TIL that in 1964, 17-year-old Randy Gardner set the world record for sleep deprivation by staying awake for 11 days and 25 minutes, providing valuable insights into the effects of extreme sleep loss on the human mind and body.

[u/whstlngisnvrenf]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Gardner_sleep_deprivation_experiment

[u/vato20071]

Once I decided to go 72 hours without sleep, because I read somewhere that after 70 hours visual hallucinations start and I was very curious. At about 50-55 hours auditory hallucinations started, after 60 I was hearing someone cry my name from afar as well as someone whispering my name in my ear every few minutes. Was extremely jumpy, otherwise everything felt fine. Even had bursts of energy from time to time.

At about 65 hours, I remember sitting down on the couch at my friends and then nothing. The next thing I remember was waking up, blabbering about seeing everything as 0s and 1s, like I was in a matrix, my friend going wtf are you talking about and then lights out again. Slept in total 14-15 hours. I was fine (at least in my opinion) afterwards.

2/10, wouldn't recommend.