Hey Malk, thanks for the reply and all the helpful info.
I think I've decided to stick with it this trial. This is easily the closest I've come to full adaptation, among my three attempts, it's just that from what I've read, oversleeping is the norm, but so is failure. And just about everyone who's overslept goes on to fail. But I've got a 100% wake up to alarm ratio for this trial thus far, so I'm in pretty good shape.
I think for the most part I have excellent mental scripting, in terms of knowing I will eventually succeed as a polyphasic sleeper. But I think you were right in assessing that I'm inaccurate in thinking that adaptation has to be perfect.
As far as feeling sleep deprived, that really hasn't been the case yet this time around. I get some morning sleep deprivation, but that's about it, and I'm still waiting to see if I ever get to the point where I'm zombie like and can barely handle a fork, like Steve was midway through the first week.
Anyway, I'm definitely gonna try 30 seconds of breathing exercises upon waking now, or at least really dedicate the beginning of a wake period to feeling fully alert. That ought to neutralize the unscheduled nap threat, hopefully.
PS: I got a good laugh out of porn suggestion for staying awake, I tried something similar in an elaborate alarm system I tested in my last trial. Which I later dubbed the
super redundant failsafe lesibialarm.
