Over the last couple days I’ve switched to a schedule that is more similar to Everyman. I take either 4.5-6 hours a night or sleep two 1.5-3 hour blocks — one at night, one during the day. I still take 20 minute naps whenever I’m tired.
Last night, I slept very little so I decided to take a 3 hour nap after lunch. Soon images began to spin through my head. I had a very, very long dream that seemed to stretch for days. It felt longer than a typical dream during monophasic sleep. Then, All of a sudden, my eyes flashed open and I was awake.
Crap, did I sleep through my alarm? I have a midterm to study for! I got up to check my alarm, and realized that only 1.5 hours had passed. But the dream had been epic, long, and vivid. I went back to sleep and slept dreamlessly for the next 1.5 hours. The feeling was very strange and I’ve felt a little disoriented from it for the rest of my day. I kept thinking it was Tuesday or Wednesday, because it had felt like so much time had passed. Now it feels more like it is 1:30 pm rather than am.
The way the body responds to sleep never ceases to amaze me. The most unexpected things continue to happen even after I’ve been at it for a month.