Final Night of Monophasic

So tonight is my last night of monophasic sleep before staring a polyphasic sleep routine.

If you haven't heard of polyphasic sleeping before, it is when you sleep several times in a 24 hour period instead of just once. With the Uberman routine, the one I will be following, you sleep 6 times a day, 30 minutes each. This means only 3 hours of sleep a day! But you still get the same amount of REM sleep (the important kind). You train your body to go into REM sleep right away instead of taking long transitional periods, like in monophasic sleep.

So how to you train your body to do this? Sleep deprivation. That is why I am starting this over spring break. It is an intense week of sleep deprivation that forces your body to go into REM sleep immediately after hitting the pillow, so that each of the 6 "naps" are REM sleep.

Based on other people's experiences, it takes about 10 days of this until you return to normal energy levels. These first ten days are called the adaptation period, aka the zombie period. But after that, you feel great, if not better than before, even on only 3 hours of sleep a day! It is theorized that since babies are polyphasic sleepers, it is actual more natural and healthier to sleep this way.

So if you are interested in seeing how this insane experiment goes, follow my blog!