind over matter...literally it would seem http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exchange/node/1690

However I'm interested in the hallucinogenic effects, I've had the odd night where sleep either wasn't an option or I didn't readily get enough so personally I have never been to the state of seeing 'objects' in my peripheral vision which either weren't there or tricking of the mind.
Has anyone intentionally done this either out of curiosity or just to see what the 'trip' would be like?

Sure. It was called bootcamp. Six weeks of no sleep makes you a very docile obedient person. chuckle

But the worst was a mission I was in Mostar in Bosnia. Three days, no sleep, 115 degree heat, full body armor, stuck inside a small, cramped dirty house with no ac and only intermittent electricity, searching through so much shit it'd make a hardcore hoarder proud.

I didn't have many visual hallucinations, but I definitely wasn't earth bound either...

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 85416 04-22-2012 09:57 PM

That's interesting.... sleep deprivation makes for a docile person.

Our society has is sleep deprived.
(The average person gets 6 hours of sleep and those energy drinks and energy Shots don't help)
People are workin longer hours and sleepin less.

Maybe that's what's wrong with us...

We literally need some rest so we can wake up.

**Clever Trevor** · (This post was last modified: 04-22-2012 10:34 PM by Clever Trevor.)

LoP Guest Wrote:

Mind over matter...literally it would seem http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exchange/node/1690

However I'm interested in the hallucinogenic effects, I've had the odd night where sleep either wasn't an option or I didn't readily get enough so personally I have never been to the state of seeing 'objects' in my peripheral vision which either weren't there or tricking of the mind.
Has anyone intentionally done this either out of curiosity or just to see what the 'trip' would be like?

Three days solid, just very short power naps, no more than 10-15 mins at a time. Screwed my head up big time. Two words.....

Dungeon Siege....... Blink

**Gibbie** · **Gibbie** ^D ^D ^D whoa User ID: 49076 04-22-2012 11:47 PM **Posts: 7,187**

LoP Guest Wrote:

Mind over matter...literally it would seem http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exchange/node/1690

However I'm interested in the hallucinogenic effects, I've had the odd night where sleep either wasn't an option or I didn't readily get enough so personally I have never been to the state of seeing 'objects' in my peripheral vision which either weren't there or tricking of the mind.
Has anyone intentionally done this either out of curiosity or just to see what the 'trip' would be like?

I did that once it led to a psychotic episode. doomed

**Serendipitous**

I have chronic long-term insomnia. Most nights I'm lucky for 3 hours, some nights none at all. Thankfully some nights I get 8 or else I'd be insane.

You definitely have an altered reality after a long period of sleeplessness, like you are not really yourself at all. All motor skills are affected as well as concentration levels.

"An Australian study reported that 17 hours of sleep deprivation causes impaired performance levels comparable to those found in people who have blood alcohol levels of 0.10%, a level that defines intoxication in many US states."

You definitely feel drunk...but you're too exhausted to run around naked with a lampshade on your head.

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 91971 04-23-2012 03:29 AM

LoP Guest Wrote:

Has anyone intentionally done this either out of curiosity or just to see what the 'trip' would be like?

It wasn't intentional but I stayed awake for three days straight.

I did start hearing voices,
I couldn't make out the words,
it was sporadic.

At one point, I also caught glimpses
of what appeared to be people down
a hallway but they were never there
when I walked down to check.

**LoP Guest** lop guest User ID: 62850 04-23-2012 03:37 AM

LoP Guest Wrote:

Mind over matter...literally it would seem http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exchange/node/1690

However I'm interested in the hallucinogenic effects, I've had the odd night where sleep either wasn't an option or I didn't readily get enough so personally I have never been to the state of seeing 'objects' in my peripheral vision which either weren't there or tricking of the mind.
Has anyone intentionally done this either out of curiosity or just to see what the 'trip' would be like?

It's less a problem with the sleep deprivation itself it's more a problem with what you take to make you not sleep. Caffeine is typical (though people use other drugs) and is a stimulant. Take enough of it and you might start seeing talking purple dragons having sex with national monuments.