How have your sleep patterns changed?

Gael said:
As you've gotten older what changes have you noted in your usual sleep patterns if any?
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None - I've been a practitioner of polyphasic sleeping since my high school days and in one form or another I've pretty much stuck with it. Aging seems to have had no effect on it.
 
SifuPhil said:
None - I've been a practitioner of polyphasic sleeping since my high school days and in one form or another I've pretty much stuck with it. Aging seems to have had no effect on it.
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Good news for you then. For those that aren't familiar with the term:

An example of polyphasic sleep is found in patients with irregular sleep-wake syndrome, a circadian rhythm sleep disorder which usually is caused by head injury or dementia. Much more common examples are the sleep of human infants and of many animals. Elderly humans often have disturbed sleep, including polyphasic sleep.
 
Gael said:
Good news for you then. For those that aren't familiar with the term:

An example of polyphasic sleep is found in patients with irregular sleep-wake syndrome, a circadian rhythm sleep disorder which usually is caused by head injury or dementia. Much more common examples are the sleep of human infants and of many animals. Elderly humans often have disturbed sleep, including polyphasic sleep.
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Heh, heh ... I can't claim to belong to any of those groups. It was just something my martial arts teacher exposed me to early in my training, around when I was 15 or so. I researched it a lot in high school and college and just really took to it.

I suppose if occurring as a result of imbalances or trauma it wouldn't be something desireable, but I've always seen it as an advantage - I can get a lot more things done with less sleep, and *knocks on wood* no problems so far.
 
SifuPhil said:
Heh, heh ... I can't claim to belong to any of those groups. It was just something my martial arts teacher exposed me to early in my training, around when I was 15 or so. I researched it a lot in high school and college and just really took to it.

I suppose if occurring as a result of imbalances or trauma it wouldn't be something desireable, but I've always seen it as an advantage - I can get a lot more things done with less sleep, and *knocks on wood* no problems so far.
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Lucky you finding out a method that has held you in good stead all these years. Sleep loss is so debilitating.
 
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