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FWIW I had some insomnia a while back and thought "maybe if I just lay here long enough" and so I did that for hours and my smartwatch thought I was asleep. I'

FWIW I had some insomnia a while back and thought "maybe if I just lay here long enough" and so I did that for hours and my smartwatch thought I was asleep. I'm 99% sure I was not sleeping. Maybe my smartwatch sucks, but I don't think most can handle "laying down and not moving but not sleeping".

withinboredom 2y ago
I'd recommend getting a super cheap camera that can record yourself sleeping. You might have actually been asleep (according to this article).
drdeca 2y ago
Not all that infrequently (though not in the last week iirc) I find myself in a state which I think of as being, “half asleep” (or (3/4) asleep, or whatever. Various degrees of “asleep”) and I’m still able to kind-of think about things, but such that it is easier to accidentally forget what I was thinking about, such that I’m not able to keep as much in working memory, more distract-able by random thoughts, etc. . (On rare occasion I find my breathing while in this state to be concerning to I get scared and wake myself up. I’m pretty sure it’s been over a year since that last happened. I think it was mostly when sleeping face down or something?) I suspect the type of state I just described (not the breathing part) is something most people sometimes experience. I don’t think it is unusual. Though I don’t think I’ve often heard people describe it in detail. Does it seem plausible to you that you were perhaps, “20% asleep, but 80% awake” during that time? Edit: also, my understanding is that lying still and resting can work as a partial imperfect substitute for some amount of sleep (though not like, in a way that can be sufficient long-term)
- riwsky 2y ago
  You appear to be describing https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis
  - immibis 2y ago
    no they don't.....
  - whutsurnaym 2y ago
    Sounds a lot more like this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnagogia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnagogia

withinboredom 2y ago

I'd recommend getting a super cheap camera that can record yourself sleeping. You might have actually been asleep (according to this article).

drdeca 2y ago

Not all that infrequently (though not in the last week iirc) I find myself in a state which I think of as being, “half asleep” (or (3/4) asleep, or whatever. Various degrees of “asleep”) and I’m still able to kind-of think about things, but such that it is easier to accidentally forget what I was thinking about, such that I’m not able to keep as much in working memory, more distract-able by random thoughts, etc. . (On rare occasion I find my breathing while in this state to be concerning to I get scared and wake myself up. I’m pretty sure it’s been over a year since that last happened. I think it was mostly when sleeping face down or something?) I suspect the type of state I just described (not the breathing part) is something most people sometimes experience. I don’t think it is unusual. Though I don’t think I’ve often heard people describe it in detail. Does it seem plausible to you that you were perhaps, “20% asleep, but 80% awake” during that time? Edit: also, my understanding is that lying still and resting can work as a partial imperfect substitute for some amount of sleep (though not like, in a way that can be sufficient long-term)

riwsky 2y ago
You appear to be describing https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis
- immibis 2y ago
  no they don't.....
- whutsurnaym 2y ago
  Sounds a lot more like this: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnagogia https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypnagogia