If This Happens In Your Sleep, Wake Yourself Up Immediately

A mysterious phenomenon baffled medical professionals when a group of individuals seemed to suddenly die in their sleep, leaving no clear explanation. To understand what could be happening, investigators explored folklore from cultures across the globe. A sinister figure-similar to a sleep paralysis demon-seems to emerge in tales from the Philippines, Laos, Thailand, and Japan.
So what is this nightmare? And, can it suddenly kill you while you’re asleep?
Let’s get into it.
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[@Itz_ZyloByte]

Don't sleep = Death Sleep = Death Idk what to do with my life anymore

[@ThrarmAnimation]

go outside = death stay inside = death

[@MiaMizuno]

Breath = Oxygen = death

[@manuelfrontier]

I hear you LOL I guess live your life like it is your last day cause tomorrow is never guaranteed.

[@bread_kneecaps]

​@@manuelfrontier i can easily bet you that I'll wake uo tomorrow, infact ill give you an update when i wake uo

[@Kiki_Fox]

Live=death

[@reyjones6472]

Something like this almost killed me. I've had sleep paralysis off and on my whole life, and this was not sleep paralysis. I felt like I was buried alive and suffocating to death. It was so traumatic I've developed claustrophobia ever since. It's likely a combination of sleep apnea and acid reflux causing suffocating, which causes cardiac arrest.

[@Thebrighestsunx]

me too, it happens like 2 times a year and lasts for 2-3 weeks a time, it sucks.

[@3_or_more_characters.]

sounds like this sucks

[@SilveniumTheDrifter]

Yep. Gastroparesis, GERD, and sleep apnea (120 - 160 interruptions per hour) here. Was trying to use a cpap, but, still feeling like I didn't have enough air. I've just taken to sleeping with someone who's used to my screaming and uncomfort at night, and wakes me up. XD

[@MtbHunxho]

@@Thebrighestsunx facts i havent had these issues in several years and i mainly would say it could possibly be due to diet more than anything and what u eat too cause i used to be just like u having this issue at least 2-3 times a year at random never the same time but i started changing my diet due to sports and general health and nevee had this issue again im not saying its gon cause it can happen at anytime but so far its helped me stay away from it completely and also take control of ur mind and thought try to control ur dreams or not have any at all if that makes sense

[@mysmirandam.6618]

I've had that!

[@Mangolite]

I belong to the Hmong ethnic group, and when I first learned about SUNDS (Sudden Unexplained Nocturnal Death Syndrome), it was known by a different name and acronym. SUNDS was also associated with SADS (Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome). While Grill jokes about Freddy Krueger, these terrifying deaths inspired Wes Craven to create A Nightmare on Elm Street. This is why I am passionate about learning more about these tragic deaths.

[@ferretyluv]

I learned about the Hmongs and SADS (I learned it as Sudden Adult Death Syndrome, as opposed to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome) in college. The general consensus was that it was genetics combined with the stress of being a refugee.

[@worawatli8952]

I'm from Thailand and we called it "ไหลตาย"(Laitai), directly translated "slip dead", and I've just learnt that this tales of ghost going to get you if you eat and sleep at the wrong time is exactly the same throughout regions.

[@GuitarRocker2008]

Yeah I am in the middle of being tested for SADS (all tests were negative so far thankfully).

[@CSBCHANNEL19]

Bro was dying.

[@DepDawg]

@@GuitarRocker2008glad to hear that!

[@Ashiyaphoenix]

30 years of nightmares and I am still alive. I think I have some superpowers. Sleep immortality.

[@thelorddarkam3563]

I dont dream so im fine

[@TheBigSki]

@@thelorddarkam3563amen just go to sleep blackness then I’m up lol

[@Abcjack-gi2io]

​@@thelorddarkam3563 Same 🤜

[@Jackpkmn]

I also lived like this for 30 years, turned out to be an extremely severe case of sleep apnea. I no longer experience this at all since I got my cpap.

