I Survived 24 Hours with The Man Who Never Sleeps

Dive into the life of Mr. Ngoc, an 82-year-old Vietnamese man who thrives despite decades without sleep. Located just moments away from my home in Hoi An, I uncover the remarkable ways he manages to live a full life under such extreme conditions. From sunrise in his lush rice fields to late nights distilling traditional rice wine, this journey is nothing short of astonishing.
We'll explore how Mr. Ngoc keeps his mind and body active, the impact of his insomnia, and the secrets behind his resilience. Prepare for a story of endurance and culture that challenges the very essence of human health and sleep.
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[@staggerlee9362]

He's in his 80s, he fought in Vietnam, and he's been married for 60 years, he's just learned to sleep with his eyes open.

[@FallenFlag9]

I had a high-school teacher who taught in Nam. He loved to point out how he learned to sleep with his eyes open while out there. He mentioned how agent orange is some real nasty stuff. Other than that, he never spoke of his experience.

[@DIYsober]

People who sleep with their eyes open still know that they're sleeping

[@gdaholic]

My grandpa learned to sleep with one eye open. WWII Vet.

[@bootychaaaaain]

That’s the conclusion I’ve come too

[@Koboldoss]

I'll follow these lessons no sleep, a lot alcohol and cigarettes, thus I hope to live 200 years with this healthy lifestyle

[@willthomsen7569]

Might do better than you think lol

[@zzodysseuszz]

@@willthomsen7569with no sleep he will die

[@490Sicc]

I followed this and Im alrdy 120 years old but I feel like 30 yo. :)

[@greenblue6935]

Watched a documentary about this guy a few years ago, towards the end they discovered he takes naps and does sleep, so all seemed a bit pointless in the end 😂

[@lukeuseforce]

I effing knew it. What a joke.

[@rizzorizzo2311]

I mean you would literally die if you didn’t sleep for too long, and it’s a pretty short span of time. There is actually a condition that makes it impossible for the person to ever reach REM sleep and they eventually die young. Edit: It’s called FFI (Fatal familial insomnia) and it’s extremely rare.

[@zzodysseuszz]

Fatal familia insomnia. A man with it once documented his experiences over the years and in just a few months he had become delirious and insane, eventually dying as a deranged mess.

[@selectionn]

most people cant think for themselves so it makes sense nobody is pointing out that this is physically impossible. people are just inherently stupid I suppose.

[@adavis5926]

At 82 years old and smoking 40 cigs a day and drinking strong alcohol every night, he's pretty darn healthy nevertheless.

[@toofar2real]

Man is a war veteran that doesn't sleep. He tends to his property while chain smoking and drinking rice whiskey sun up to sun down, he's a different kind of human

[@joereedsmith1531]

PTSD 100% what you said.

[@TheS71cky]

@@joereedsmith1531 i think you misspelled bullshit.

[@ZebraXWarrior]

He is exactly like my neighbor who lives across the street from me. American vet with PTSD 💯! He just needs to swear and yell and get the authorities to his house a bit more, and it will be exact.

[@SpartaBobsky]

Sleeping takes 30% of our lives, the guy has already lived more than a 100 yers old person

[@mostfunnestchannel]

Dreaming adds 200%, I have lived lifetimes in dreams

[@joules_sw]

​@@mostfunnestchannelno you didn't you were dreaming lol

[@Watson606]

I didn't understand a single word he said and I live thousands of miles away, but it felt like I was listening to my grandfather talk to me throughout a day of yard work.

[@KyoushaPumpItUp]

Usually people who started being unable to sleep at night would only last for about a year before dying. How this guy is still alive after 5 decades of being unable to sleep is baffling to say the least.

[@greenblue6935]

He does sleep.

[@rupeeslang5121]

It's nonsense, he sleeps, he just fakes it for some reason. I bet when there is nobody around he sleeps. Else he would be dead by now, especially with how much he smokes, the body restores when sleeping.

[@Tampafan33]

It’s bs that’s why

[@oaktharas]

@@greenblue6935he only closes his eyes for 5 mins each time . Can you do that

[@oaktharas]

@@Tampafan33he only rests for like 5 mins each time

[@OzymandiasWasRight]

I have bouts of insomnia. Ive gone 6 days a handful of times. You get sore from never resting certain muscles. When you finally do start to relax there are tremors and 'jump starts' that wake you up again. Its like your brain cant remember how to shut off so drifting to sleep causes a panic reaction. Waking dreams hit you randomly that leave you disoriented and confused. Your eyes hurt. Zero energy and zero motivation. OTC drugs just make it worse and usually fuel more anxiety. I feel for this guy. I dont know how someone could get use to it but he seems to handle it very well all things considered.

