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Re:Widespread drastic reduction of brain myelin upon prolong... by 23B1 on Thursday November 09, 2023 @10:13PM (#38214657)
I've done marathons and numerous sleep deprivation/caloric deprevation events and never got to hallucinations, only micro-naps which, on occasion, resulted in my waking up with a mouthful of gravel.

...So whats your tip to achieving these awesome hallucinations, and how do I get there! ;-)

Re:Widespread drastic reduction of brain myelin upon prolong... by kian on Thursday November 09, 2023 @11:14PM (#38214964)
don't fall asleep. You don't even need to run to achieve them -- about 42 hours should be enough to experience them without any exercise at all. The only trick is every time you get tired -- push through it and wake yourself up with movement or music. After pushing through the exhaustion you'll get a 'second wind' of awareness -- and a third and so on, as those later exhaustions occur.

The goal isn't to be at 100% awareness during these moments -- it's to not micro-nap and relieve the lack of sleep.

I remember once playing a game of go with a friend after 40 hours of no sleep (drug-free), and seeing purple electricity radiating across the stones and outlining the boundaries of their activities against one another. Walking down the hallway I experienced that recession of reality like when Frodo first encounters the Nazgûl in the forest and the path pulls away from him.

Lack of sleep is incredibly psychedelic. Take this from someone who has done many -- and good luck ;)

Re:Widespread drastic reduction of brain myelin upon prolong... by arisAlexis on Friday November 10, 2023 @03:03AM (#38216329)
What's the long term sequences of this body abuse?
Re:Widespread drastic reduction of brain myelin upon prolong... by alwaysrunning on Friday November 10, 2023 @06:57AM (#38217817)
24 hours of running, crappy nutrition, really just completely depleted, and keep going. lol.