Jermil's Sleep Blog

I didn’t think it would happen to me.  I thought I was stronger than everybody else.  I was wrong.

From what I’ve read, oversleeping is the reason a lot of people fail during the adaptation period of polyphasic sleeping.  Their bodies can’t handle the drastic change in sleep habits and somehow tricks you into staying asleep longer than the prescribed 20 minutes.

I remember feeling extremely tired around 4am.  I wasn’t scheduled to sleep until 6am.  Somehow I made it and  got in the bed at 5:45.  When my alarm went off, the time was shortly after 6.  I felt like a disaster and decided I’d give myself 10 more minutes of sweet, sweet sleepy time.  I reckon I set the alarm wrong and didn’t wake up until almost 11am.  I was devastated.

Physically, I felt bad.  My head hurt and I still felt tired. I imagine it was because I hadn’t “slept” in a few days and once my body got a taste of it, we needed MORE!!! I sat around like a zombie and got nothing accomplished.  When 2pm rolled around, I decided I’ll try to catch that nap and see how it worked out.

I fell asleep shortly after lying down and woke up 25 minutes later.  I felt a lot better afterwards.  Most of my headache went away and I didn’t feel quite so tired.  I was also glad I could still nap and everything seemed to be on schedule.  My 6pm nap went great too.

I’ve read that taking an extra nap during those late night hours aid in preventing oversleeping.  I’ll add one if staying awake during the night gets unbearable.

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