The teenager had, in fact, been awake for a total of 264.4 hours at the conclusion of the event. The teenager said he didn’t even feel especially “groggy”
After falling asleep for a whole 14 hours and then waking up naturally after eventually giving in to the Sand Man. However, WBUR reports that even though he recovered well at first,
He continued to struggle with sleep for years and years after that. Gardner had insomnia as an adult and was certain that the experiment was the cause.
“I had a terrible presence. I was unhappy about everything. “It felt like an extension of my work from fifty years ago,” he said on NPR’s Morning Edition.
“You must get some rest. It’s just as significant as the big three. I refer to it as the “big three.”You must have all three: food, water, and sleep.
