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Random is a highly popular sleep pattern, which has plenty of variants. Since it inherently has no rules, such schedule would fit any lifestyle. Sleep may be taken whenever possible or tired enough. | Random is a highly popular sleep pattern, which has plenty of variants. Since it inherently has no rules, such schedule would fit any lifestyle. Sleep may be taken whenever possible or tired enough. | ||
One of the characteristics of Random sleep is | One of the characteristics of Random sleep is a level of randomness, which may be higher or lower. This characteristic can be generally defined in all the sleep patterns. The lowest possible level of randomness is a strict consistent schedule. Polyphasic schedules usually tolerate some [[Flexing|flexibility]] after adaptation, which makes the level of randomness higher. The highest level is observed in [[BiphasicX]] and [[-AMAYL|-Amayl]] schedules, which don't have fixed sleep times and / or fixed length of sleeps. The Random category, on the other hand, allows a much higher level of randomness, such as an absolute absence of sleep structure. | ||
[[Dark period]] and [[wikipedia:Circadian_rhythm|circadian rhythm]] management is optional. | |||
Random sleep was observed to cause several negative consequences, which are described [[Random#Consequences|below]]. | |||
== Variants == | == Variants == | ||
Irregular sleep includes multiple subpatterns, which have different total sleep time, level of randomness and structure. Some of the schedules, which have a higher level of randomness, were previously considered random, but after a few successful adaptations were separated from the Random category. This includes BiphasicX and -Amayl schedules. However, each of these schedules is based on a specific set of rules (for example, [[Ducamayl]] has 2 [[Core|cores]] and a few [[Nap|naps]] each given day), which would make them [[Hypothetical]] rather than Random from the very beginning. | |||
Thus, the variants of Random are the observed patterns of random sleepers, which may be combined with each other and not be consistent. | |||
=== Mono-polyphasic hybrid === | |||
== Consequences == | == Consequences == | ||
