How Batman even manages his Sleep?

The Dark Knight, through his intensive training, has mastered the art microsleep a brief periods of unconsciousness, without his conscious awareness. While microsleep poses real-life dangers, Batman employs this ability to enhance his problem-solving skills.
Motivated by a tragic past, Batman with his intelligence, physical prowess, and an array of gadgets combats crime in Gotham City.

[@Luke-xi2pq]

Microsleep expectations: Become Batman Microsleep reality: Become Joker

[@paulzeigler1075]

I heard of a Batman storyline where Bruce Wayne somehow time travels to the past, tries to stop his parents murder, goes even more insane in the process, and winds up becoming The Joker that he was fighting all along… Make sure to get adequate sleep!

[@kinich-5973]

Theres a Batman history where he travel back in time, save his parents and the kid Bruce is so impressed that he decide become like that man although

[@sleepy8695]

​@@paulzeigler1075 do you remember what it's called that sounds interesting

[@tbuckley2031]

I will admit I was the most rational I’ve ever been but I was laughing a lot 😭 it was unnatural and I kinda realized how the super sanity joker theory makes sense if you stay up for 3 days 💀

[@Treopse]

Looool

[@ThatGirlYouForgot]

You know how youre always the most motivated and have the best ideas right before bed? That's Batman 24/7.

[@Tweakkkkkk]

Too real 😂

[@kixxenwalla167]

Completely real lol. Just last night I was trying to sleep and, for some reason, thought of how time travel doesn't usually account for the fact that everything in space is constantly moving. Which means that, if the movements aren't accounted for, time travelers would be lost in space or dragged into our star.

[@Amader-Nostalgia]

​​@@kixxenwalla167wow, you get shower thoughts before you sleep?I get this kind of ideas mostly when i'm taking a shit 💩

[@kixxenwalla167]

@@Amader-Nostalgia lol, that's when I also get them. 😂

[@dr_goofenshmirtz5931]

@@Amader-NostalgiaI think we get these kinds of thoughts when we’re not doing anything. Like in the shower and in bed. I’m usually on my phone when I’m on the shitter 😭.

[@akiharuhino]

Imagine how op Batman would be if he actually let himself rest for 8 hours

[@goshjosh321]

Alfred made Bruce take 8 hours of bed rest after cleaning and tending to his wounds. To my knowledge, he’s the only person to convince him to sleep long enough. m.kzbin.infoM_41Vu4xLHc

[@BritishTeaFGC]

Batman with rest time > Batman with prep time

[@ChineduOpara]

If Batman got a full 8-9 hours of sleep for 1 week straight, he might become like unto a god 😐 😂

[@vortaheadthebeast8072]

Something not mentioned in this video is that when Batman takes these microsleeps to him it’s as refreshing as a full 8 hours rest

[@blackdan0259]

@@vortaheadthebeast8072 something not also mentioned is batman's super hero ability is his wealth. Technique only got you so far, without 8 hours sleep as a human, just like the comic portrays that Batman is regular human, is only just feel as refreshing but it is NOT 8 hours sleep!

[@Zombiewithabowtie]

Batman doesn't dodge in a fight, he just momentarily falls asleep and collapses out of the path of the attack.

[@kyle4563]

Everytime Batman blinks, it isn’t him blinking, but him falling asleep.

[@creatorchris712]

​@@kyle4563HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAA

[@ChineduOpara]

😂😂😂

[@francisbureros]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@mithruikka]

@@creatorchris712how did joker escape the asylum this time

[@garou9914]

I like it more when they make him sleep for few hours and when it's an especially busy week he actually goes days with very little sleep and it affects him. Makes him more human.

[@OLBICHL]

joker: "hahahaha... look who fell into my bird trap, the... bat... uhm... hey, batsy!" battman: snoooore joker: "...!"

[@genebodjtb]

what Batman and all the other superheroes have is very thick plot armor

[@TheHeroHaven]

Sometimes I wish they’d tone down how crazy op Batman is

[@barryween4478]

That's what DC does. Rather than write better, make the character more powerful/competent.

