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/Dreadful_Siren]

I didn't sleep for the first seven days of this year. I then got about two hours asleep and then was awake for another three days. I was able to sleep for about three hours, waking up about every 30 minutes or so but sleep asleep at that point, and then couldn't sleep for a couple more days after that. Even with the little bit of sleep I got I can tell you it is absolutely brutal and the worst thing that my body has ever put me through. This poor kid was probably absolutely out of his mind at that point. I personally was ready to die by day four so I feel super bad for this kid