Polyphasic Sleeping

Created: September 01, 2020

Polyphasic Sleeping is the practice of sleeping more than once throughout the day. This is in contrast to monophasic sleep which is sleeping once like most people do.

Pros

The main benefit of polyphasic sleep is that you can spend less time sleeping to gain the same amount of rest.

For example, a popular sleeping pattern is called Everyman 2:

  • Base sleep 4 hours 30 minutes
  • 2x 20 minute naps
  • For at total of 5 hr 10 minutes

People can live on 5 hr 10 minutes of sleep!

Having more time itself leads to a variety of benefits:

  • More time for hobbies
  • Adenosine levels are reset more than once a day – a compound that helps with mental clarity.

Cons

  • May lead to sleep deprivation
  • Cognitively and physically impaired


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