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How many days of missed sleep do you think you could hide from people?

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[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 6 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

Been there done that. First time when I was 13.

I too, recommend avoiding it.

You're very right in how methheads behave. But I think you're sort of making a false dichotomy a bit there as well.

It's more like almost a waking dream at that point. The reality mixes in with the dreams, instead of just you being in one or the other.

See this here jailcell. They denied me my meds and I was awake for three days straight. I ate my pinky bloody so I could use it as a red magic marker. Anyway. What starts out as rather complex philosophical quotes (see top left of the image) goes through simpler ones into basically ACAB with large stick letters... and then by the 78h mark or so... I could no longer read any of the text I had written on the walls. It was fucking weird, but I couldn't read. All of the marks, letters, just looked like dancing ballerina figurines, and I could not make any of them up for what they meant.

So like, yeah, you're right in that the methheads have been awake for too long and dream things, but the dreaming happens while they're awake. The dreams mix with the waking world.

One night missed sleep is like nothing tho. I used to pull 20+ hour shifts while driving a taxi. (Despite what you might think, there's absolutely no drivetime regulations like with HGV's, even here in Finland. Also no minimum wage, I drove on commission)

Well written though, well described.

[–] papalonian@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

That is quite the experience. Thank you for sharing. Hope you're doing better.

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Thanks for empathy. Honestly it's just like, I don't expect more. It was quite the experience, and I'd just like a little empathy from family and friend's but ugh.

Anyway, its good to know there is some out there at least. Thank you again. Have a nice day.

[–] papalonian@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

People feel uncomfortable when faced with situations like these. It sucks that none of your friends or family are able to push past the feeling of discomfort to tell you that you're ok. But, people are people 🤷🏽‍♂️