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A lot of this stuff matches my experience. I'm a classic night owl and occasionally subject myself to acute sleep deprivation (< 3-4 hours of sleep). Typically
by extr 5y ago
A lot of this stuff matches my experience. I'm a classic night owl and occasionally subject myself to acute sleep deprivation (< 3-4 hours of sleep). Typically the next day I'm in weirdly good humor, slightly manic, and feel as if my senses have been heightened. My girlfriend thinks I'm crazy for saying this, but I enjoy the feeling. If the sleep deprivation turns into multiple days, I begin to become sluggish and irritable...but I try not to let that happen.
- Twisol 5y agoAs a night owl and an introvert, there's this perverse feedback loop where I'm incentivized to be underslept before an important presentation, because the slight good humor / mania / heightened senses (and, I would add, a mild numbness to peoples' judgments about me) help me do a better job of the presentation. Of course, I'm not advocating that people be totally loopy! But there's a weird Ballmer peak-esque [1] effect. [1] https://xkcd.com/323/ https://xkcd.com/323/