[@TheHeroHaven]

@@barryween4478 fr like the whole appeal of Batman is that he’s just a man doing his best but now it’s like he’s the smarter, strongest, fastest, most op non super powered human. Then you have a character like the Flash who they keep make more and more powerful and less and less competent. They’re not only not writing hood they’re writing themselves into a hole.

[@THETOMMY4265]

@@TheHeroHaven i agree with what your saying but remember the hole pretty much leads to a new crisis/reset/issue #1 when it comes to comics. What I believe would breath fresh air into batman as a franchise is to go back to dick taking over and growing into the batman of a generation.( fridge Bruce for at least 2-3 years )

[@jacmenz4113]

Dc becoming trash fr

[@barryween4478]

@jacmenz4113 Becoming? Compared to Marvel Comics they have been for decades.

[@The_Humble_Hurricane]

The plot armor continues.......he's Batman

[@jboaudioe]

Laying in bed at 2am getting ready to try it until you mentioned that it’s dangerous. Goodnight.

[@Fiero425]

scifiblogs3.blogspot.com/2012/12/batman-forever.html?m=1

[@BMJgunner]

Yeah I think he meant risky doing it for a long time, roughly like a week

[@scooblov]

The military practices this all the time, which is why no one gets mad at “hurry up and wait.”

[@loganfoster9194]

Every service member knows this all to well

[@Mutualititve]

Same guy that survived falling from outer space with only his normal suit and using his outer underwear to cover his face btw. Dude is by all standard a superhuman.

[@Sahil_grg]

Thats why he is batman

[@danielrivera2253]

Basically Bruce become Ant Man. Literally. Ants are notorious for taking 1-5 second unconscious naps to continue work.

[@oddball_2887]

I've always wondered how he leads a normal day life and fights crime at night... this explains the sleep thing😅 thank you so much

[@jonknowsnothing4259]

I’ve always wanted an explanation for how he can do all of what he does and know the things he knows and train the way he trains, manages a company, and still manages to function at a superhuman level, I’m here like dead without my 8 hours

[@commotiocordis1037]

He's actually a metahuman, that's his superpower. IRL, he dies. See "Why We Sleep" by Matthew Walker, acclaimed Somnologist.

[@rhuonaChanel]

I think batman has managers that handle his company affairs, he always comes off as an overseer or laidback shareholder

[@afnanhype624]

in the dark Knight turn out Bruce is sleeping in the middle of the meeting,it was Mr Fox handled the meeting.

[@ZorroForr0501]

“Adults...struggle desperately with fiction, demanding constantly that it conform to the rules of everyday life. Adults foolishly demand to know how Superman can possibly fly, or how Batman can possibly run a multibillion-dollar business empire during the day and fight crime at night, when the answer is obvious even to the smallest child: because it's not real.” - Grant Morrison

[@Oldhandlewasabitcringe]

Because hes not real ?

[@ericgonzalez934]

Yess, I remember , one episode. Alfred, forcefully, stopped Bruce and said , full 8 hours of sleep now, as minimum, Bruce slept for days , Superman took up the suit

[@kaidencalloway8953]

So in translation Batman’s brain is essentially so powerfully disciplined that he developed narcolepsy trained and used it to his advantage

[@cabbage_cat]

Superman: *doesn't need sleep as long as there's yellow sun but sleeps anyway so he can feel like a human Batman:

[@unorthodox5023]

Micro sleeps? Bro, some of the call center agents do that a lot. I prolly train in there.

[@maxima13broly]

He takes plot-armor pills

[@alejandrogarcia7938]

Hes the best ninja the comics try so hard explaining how he isn't superhuman but for him to actually beeing one at the same time

[@hunacean]

"Batman doesn't have any super powers" Also Batman:

[@Asura_productions]

Man hes built like a tank

[@Thelastguardian90]

Crime never sleeps

[@zcubeDbz]

Bat man during a basic meeting

[@StockyDude]

We used to just call that “power naps”.