[@renoinfoau]

Your editor is something special, some of the best work I've seen this year with all the extra work they did

[@Yusuf-ok5rk]

he must've hired a filipino when he was there. 100%

[@doughnut68]

​@@Yusuf-ok5rkhe hired your mum

[@Yusuf-ok5rk]

@@doughnut68 what is the reason for this hate?

[@Andrew_Fraser]

Vietnamese

[@speeddemon8977]

agreed

[@Pays2Win]

This man will have lived twice the life time of the average person.

[@ohmysticoh2825]

Yeah, this guy has gotta be breaking an all time record. He most likely has the highest amount of hours spent consciously in a person's lifetime.

[@bradherman9707]

That math doesn't work out

[@bxnkxvva]

Im myself suffer from insomnia i have no idea how he is still standing its a miracle

[@SoulReaver95]

As im approaching my 25-th hour of no sleep i can tell you he is superman 😄

[@gone.golfing]

Because he definitely sleeps.

[@jamesgorden5072]

@@gone.golfing Of course he does, he sleeps a couple hours per night. It is physically and mentally IMPOSSIBLE for a human to never sleep.

[@gone.golfing]

@@jamesgorden5072 With no bags under his eyes, full head of hair, etc etc

[@pasjeihobby]

Comentary, editing, music and pace of video is beyond TV productions. This is prime yt content. I'm literally amazed.

[@brucewayne2773]

Perfect guy to hire as a 24 hour security guard👮‍♂️.

[@goldensloth7]

maybe a game developer!

[@brucewayne2773]

@@goldensloth7 👍

[@Paul20661]

As a former security at a club,yeah 😂 Nowadays I go to bed at 2-3 max

[@farandbeyond]

Man I am so impressed with your work and channel, 1 year in and 111K subs, super impressive

[@ashtonstout7375]

This was a great video, Andrew. Mr. Ngoc is over twice my age, smokes 1(or 2) packs of cigarettes a day, drinks very strong alcohol, almost never sleeps, and he appears to be quite healthy. Thank you for sharing your time with this amazing gentleman with us.

[@Litleakers]

I stg I have this same Issue for the last ten years. I used to stay up super late and just enjoyed being active when others were sleep now it’s insanely hard for me to even get a hour of sleep I usually just take 10 minute sit around breaks and get right back to it. Super weird can’t explain it

[@Litleakers]

I also started drink heavy amounts of caffeine at around age 13 I’m 23 now so Idk if that has something to do with it.

[@lestergreen2828]

Are you tired?

[@zanity0317]

i don't know why he doesn't have more subs. the quality of his contents and video edits are top tier.

[@Lopro94]

So either he is just mentally stronger than the insanity we mortals get from prolonged sleep deprivation, or his (ptsd?) nightmares are just too insane to ever fall asleep 😅

[@MrFloat777]

He naps/sleeps lol it’s all bogus. Physically,scientifically,and psychologically it is impossible to continue living after a certain amount of time without sleep. After about 24 hours very subtle hallucinations begin, some people often experience “second wind” where you’ve stayed up so long that your sleepiness goes away.

[@mschiang86]

This was a great video, Andrew! Each one gets better than the last. 🎉🎉

[@mikespee]

Hey Andrew, underrated channel man. Keep going bro!

[@StuPidasle]

Thanks Andrew! Fantastic video. You're bringing us amazing content.

[@cheetodust7041]

He sleeps with his eyes open. You cant live without sleep..

[@naipai9021]

Keep up with the great work, Andrew! We are very excited to see your next video!

[@rainie1263]

I love the story and the editing..

[@lalobarron5881]

I feel like not being able to sleep would be torture for me and that I would hallucinate like crazy.

[@RisenFromDarkness_1880]

Agreed I once had auditorial hallucinations from lack of sleep.

[@jamesgorden5072]

You would be tortured. People start to hallucinate after 3 or 4 days of zero sleep. He sleeps, the video is clickbait.

