Zombie Mode
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When I was in college, I would sometimes work late into the night / early into the morning. At some point, I would no longer be tired and I would enter what I called "zombie mode". Basically, work stopped feeling difficult and I just got done whatever needed to get done. I always thought this was because I no longer had the energy to feel strong emotions (such as being tired) and my fight or flight instinct kicked in and sided toward fight. I was surprised while reading about William Sidis (he had one of the highest IQ's) to come across this same concept. Here is a quote by William's father: "If you do prolonged mental work you will find yourself grow tired, but if you keep on working the feeling of fatigue will pass away. You are drawing on your reserve mental energy." It seems William was trained to tap into this "reserve mental energy", which is why he was able to become so intelligent. Have any of you ever experienced zombie mode / reserve mental energy? What do you call it?
Somebody in an online forum wrote:
INTJs never really joke. They make a point. The joke is just a gift wrapper.
I call it diabetes, zombie mode was an effective step to wreck myself. For starter: The Sleep-Diabetes Connection[^] Prediabetes[^]
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When I was in college, I would sometimes work late into the night / early into the morning. At some point, I would no longer be tired and I would enter what I called "zombie mode". Basically, work stopped feeling difficult and I just got done whatever needed to get done. I always thought this was because I no longer had the energy to feel strong emotions (such as being tired) and my fight or flight instinct kicked in and sided toward fight. I was surprised while reading about William Sidis (he had one of the highest IQ's) to come across this same concept. Here is a quote by William's father: "If you do prolonged mental work you will find yourself grow tired, but if you keep on working the feeling of fatigue will pass away. You are drawing on your reserve mental energy." It seems William was trained to tap into this "reserve mental energy", which is why he was able to become so intelligent. Have any of you ever experienced zombie mode / reserve mental energy? What do you call it?
Somebody in an online forum wrote:
INTJs never really joke. They make a point. The joke is just a gift wrapper.
AspDotNetDev wrote:
You are drawing on your reserve mental energy." It seems William was trained to tap into this "reserve mental energy", which is why he was able to become so intelligent.
Doubt most of that. In terms of sleep it is just a matter of cyclic tendencies. Thus one gets more 'tired' up to a point, passes that point, recovers a bit and then works towards another point. That is how the human body works. It has nothing to do with intelligence.
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For too long ya.. did two jobs and college at same time, after that two jobs. Hell I still work my 8 during the day, and up coding in night. Like Johnny here, I'm a "night walker" as well (much to the annoyance of my wife). It comes in handy as I can still do my IT stuff during the day, and I have a Niche job area as "Night Chef" in my cooking travels (the fun is at night anyways while working in the kitchen). One thing I've found is I code Better at night and design (ie web and graphic) better during the day. Coding I get into such a zone and disturbances tend to annoy me, while in web design I can get uber picky on how I want things but can deal with distractions.
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Yeah, I find the up-in-the-air zone of design is sometimes easier during the day, but I've a 'very novice' designer, so I sometimes need peace to get my creative side unblocked.