Last night I went to bed at 23:30 and fell asleep pretty much straight away, only to be woken by a horrible dream.
I dreamt that I was outside and walking through a park, and I walked up to a group of people that I knew and started talking to them. They all gave me a really odd look, and then their faces morphed into complete strangers. I thought I was awake and this was happening, and that my sleep schedule had made me hallucinate, which made me wake up instantly.
I opened my eyes and could see my bedroom, but I was sliding slowly to the right, towards the edge of the bed. I tried to stop myself but couldn't, and was uncontrollably sliding. I tried to make a noise but I couldn't at first, and then eventually I think I made a little groaning noise and woke up properly.
I'm not sure if I was still dreaming the last bit, or experiencing some kind of sleep paralysis.
I looked at the clock and it said 20 minutes had passed. At least I know now that I am getting some REM, even if my dreams are not very nice!
Dreams:
Hallucinating
Dream: Friday 31 August 2012 02:52
Hallucinating
I dreamt that I was outside and walking through a park, and I walked up to a group of people that I knew and started talking to them. They all gave me a really odd look, and then their faces morphed into complete strangers. I thought I was awake and this was happening, and that my sleep schedule had made me hallucinate, which made me wake up instantly.
I opened my eyes and could see my bedroom, but I was sliding slowly to the right, towards the edge of the bed. I tried to stop myself but couldn't, and was uncontrollably sliding. I tried to make a noise but I couldn't at first, and then eventually I think I made a little groaning noise and woke up properly.
Sleep 2
06:22
to 06:44
(0:22 hours)
I still couldn't quite last it out until 6:30!
After this nap I had breakfast and then felt alert enough to play computer games for half an hour before work.
Sleep 3
12:37
to 13:02
(0:25 hours)
Today I got a new eye pillow in the post - it is a small pillow stuffed with what feels like rice and smells like lavender.
I slept on the sofa with the eye pillow on my face and had a good sleep, although I woke up feeling slightly groggy.
When I got back to the office my alertness levels were at least what they used to be on monophasic sleep. Unfortunately it only lasted about 15 minutes, but now I would say I am 'slightly tired' which is still pretty good.
Sleep 4
17:00
to 17:22
(0:22 hours)
I used my eye pillow again for this nap and it worked a lot better because I went to bed and was completely horizontal. When I used it on the sofa my head was at an angle and it felt like it might fall off.
I like this nap on a Friday because my girlfriend comes home early on Friday, so when I wake up she is waiting for me which is great.
Sleep 5
23:28
to 02:51
(3:23 hours)
Last night I was exhausted again. From about 9:00pm up until my bed time I had to continuously fight off sleep. I toyed with the idea of extending my core to 4.5 hours, but after talking to a few people on IRC chat I decided against it.
Today, if I feel really sleepy at any point which isn't right before or after a nap I will take an extra nap to see if that helps. Apparently this is a much better idea than extending a core and won't really harm my adaptation.
When I woke up from this sleep I was dreaming, but I can't remember anything about the dream. I'm still sleepy though...
Dream: Friday 31 August 2012 02:52