[@xXmomofanXx]

Microsleep would be awesome if it could be used intentionally like this. But most of the time it’s just when you blink and everybody tells you you’ve been out for a couple minutes even tho you didn’t think you fell asleep at all

[@ImaginationStudios-yb7os]

Batman isn't brooding on the gargoyles he's sleeping

[@garrettsattem4799]

Of course he found a way to manage it. Why? BECAUSE HE’S BATMAAAAAAN!!!!!!!

[@nds2k1409]

In real life, a lot of very advanced meditation/yoga practitioners can achieve the deep rest of sleep, while being in an awake state, by having a very sharp and deep focus on the breath or a mantra. It said that these deep sessions can be the equivalent or even better than standard unconscious sleep

[@agentak7193]

irl: brain decay

[@shallariasunwolf5479]

I'm pretty sure that even REATCHER PROBLLY DOES THAT TOO.

[@CursedPurity]

Nah bro gain narcolepsy that’s crazy

[@Chunkyloops]

Goes into full REM sleep instantly

[@TheSigma008]

Don't forgot that Bruce is a Chi master, he probably doesn't need to sleep as much as us

[@Duneek]

I read he also uses a concoction that he drinks that allows him to get by on only 3 hours of sleep per day.

[@kingofhearts1072]

One of the only ways to master micro sleeping is getting at least four hours of DEEP sleep and several micro naps along with regular daily meditation. However, most people won’t be able to do this and it is very dangerous on many levels if you don’t know what you’re doing.

[@ockstarr3473]

sounds like sleep apnea to me😂😂

[@SuperDuperson-v9k]

Sounds right on the borderline of narcolepsy

[@thegreatclayton]

Dude trained himself to be narcoleptic and I'm supposed to believe he amplified his brain power. Iight lol

[@zombymandyas9637]

"extremely risky" We know, just ask Kramer

[@TheNefastor]

Just say it's a superpower.

[@SrAntonio301]

This happened to people irl with sleeping disorders too. I have sleep apnea and this shjt happens to me when I have trouble sleeping lol.

[@cherdoful]

Ive done this in real life, with real life problems... If you manage to completely forget about the problem and then come back to it, it will more than likely make sense right away

[@gamingnews5930]

Problem is your body has a cycle called Rem sleep and and that generally takes 2 hours for a full deep sleep and thats the time when your body heals and recovers at it's best. so normally a 1-3 hour light sleep then - 2 hours rem sleep - then 1-5 hours light sleep. If you fail to get rem sleep. The light sleep all depends on how tired you are and when you enter rem sleep. the 1-5 hours doesn't mean you sleep for 5 hours after rem it's just an indication of before and after. Without rem sleep your mind eventually would get extremly angry then hallucinate before going crazy and dieing generally around the 3 to 6 months period without proper sleep you would die.

[@N3O1999]

I’ve done that, usually if I get 4 hours of sleep, makes me feel even more sluggish

[@Larry1Wand]

I master the ability of macro sleep. Level 13, to be exact.

[@arthurmarcil6787]

(Batman, Human with no superpower ) Gets punched in the face by Wonder Woman through a glass window. No scratch. (Me) 1. Cuts my finger opening a bag of chips. 2. Gets bruised by bumping into a table. 3. Has trouble breathing 4. Gets a cramp from sitting too long. 5. Gets sunburn from 5 minute exposure 6. Starts sneezing like crazy in summer, in Spring, in autumn, and in winter

[@ryanqube9132]

i can also microsleep while driving and woke up in a hospital just to be told by an officer that i was involved in an accident that took the lifes of a family of five.

[@chaseowens9627]

All this does for me id pose the question of why do humans have to sleep in one long unbroken period while a vast majority of the animal kingdom sleeps in micro naps throughout the day and night

[@j-sant-animations8105]

Alfred would absolutely freak out if this were still canon. As a combat medic and veteran, he'll change the computer passwords, chain up the batcave closed and ground Bruce into a proper 8-12hr sleep before he even considers that for bruce

[@iedi3]

Next: the diet of a fictional character

[@mrmartian7992]

Yeah even the people who develop these type of sleeping habits haven't been able to follow them. It's not something to do full time but would be a handy trick tp exploit from time to time

[@JordanWindhamBenford]

Well. I learned something new.

