Was in a hotel. Hadn't slept in a week. Woke up, leaned over to get out of bed. Still asleep, slipped crashed hard into sharp bed table corner. Even asleep, quick reflexes meant I didn't cave my skull in. Instead, I found myself in a ball on the floor, my arm split open , entire forearm blue black and purple, gushing blood. Still have a scar from it 2 years later.
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Ouch, why did you not get sleep in a week?
A week's nothing. Think my top score was 3 months with absolutely no sleep. Lifelong insomnia ftw.
Edit. Meant to say 1 month with no sleep. Don't think 3 months no sleep is physically possible. I can last maybe 3 to 4 months of just 1 to 2 hours sleep a night, before complete collapse.
Think to myself "I'll go to bed in ten minutes, after I read this one Reddit/Lemmy post."
Not go to bed and get some sleep.
It's a vicious cycle, at some point the sleep deprivation kills any executive function I may have had left. Which prevents me from actually going to bed instead of seeking quick dopamine hits.