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Interesting. I wonder if he's doing any permanent damage to his psychological side. When they describe him, it's almost like he's high-functioning autistic.
We've all been on long patrols where between 48 to about 60 hours your brain starts showing you things that aren't there. If you can get about two hours sleep, they go away.
The brain seems to ebb and flow as far as function goes. Jet jockeys were given a drug called armodafinil (provigil or nuvigil). It resets your brain and you can operate for days at a time (according to my doctor). It doesn't last forever, but it kept pilots in the air for days at a time during the 2nd Gulf War. But using something like that, you have to wonder what the brain does when it's shifting gears without a clutch!
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