[@sketchflix6425]

That's why it's called Fiction 😅

[@YelFlux]

This boy dont sleepoh hell no

[@devilsadvocate.]

Yeah, I saw what "micro sleep" did to Markiplier. Truly Batman is a different breed of man.

[@crimsonsodashakennotcold]

Me and my friend practice micro sleeping so we can study more for test and in a week after learning it I got a hang of it and it felt weird to do it on and off I can still do it but I don’t recommend you feel refreshed but after a while you get a bad headache

[@kingmasterlord]

yeah I'm still recovering from the damage this can do

[@christianmcgee2169]

I used to micro sleep when I was on meth for 12 years 🤣 lmfao

[@drawforge9640]

I guess I am Batman then

[@demorik6794]

Damn I didn't know I was Batman..

[@deathbombs]

What if batman needs to take a poop or pee? Micro piss in pants then drying tech?

[@mrwolf9907]

It’s only a comic character. In real life we need REM sleep which activates for 20 minutes per 90 minute sleep cycle. Without enough REM sleep sleep we will eventually die.

[@utswriter]

Carmilla Carmine is sooooo attractive to me. Just something about her just does it for me

[@yeahok1455]

So he's narcoleptic

[@joe-cr9qy]

Kramer did the same thing lol

[@djfru1]

Ok I'll try micro sleeping

[@thanhb2]

Perhaps his lack of sleep is the reason for his psychosis 😮 he could be a bat man if he were sane.

[@cecilroberts1971]

If not for the people who write for Batman, I would actually like the character.

[@EdgyTheHedgy891]

I do that when I have to do my work or study at night sometimes I sleep for like 15 minutes at the evening It's enough for me to be fine the entire night, but I'll feal really bad the next day Especially when I have to do it multiple days in a row My longest was 4 days without sleep or food (I had way to much work and way to little time) I looked, moved and smeeled like a zombie by day 4

[@robertoespinoza4047]

Bro I remember doing this for a month, I looked like shit

[@creatr5630]

Yeah….. I’m becoming Batman

[@bradl.602]

Sometimes when I work back-to-back 14 hour shifts, I end up microsleeping. Honestly? Terrifying. More terrifying o Is that literally nobody has called me out on it despite how, to me, it appears to affect my work quite a bit. Bills gotta get paid though. I'll probably die like this.

[@johnassal5838]

that's what happens when you're driving tired and all of a sudden you're half way into a ditch... Never mind the neurological need for sleep, if all you got was 5 hrs split into seconds or minutes of sitting up or squatting on a ledge like a gargoyle your body would be absolutely destroyed in two weeks just from never getting time to heal and maintain from normal wear and tear. with Gotham wear and tear you'd fall dead in three days...

[@PeezyElijah-sq9xr]

And uhhh. Idc what nobody say. In Batman's Job. The way he does it. He needs this. JUST MY OPINION. DONT TAKE IT PERSONAL. I JUST KNOW. THIS MICMICS MY LIFE A LITTLE BIT. SO I CAN UNDERSTAND HOW THIS WORKS. LOLL

[@SauravNrai]

Where are those dark circles

[@Devo2421]

I do this everyday

[@danielwu4723]

I’ve actually tried that, reaaaal easy to get heart attack

[@rwiii5115]

It never made sense to me why they went with that over bruce just sleeping in the morning combined with naps when necessary. Would anyone really be shocked that the billionaire playboy doesnt wake up till the afternoon? I dont think so.

[@jayteepodcast]

Narkalepsy

[@DividedReality]

So technically he doesn’t sleep

[@jerry5550]

Me try micro sleeping And it became macro sleeping

[@beomcheolkim8543]

Are we a hundred percent sure Batman doesn't have powers?

[@mp9104]

“Batman isn’t superhuman” In all seriousness, for the standards of our world, he is.

[@AjenjoAnejo]

By a very long shot he is.

[@Fist3ee]

@@AjenjoAnejo yeah i hate how ppl always say how batman is literally peak human or that he has no superpowers..Then explain to me how the hell did he beat up Superman with no kryptonite and only beat him with his fists in comics..