[@ZomboidMania]

​@@Jackpkmnwhat's cpap? I'm only 18 now but I've been having constant nightmares almost every night ever since I was about 13, and I'd really like it to stop

[@shadw4701]

Dreaming is honestly highly underrated and can be some of the best experiences you'll have. Keep a dream journal and start paying more attention to your dreams. You'll have the best adventures and memorable experiences that often feel real

[@Pink7omy]

Yes! I’ve been doing that. It’s awesome.

[@klorslug]

This is how I was able to have lucid dreams. Amazing experience.

[@SquigglesFluffystuff]

And the subconcious mind likes to talk to you through your dreams.

[@foozle9285]

Yeah, no thanks. I sleep great, but my dreams invariably end up with me dying in the weirdest ways possible. Memorable... Sure. But not something I want to dwell on.

[@Just_a_random_birb]

i think i once had a dream of me getting my dream Gaming PC its a very fun dream.

[@meowlink7673]

my uncle died the same way after a heavy drinking session. he was screaming and moaning in his sleep, ofc they blamed bangungot, turns out he died of pancreatitis.

[@artificialanimeuniverse5063]

😂😢❤

[@AnimeLover16000]

Moaning? 😭 I'm sorry brother, you caught me off guard

[@MaesterTasl]

A lot of this very much seems to overlap with sleep apnea. Mix that with not being able to move due to sleep paralysis, or just too much alcohol so you pass out rather than sleep and that can be a recipe for disaster. Eating before bed can increase acid reflux. The acid vapor can cause your airway and sinuses to inflame thus increasing your chances of sleep apnea or making the symptoms worse. Breathing and sleeping is a lot trickier than it should be all things considered!

[@Boingo1625]

I always eat dessert- no wonder why I have an easier time falling asleep the later it is…

[@MichaelHarto]

As a person who was having sleep paralysis almost every other day on my 20s, nightmare doesn't scare or shock me anymore. All that sleep paralysis made me learn to realize i was dreaming and then it's lucid dreaming time.

[@Kiki_Fox]

What happens when the monster gets close to you?

[@MichaelHarto]

@@Kiki_Fox either they shriek like a banshee beside my ears a few times then i woke up startled, or they caught up to me and then i woke up startled. nowadays, if it happens again, i know i have to force open my eyelids for a second time, because i am not awake yet. it feels like you have 2 layers of eyelids and you need to force them open reaaaal hard to really wake up. or, if that day i'm feeling good, i'd face my nightmare and they no longer become dangerous or scary. lucid dreaming time.

[@Kiki_Fox]

@@MichaelHarto woah. That makes me want to have sleep paralysis to have a quick way into lucid dream by facing the monster. But I know I wouldn’t be the brave type.

[@MichaelHarto]

@@Kiki_Fox if you had it every other night, you kinda have to. I was exhausted from working late for months and taking stimulants to keep on working.

[@Yamaazaka]

The oh, that's way too odd for real life moment. I'm just so naive when asleep it's annoying.

[@PringlesL0vr]

As a young person with some part of me having Asian blood and knowing I eat too much food, I am terrified and my insomnia has never been harder. Thanks brew. 😊

[@ferretyluv]

Unless you’re Hmong, you don’t have to worry about

[@PringlesL0vr]

@@ferretyluvok

[@shannonolivas9524]

​​@@ferretyluvman, either you were being kind or didn't pay attention but it affects people from south east Asia and Japan as well. I guess the Han aren't included. Thai workers suffered from it in this story, not just Laotian Hmong and it is noted in the video as also occurring amongst Filipino people as well. My advice would be to avoid eating a large meal before bed, build cardio, and monitor yourself for the symptoms mentioned at the end of the video. As you get older consider having a doctor do an ECG to check your heart and inform them if you are in this risk group so you can better monitor and manage the condition if you have it and if you don't... well then you're fine.