[@RighteousnessWillPrevail]

I doubt you would feel tired and hallucinate if you don't need to sleep because those are side effects of needing sleep.

[@ElysetheEevee]

I've stayed up for five days straight with zero sleep during a manic episode. I began hallucinating about three days in. I already had sleep issues and was used to staying up for a day or two at a time, easily. I could hear earwigs and spiders crawling on the walls and saw them pouring inside from a basement window (my friend had a basement apartment I was staying at for a few days). I even met up with a friend I hadn't seen in a few years and when he came over, he was concerned about my behavior. It's not fun. It's not just the hallucinating and mental unease, either. You start feeling like your chest is too tight and you can't take a good breath. It's just awful. You feel like you're dying, physically.

[@jimmyjoegarcia]

I would just drink and get high if I had ffi

[@minhnguyen-fr5zq]

I’m Vietnamese and I can’t even understand a word he say, thanks god for the caption

[@Dangkles]

Haha it wasn’t that bad but there were definitely some minor mistakes in the captions from what I caught

[@giainhoanvienvn8888]

Bác ở Miền trung nên khó nghe

[@Kman6849]

Do you guys have difference accent there like north/south/etc ?

[@datqn7244]

​@@Kman6849 every region has their own accent, different words not just south/central/north. Ethnic groups of VN also have their own language which makes things even more challenging. But I can understand everything Ông Năm said, so it's not too hard.

[@Kman6849]

@@datqn7244 i feel like SEA has so many language .I'm Thai so it is the same thing, we also have so many accents/language like7-8. some time i don't understand ppl from south at all .thankyou for sharing the information.

[@edm5356]

Thanks for the video. This was a great watch. I think I'm going to take a nap now.

[@SocialChannelStudios]

This is interesting! Thank you for sharing, Andrew.

[@Splits-man]

I find it difficult to believe that he can survive more than a few days without sleeping. How can you actually test it?

[@David_Quinn_Photography]

there is a documentary done maybe 6 years ago on him, he sleeps, its micro sleep most days but he does get real sleep.

[@nali19751975]

Andrew thank you mate for sharing this with us

[@bigbasar5406]

Another good doco Andrew, keep up the good work mate

[@rufiorufioo]

Man took a m60 bullet through the wrist and still uses it. Glad he’s happy and loving a good life now.

[@mythics791]

very cool. appreciate your time and effort for this video.

[@allendavis3107]

Andrew your content has gotten really really good. Keep it up bro 💯

[@LazerR0cketB0mb]

I had insomnia for about 38 days. Ii was absolute hell, I was in tears because my body was constantly trying to sleep, but I'd startle up the second I dozed off feeling like my body forgot how to breathe. Fuck me man. I really thought I might go insane. I got a check up and Dr gave me a few benzos and a cpap and it just stopped. I've always been a little afraid it will come back. Edit: Is this Bolo Yeung's mother??

[@pro-duct911]

He is a hero. His supernatural is never to sleep to look after people all day and night.

[@jamesgorden5072]

He is not a hero. He sleeps. The video is clickbait. It is impossible to never sleep at all and still be alive.

[@NaNa-rb7ou]

Fascinating, and also great documentary

[@scotthoward4836]

I remember this guy in a similar video when he was a few years younger and looking at him now he seems to be looking even younger again

[@Higinjhhg1123]

Marlboro or camel and Kratom and poppy plants probably plays a big part in this.

[@chanceferrari]

Great video!! I really enjoyed watching it

[@gillyxyooj]

You should do more video documentaries like this, I really like it!

[@denis4072]

I think someone cover similar story before and appear the man did fall asleep for an hour or few hours.

[@Stonedcapone43]

Absolutely amazing man....sick bid bro really enjoyed it. Ya got a new sub bro❤

[@leehaseley2164]

This one left me with such a warm, fuzzy feeling that it is difficult to express adequately. For me, this uncle personifies so much of the national spirit, if I can say such a thing, of Việt Nam.

[@davidtsmith33]

Surely he must take naps in-between. The problem most likely progressed from staying up late or all night. After a while the body acclimatises and becomes harder to feel sleepy by a certain time in the night as most would normally do. I have a neighbour who finds it difficult to sleep at night and it's because of the same habit of staying up late or all night reading or whatever. He's been doing it so long it's become ingrained. He would eventually go to bed around 3-4 in the morning and I hardly think he gets a good 1-2 hours of sleep if any. Ironically he says it's normal no matter how I tell him no it's not normal.

