# Sleep Deprivation **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 28, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-deprivation/597902 "2011-09-28T16:57:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a4c791/32.png) [@Pann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pann)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-deprivation/597902/1 "2011-09-28T16:57:02Z")
Last night I was typing out a lab report for one of my classes and fell into a deep sleep. While typing. The end result was a lab report that reads like a lab report for the first half, then my dream is the second half. I was actually typing out my dream while I was dreaming it. Now that’s tired! And weird! Fortunately, tonight I will be able to get at least some sleep. Mundane - check Pointless - check I Must Share - check There you go. I wonder if I should turn it in on time or take the 20% off and redo it tonight? ---
**Author:** ![foxymoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@foxymoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foxymoron)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-deprivation/597902/2 "2011-09-28T18:09:34Z")
That’s cool! Is the report likely to be read once submitted? If not, leave it as is. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-deprivation/597902/3 "2011-09-28T19:22:02Z")
As a critical care nurse, I worked 12 hour nights. Sometimes I didn’t sleep like I should during the day. Once, a doctor was reading my notes from the night before. The notes were fine, but I signed them “Love, Mary”. I didn’t live that down for a looooong time. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-deprivation/597902/4 "2011-09-28T19:38:39Z")
I frequently fall asleep while reading a book; in my sleep, I continue turning pages and reading passages that simply don’t exist in the actual book. None of those passages constitute any improvement over the original. And yes, I actually do continue turning pages. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-deprivation/597902/5 "2011-09-28T19:45:13Z")
I sometimes have the opposite problem. I’ll lie in bed and toss and turn and think about how much it sucks to lie awake all night. Suddenly I’ll realize that no, I was not just kissing the Queen of England in a duck pond full of borscht. That must have been a dream. Hey, I slept! ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2011, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-deprivation/597902/6 "2011-09-28T20:05:32Z")
> [@LouisB](#): > > I frequently fall asleep while reading a book; in my sleep, I continue turning pages and reading passages that simply don’t exist in the actual book. None of those passages constitute any improvement over the original. And yes, I actually do continue turning pages. I sometimes fall asleep telling my son a bedtime story, but I don’t stop telling the story, so sometimes strange elements work themselves into stories. Best example was telling my son Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Apparently the bears were dancing in the forest and whapping each other on the nose with raw chicken. I woke up describing their noses in great detail. ---
**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-deprivation/597902/7 "2011-09-29T01:49:27Z")
See, I get too active _while_ I’m dreaming. I’ve been yelled at to shut up, told to be quiet, asked if I was awake or asleep (“Uh . . . ASLEEP!”), and asked to stop explaining the different characters of G. I. Joe. One morning, after sharing a hotel room with my mom, she said she was considering filing assault charges, because I’d hit her in my sleep. She gave no further details. I was very disappointed. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-deprivation/597902/8 "2011-09-29T05:19:40Z")
> [@overlyverbose](#): > > I sometimes fall asleep telling my son a bedtime story, but I don’t stop telling the story, so sometimes strange elements work themselves into stories. Best example was telling my son Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Apparently the bears were dancing in the forest and whapping each other on the nose with raw chicken. I woke up describing their noses in great detail. bwahahahaha. and love the user name combo. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-deprivation/597902/9 "2011-09-29T16:14:09Z")
The original post isn’t any good without posting the actual dream record! ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2011, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sleep-deprivation/597902/10 "2011-09-29T16:25:58Z")
> [@Pann](#): > > … > I wonder if I should turn it in on time or take the 20% off and redo it tonight? Hmmm - depends on if the professor would nail you for improper lab technique… the fumes from what you were doing clearly caused the incoherent portions of the report :).