[@welpimf0cked654]

​@@Fist3eered star radiation

[@CeeWorld69]

He 100000000% is 😂😂🤣😆, people have NO idea 😆🤣

[@BallBatteryReligion]

Yeah I maintain that he's at the very least a low level metahuman. His strategic/cognitive abilities and planning alone are ridiculous (plot armor aside for now.) There's a storyline where Darkseid manages to mind control and enslave Batman making him his main general...he would go on to conquer most of the galaxy and defeat the JL within like, weeks because of Bruce's genius level strategic abilities. Superman gets mind controlled almost monthly and they stop it in a day. Batman gets converted once and conquers the world lol.

[@JPooger]

Micro sleep in comics: i am rested and sharper of mind. Micro sleep irl: complete cognative breakdown

[@kirbyis4ever]

Heart disease when you dont sleep properly: 💃🕺

[@reke9942]

Discombobulate

[@aishi_rei]

Me: *slept late for more than 8 years*

[@Dagrizzb]

Total destruction with an 18 wheeler.

[@grozzarkazoku8757]

Yeah this sounds neat until you do research batman is going to die from this.

[@noegrets1794]

Batman just dozing off during HR meetings in the Justice League 😂

[@dragonballsupersaiyans4482]

Hey Bruce "Are you fine?" Bruce:- Yea I am... *Micronap* 😂😂

[@batmanswife735]

He does that when he loses interest in his day job meetings😅

[@moustik31]

As he should lmao!

[@omen_main_ig]

People that wanted to be Batman irl: 💀

[@plantainsame2049]

His diet alone will kill you

[@ScottMcMaster-er4xj]

If you make the naps 45 min in length and take them frequently enough to add to 7 or 8 hours a day, then you actually will feel great. A full REM cycle = 45 min. You would be waking at the naturally easiest point of each cycle.

[@lyg483]

The parents of those people: 💀💀

[@baskpro8232]

I’ve tried this and failed but can do 2 naps 1-3 Hours each day. Can’t get REM to activate when I want it to 😅

[@goreobsessed2308]

​@@ScottMcMaster-er4xj I need to work on my napping habitinr tend to be 20-30 minutes I don't get slot of rem sleep probably why I suffer migraine

[@curtisparker2651]

Doctor said i had narcolepsy but it turns out I'm just like Batman

[@Fiero425]

scifiblogs3.blogspot.com/2012/12/batman-forever.html?m=1

[@benwyness2530]

Haha same bro 💪🏼

[@vonxoliver]

💀

[@dvsandoval3936]

My man 😂

[@giancarlovelandrez3413]

you wore your undies over your pants?

[@nobuffer101]

“Fractions of a second.” So blinking…..

[@randomguy6152]

are u assuming batman doesnt also have techniques making it so he doesnt have to blink on a normal basis?

[@alexcaruso9316]

you don’t fall unconscious while blinking

[@Cha-Khia]

@@alexcaruso9316 Batman does... BeCaUsE hE's BaTmAn!!!

[@RickKells]

​@@Cha-Khiacringe

[@edgarramirez9113]

​@alexcaruso9316 If you're sleep deprived, it absolutely can 100% happen.

[@be6386]

If only he lived in a world of magic and super technology advancement to help him sleep better, oh wait

[@plantainsame2049]

He kind of has the Opposite problem

[@natpeterson8313]

@@plantainsame2049 Indeed lol crime doesn’t take time off

[@OatmealTheCrazy]

​@natpeterson8313 he could legit just find someone to create a pocket dimension where he can sleep realistically while only a few seconds pass in Gotham. There's also several completely safe ways to gain eternal youth to offset the downside. At worst case, there's the Lazarus pits + "backup personalities"

[@plantainsame2049]

@@OatmealTheCrazy Who the fuck can make a pocket dimension The only person I know who could do it is doctor Faye and I don't trust that guy Because hes literally an evil helmet enslaving people.

