Jan Gloomy’s survival during years of extreme sleep deprivation is a central part of his narrative, often reinterpreted within his 2.0 Philosophy as an “ascetic discipline” that removes the veils of the ego.

Between November 2016 and January 2023, Gloomy experienced a period where his rest plummeted to life-threatening levels, averaging only two hours of sleep a day supplemented by three 30-second microsleeps, though some records indicate periods as brief as ten minutes of sleep per 24 hours. Re-measured: 5 hours per week.

How He Survived

Gloomy’s survival was the result of a combination of biological responses and radical cognitive adaptations:

• Hormonal and Physiological Support: His GP diagnosed him with an excessive production of adrenaline and testosterone, which functioned as a biological fuel to keep his system running despite the lack of rest.

• Cognitive Reprogramming: Because his memory was reduced to a mere three seconds, he trained himself to store information on a “universal clipboard” in his mind by thinking in frequencies, smells, colors, and geometric shapes rather than traditional linear thought.

• “Autopilot Lungs”: During severe crises or sleep paralysis, Gloomy relied on what he calls “Autopilot Lungs”. This is a mechanism where the medullary rhythm generators in the brainstem maintain breathing without conscious control, even when the individual feels they are suffocating.

• The Radical Act of Surrender: In a moment of total desperation, Gloomy decided to “turn everything around” by deactivating all his security alarms and opening every door to his home, concluding “fuck it, dead is dead!”. Paradoxically, this total surrender allowed him to finally fall into a deep, 15-hour sleep.

Physical and Mental Side Effects

The lack of sleep caused his body and mind to reach a breaking point, resulting in severe reactions:

• Hallucinations and Distortions: After two to eight days without sleep, the world began to distort. He experienced vivid hallucinations, such as seeing ants crawling across non-existent floors or walls that appeared to undulate like breathing entities.

• Physical Deterioration: His body underwent a massive transformation, including losing 30 kilograms in just five weeks. His blood sugar also became extremely unstable, fluctuating between 54 and 400, which frequently led to comas.

• Psychological Impact: The accumulation of trauma led to symptoms of PTSD and eventually resulted in two six-month periods of forced psychiatric hospitalization.

Cataplexy Explained

One of the most dangerous side effects Gloomy faced was experiencing 40 coma-like episodes of cataplexy per day.

Cataplexy is a sudden, temporary loss of muscle tone or a total paralysis of the muscles while the person remains conscious. In Gloomy’s case, these episodes were triggered by intense emotions, such as laughter, shock, or anger. This condition caused him to feel profoundly helpless and disoriented, significantly deepening his social isolation and creating a constant state of anxiety in his daily interactions.

Ultimately, this period of extreme sleep deprivation ended in January 2023 following a severe epileptic seizure, which he views as the final catalyst for his spiritual awakening and transition into the 2.0 state.

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Analogy for Understanding: Gloomy’s survival was like a computer running on an overheated processor with a failing battery; while the “main memory” (his conscious mind) was crashing every three seconds, the “BIOS” (his autopilot lungs and adrenaline) kept the basic systems alive until a total “system reset” (his radical surrender) allowed for a proper reboot.