[@DIYsober]

I watched the Drew Binsky vid as soon as it came out. I am really grateful you made this vid becuase the whole situation really intrigued me and I would watch other vids with this guu. Very intriguing

[@ryanprasad2090]

19:42 This has to be an award-winning portrait.

[@tangowiskey4740]

Very interesting and very strong man

[@saltyshanker]

He's living life to its fullest

[@georgiadreamingbb1245]

I wish that man every blessing in life!❤

[@goldensloth7]

HE'S 82?! Damn, he looks pretty good!

[@goldensloth7]

actually, looks amazing. especially out in the sun all day, smoking like a chimney, and no sleep? is he an android?

[@bigboicreme]

Glad he has such a sweet pup 🎂

[@twolaneasphalt4459]

Whew, I'm exhausted. I've gotta take a nap!

[@nathanlambert1502]

I enjoyed this one , he’s seems like a good guy and he’s happy, that’s all that matters.

[@bengtal]

lol, "setting this entire motion in process" 💗💙💚 somewhere around or after 16 minutes i think. Andrew, I LOVE that you included his tobacco-smoking as a potential factor in his health. I don't know what formulations of tobacco products are mostly distributed around Vietnam, but I largely attribute the health-concerns and tarnished reputation of tobacco, to the modern handling of it, and myriad bizarre chemical additives unfortunately part of that modern commercial machinery. Tobacco, originally, and as a plant, is a very special medicinal blessing, and powerful factor of health. Real tobacco is good!

[@DoomIIMaster]

"The tobacco plant, Nicotiana, has probably been responsible for more deaths than any other herb. At present, tobacco smoking is causing over 3 million deaths a year worldwide, and if current smoking trends continue the annual mortality will exceed 10 million by around 2030.1 Add to this the mortality from cancers caused by oral uses and the death toll becomes still higher. Undoubtedly, tobacco is the most important avoidable cause of premature death and disease in the world.2" - Journal of the Royal society of Medicine

[@FoodXBert]

Awesome video. 😊

[@6CrysNoir6]

He is tough! Respect.

[@Higinjhhg1123]

This is a tough dude. What a legend. ❤

[@Dreamer66617]

great video andreew

[@CrimsonWings89]

Dude is literally a living breathing autosave 😂😂 I want to learn from this guy!

[@1adamantium1]

My Grandpa smoked all his life, he moved into our home when he was 85. He knew no one liked cigarettes so he just gave it up, he passed away a few months later.

[@rasulsamad5860]

And he wasn't sick?

[@LeahandBlair]

Damn bro, we need to lift our game. 🎉 See u back in the Philippines 🇵🇭 Leah and Blair

[@lemat8558]

Top Notch work by you and your team btw!

[@rizlaruler7404]

Great store hands down

[@Bobwa2008]

What a remarkable man.

[@Nick_Gerr-Pries]

His secret is chain smoking 😂

[@robertlawson206]

Remarkable man

[@Fredrik7le]

Im more impressed about how he can live 80+ years and have been smoking 40 cigarettes a day most of his life

[@adden2242]

im very surprised he's still alive and he smokes alot,too..

[@KidMangaX]

An old VC, powered by cigarettes and moonshine… No wonder we lost.

[@icegangsta5161]

A true soldier

[@rabbithomesteading3797]

I wonder? If you never sleep you probably need more of a caloric intake. Wonder if he does eat more or not? Very interesting! Great video and work Andrew! Great quality!

[@oshunbleu6511]

Perfect Life 🙏

[@jacobishii6121]

The term would be banana brandy if its distilled.... whiskey has to be made from made from grain and aged in a barrel bourbon or American whiskey has to have corn and be aged in barrel

[@sinvwj6617]

Ptsd and agent orange might've be the recipe for his condition. He must've contracted agent organge, which then mutated to his advantage.

[@33mavboy]

There is a Japanese man that does similary, but he sleeps in 3 hour intervals, very interesting fella wouldn't mind seeing him again!

[@dustinclark3390]

I went twenty four days like that, this man is tougher than you'll ever know.

