I had the opposite happen to me once back in my early 20s

One time I was dead tired and could barely keep myself awake after working in an university assignment due the next day. I finished past midnight and went to bed at 1am, I recall watching the clock before going to sleep since I had to set up an alarm for 8am or something.

Thing is, I fell asleep immediately, then I woke up fully refresh before my alarm went off, I woke up feeling amazing, fully awake and ready to go. Then I checked the time… 1:50am. Since I couldn’t fall asleep again I watched some movies until my alarm went off and then went to class like nothing happened.

Yes, I was tired very early the next day, but I still think of that night from time to time

My little sister once told us that she sleeps.with her eyes open. My family was like uh no you dont we’ve seen you sleeping before. 100% convinced she said “yes I do, when I wake up my eyes are open”

Had that when I had a surgery under general anesthesia. They injected something, for about 20 seconds nothing happened, and next moment I was in the ward and everything was already done. Just instant time skip.

fun tricks for anyone who wants to get to sleep quickly: consciously thinking of and trying to relax each of your muscles, from your face, to your shoulders, down your arms and into your fingertips and so on. Sometimes, you might be tensed up in some subtle way without realizing it, and part of falling asleep is getting fully relaxed. Do this in your head a few times if you need to, but this actually does help me fall asleep somewhat more quickly than just laying there and waiting. I remember reading somewhere this was how new sailors in the Navy learned to fall asleep at sea when they weren’t used to a moving bed, but that could’ve been bullshit, feel free to research that yourself.

Another one is, start with your hands flat on your thighs or your stomach (this assumes you sleep on your back, so this one actually isn’t very effective for me) and start tapping your hands down, alternating which hand, lightly on your body at a constant rhythm for a little bit, and then just gradually slow the rhythm down. This didn’t really work well for me because I’m a side sleeper, but YMMV. This was one I got from some TED(x?) talk I’m too lazy to go find.

These might not help if you have like, chronic insomnia or something, but if you just occasionally want tomorrow to come faster instead of dwelling on every mistake you’ve ever made for ~20 minutes, they might work for you.

Dude probably had to help his grandparents on the farm all day and was hyped and tired AF. Instant off switch.

Meanwhile, narcoleptics be like: “First time?”

I had that happen with morphine once. Watched the needle for the drip go in, looked away for a second, looked back and it was already being removed because my procedure was done.

You want to hear about a glitch? I once went to hospital, and it was a rough first night. The second night, I couldn’t sleep so I’d figure I’d grab a book and try some reading. I opened the book, and the text was flipping symbols like the Matrix … like each word was flipping. I couldn’t read it so I returned the book.

I have taken some fighting class where they taught us some techniques. After a few weeks of training the instructor put us through a scenario where he put on a RedMan suit and we had to fight him one by one.

When it was my turn, I remember walking towards him. Next thing I remember the fight was over. I was standing in front of the instructor who had been apparently repelled and said in an impressed tone “that was a great elbow”.

None of the techniques he had taught us involved the elbow. I have no idea what I did but apparently it worked.

I had that happen a few times when I was quite young. At least once, I did it on purpose. I had a sleepover with a friend and was excited for the next day and was impatient for the next day to arrive now. I fell asleep and woke up the next day seemingly instantly. No dreams. No perception of passage of more than like a second of time. Just instant morning.

I mean, these things happen to only a small subset of people so I can understand where the frame of reference gets skewed for you normies. For instance, every time my aunt babysat me, I’d immediately find myself in another place after dinner. Everything would hurt from the cold, but the police would help me get back home and even they couldn’t explain it to me, a “very brave kid” in their own words. Explain that, liberals.

I’ve had a few, but I chock them up to being tired. Twice on the way to work early in the morning, the sky turned colors on my. Once it turned purple, the other it turned an aqua color. Then, while working night shift, I was looking up at the sky and saw what I thought was a shooting star make a 90° turn before disappearing. It had to be sleep deprivation, on every account.