[@tsnoob4669]

Writers: Should I allow Batman to improve in his crime fighting, save innocent people more efficiently, and be the hero he's meant to be?......... Naaaaah, too boring. Let's have him beat up his kids and save Joker from falling to his death.....

[@animadoarts5123]

In animated movies he sleeps good 8hrs. Works good 8 hrs. Fights good 8 hrs.

[@Space_Ghost_Hunter]

Why I've been mostly watching these lately...

[@RikkSpencer]

Bruce is supposed to be in “peak physical condition”; built like Chris Bumstead, but with the cardiovascular conditioning of a CrossFit athlete. It is physically impossible (as in defies the laws of physics) for a person to achieve that without 7-9 CONSECUTIVE hours of sleep, on a consistent basis. If all you’re doing is “Micro napping” a few times a day (even if it totals up to several hours), then your body will begin to deteriorate pretty quickly, and your cognitive functioning goes along with it. The whole “micro napping” thing pushes Batman into the territory of “super-human”; which kind of takes away from his character IMO. Batman, needs his rest - he’s only human.

[@kylermichael3972]

@@RikkSpencerI hear what you are saying but it’s a comic book.

[@popeye697]

​@@RikkSpencerhe mostly sleeps during the day despite what this video says

[@sp123]

​@@RikkSpencer Kobe Bryant used to sleep 4 hours a day in his prime, but he was on Ritalin (confirmed in his autopsy). Micronapping makes more sense if we assume Batman is taking steroids

[@dariuscarter4244]

"Hold on guys I gotta recharge my ring " "Ok , I'll soak up some sun to top off myself" " Just took a micro nap, Im good"

[@davidmace3310]

For being a human with no superpowers Batman is OP as hell.

[@Batchall_Accepted]

Yeah I don't like when they make him this over the top. Batman is supposed to be the peak of what a person chan achieve physically and mentally, but they always used to keep it kind of plausible, like you can kinda see it being possible if someone was dedicated enough. But this shit of him not having to sleep or being able to predict a person's every move just makes him another demi-god like the rest of them

[@Ruby_Eve]

​@@Batchall_Accepted or how about when he survived a fall from orbit without a problem?

[@dariobolato441]

@@Batchall_Acceptednah i like that man the should call him metahuman at this point

[@enderethan144]

@@Batchall_Acceptedfinally someone I can agree with. Dude I hate it when the writers always write Batman as 10% God and 90% human and give him stupid overpowered plot armour that makes him the luckiest mortal alive, he is supposed to be what you said a human at peak condition.

[@davidbarroso1960]

@@Batchall_Acceptedthe dude was kicking live oak trees in half in the 80s

[@damnson6556]

you can’t be THAT jacked without sleep 😂

[@misterlestari5772]

Truer word never been spoken

[@shrektheswampless6102]

maybe roids?

[@BatGoat1943]

@@shrektheswampless6102 Nah trust me, that's Steve Rogers not Bruce Wayne.

[@ibrahim_-_-_]

facts

[@ibrahim_-_-_]

@@shrektheswampless6102nah even with roids sleep is necessary this is just fictional so

[@matteoiacobelli2958]

Forget money, this is batman's true superpower

[@jaccblikky8977]

I’m happy u mentioned that it’s extremely dangerous in real life twice cuz some of these morons will really think they’re Batman and do micronaps

[@plantainsame2049]

His diet will kill you

[@betabishop3144]

why u gotta call me out like that

[@artart5404]

Why you call them a moron, microsleep is a real thing, however it's not as extreme as presented in the clip.

[@jaccblikky8977]

@@artart5404 because if your explicitly told that something is extremely dangerous and you still do it you’re a moron.

[@WarFoxThunder]

FR

[@tetlrock7460]

Makes sense. That's why he is always grumpy😂

[@Fiero425]

scifiblogs3.blogspot.com/2012/12/batman-forever.html?m=1

[@naolidecomisso4108]

oh damn thats actully true

[@yea3603]

Man takes one nap and wakes up wanting to quick crime

[@kashifreza1993]

Yeah who wouldnt be

[@lydellb]

Thats why he always sounds like he just woke up lmao