[@RighteousnessWillPrevail]

Sleeping comes down to chemicals. Creatures can adapt in many different ways. I believe with the right training and disapline, you can get your body to rewire itself kind of thing to no longer need sleep. Studies were done on temple monks and they only need around 4 hours of sleep a night and they're fine. I'm pretty much the same way because I've fought sleep my entire life because it's a chore to me. I want to live life alot. So I don't live on 8 hours of sleep at night at all. And I'm fine. But napping is something I do. Micro sleeping. Aircraft controllers have rooms where they can sleep for 15 minutes because micro sleeping makes a huge differeance in your ability to think and function.

[@lyrand6408]

Arnold Schwarzenegger would have loved that. He said before in interviews that he thought sleep was one of the biggest waste of time in life. In terms of productivity (I.E. what you can do, or rather how much you'd love to do) he's right. Sure, sleep is essential for humans (the majority of us, that is). However, most of us only have maybe 12 hours a day of efficient productivity... and pushed beyond that it becomes tiring, less efficient, and even risky for your health (at least in the longer terms). We're not "made" to constantly do things, our bodies need rest. The condition of this man is indeed extreme, but something allows him to keep on going nonetheless.

[@captainLoknar]

This seems like the area around the Ban-na hill tourist mountain which is gorgeous and I wish I was free to mix and roam around these parts.

[@Andrew_Fraser]

Closer to My Son Temples

[@bradharrison5120]

Imma clinical insomniac. This guy is in a good mood. Wtf plz help me

[@calebbannister]

That man can smoke. He’s even got a smokin hand. We tried to take it from him back in Nam but the man wouldn’t give it up.

[@A.R.C.77]

I've gone 2 and a half days and I started to get worried but after my body went back to normal

[@mattdillon4398]

The most amazing part is that he's a smoker too! While sleeping is the only time that heavy smokers don't smoke. That means that he smokes at least 1/3 more than the average smoker, hasn't slept in 60 years and works throughout the night, yet he's 82 !

[@yapaul6226]

Andrew uses Sonny’s film crew for sure

[@SpataWorks]

Hes actually 27

[@alihakimi1707]

Dude has the super power that no one wants

[@celestinedelrosario580]

15:32 your eyes are on fire after that shot

[@snookaisahtheotengahrepres5681]

iam heavily speed addicted i sleep every sunday. but i never was bored, there is allways something to learn

[@Thron2111]

He sounds like he doesn’t sleep, definitely needs the subtitle.

[@avocado1700]

Impressive human.

[@BLA176]

hes a warrior

[@yapaul6226]

Bro this is like a $100k production on a $100 budget 😂

[@DIYsober]

This guy is basically living in heaven. He is Poison by dioxins fighting a war where he's debilitated in his hand and God says no the Americans are not going to take away your future they're not going to take away your family they're not going to take away your livelihood I'm going to give you all the time that you would have slept to work to be prosperous to be happy to be fulfilled I'm going to give it back to you I think this is a blessing from God

[@k.elysium6819]

I don't understand how he isn't hallucinating and delirious. The entire mind can be completely taken over by delirium by day 5 without sleep, for some it even happens by day 4. He must sleep even if it's just an hour here and there.

[@rodantegutierrez4027]

REUPLOAD? i watch this video years ago.

[@oldschool8432]

It warms my heart to see him feeding his fury friend his own food. That is a wonderful man. Bless him Edit: it will probably be his beautiful wife that dies from lung cancer

[@danitajminer3279]

15:46, it is ethanol..😊

[@brucewayne2773]

Drink a ton of home made alcohol, pack of cigarettes a day, and daily bike ride working out. A recipe for long life success 👍

[@ballistic350]

And they say watch your health, doesn't matter how healthy you are, if it's your time it's your time

[@brucewayne2773]

@@ballistic350 well stated 👍

[@6663000]

I guarantee he's smoking more than a pack a day... probably more like 3 packs. And he's 82 years old, I bet he's been doing it for 70 years.

[@paladins1239]

​@@ballistic350 it is because he work hard in war, even when he old, he still work super hard, a normal person will die in 10 year if they drink and smoke like that

[@paladins1239]

If you want to burn your health bar, then you must built it first

[@kernel0verflow919]

It would be so interesting to do a 48 hour EEG, don’t they shouldn’t bother him and just live him his life

[@Miguelangel6784]

You’re so right! I would love to grow old with half his spirit for life ☺️