What Would Happen If You Just Stopped Sleeping Forever

What Would Happen If You Just Stopped Sleeping Forever

You woke up this morning on a Monday, filled with the dread and tiredness that weekdays always bring. Remember when you slept in super-late yesterday? What good did all that comatose-time do you anyway? What would happen if you stayed awake forever?

We all know what it’s like to go a night or two without sleep, but ASAP Science digs into what happens in the long-haul. For the most part, going totally sleepless won’t do you any permanent harm, but the results of not sleeping forever (or close to it, anyway) is lacking.

Maybe it’s time to pull a few (months of) all-nighters to study it.

Or, you know, time to go take a nap. [ASAP Science]


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