[@XiELEd4377]

Also, there's a superstition that eating too much durian kills you. It's probably because the fruit is calorically dense and sort of makes your body more inefficient at processing alcohol and some other chemicals.

[@krisstopher8259]

brew is excellent at being our worst nightmare

[@orangejacket4551]

I’ve had dreams where I get shot, one about an airplane crash where the wing severs my head clean off, another where a loan shark put my hand in a blender.. I always feel the pain in these dreams and it sucks.

[@damwizzthegreat]

bro, sounds like u got issues i dream abouth hanging out in a park with my friends😂

[@Alexander-Mastery1-yn7ee]

​@@damwizzthegreatwhat kind of story is that

[@1hhdkshsnew]

In one of my old dreams I was in my lunchroom in my old school eating lunch (without my shirt on for some reason)then sonic exe appeared out of no where and came up to my back and made LOTS of scratch marks on my back slowly…I felt the whole thing:(

[@SkitS_0]

that reminds me of final destination man ngl

[@pineforest1442]

Woah, you can feel pain in your dreams? All I feel is a weird sensation. Not at all like pain.

[@rogersepeda]

You can die of a heart break, so this does sound possible.

[@Clint_Yeastwood]

I mean duh. If your heart breaks it ain't gonna work no more seems pretty obvious🤔

[@rogersepeda]

@ you know that’s a figure of speech right? I’ve had a broken heart in the past but I’m still alive, it’s when it’s too extreme for the body can handle. It’s like when you’ve been cheated on after a 15 year marriage.

[@poolhalljunkie9]

I would much rather be cheated on after a 15 year marriage than to have my kids ripped from me for no other reason than their mother is a narcissist who's more concerned with ruining my life than her children's well-being.

[@ChipsonAnimates]

@@poolhalljunkie9 … Is this from experience?

[@floweytheflower5261]

​@@poolhalljunkie9 I'm... sorry for you having to go through that?

[@xenferhon]

Thanks brew I needed this before falling asleep

[@ekramer2478]

Nap time!

[@nadinelannes183]

My fiancé is a hypochondriac and has nightmares regularly. I'm NEVER telling him about this.

[@에반-v7p]

I am a hypochondriac and I've had a lot of nightmares for a very long time...

[@TheMiojox]

Freddy Krueger sends his regards

[@crawdadlando4053]

Freddy is afraid of the dokken brothers.

[@HazooToo]

Freddy has nothing on The Elephant.

[@NealCamerlengo]

And Astaroth from Catherine.

[@robynsegg]

Brrrrruuuuuhhhhh...

[@bluetickbeagles116]

OMFG!! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@jacquelinemartinez3903]

This video is scarily hitting the hammer on the nail with my life lately…. I’ve been having heart palpitations from the stress of moving out of my family’s home. I’m 4 hours away now and being an adult for the first time and I’ve been taken to the hospital twice for heart palpitations and last week, I had two sleep paralysis experiences in one day….

[@Yamaazaka]

Potassium and/or magnesium could help no cap

[@callalilly1988]

I hope you’re doing better now.

[@OingoDeLaBoingo]

Eating before bed while watching this. Wish me luck lads

[@loganwolv3393]

You're ok right?

[@santai_yun]

Is he dead?

[@ishadiya5244]

Hello?

[@ZalamaTheDragonGod]

He's gone

[@loganwolv3393]

@@ZalamaTheDragonGod Sadge

[@necal2263]

6:41 Its called Bangungot (Bah-ngoo- ngoht) idk how to describe the sound of the 'ng' but its like a sound of a motor, the sound feels like coming from the nose. hope this helps

[@floweytheflower5261]

I mean it's literally at the words like brewing

[@LuLurret]

​​​​@@floweytheflower5261 the ng is at the start of the syllable rather than the end for a couple Filipino words which will sound different phonetically like "Ngunit". Edit: wait nvm yeah it is the same on how to sound it

[@necal2263]

@ omg yes! Wuhahaha thank you

[@JayNaCall]

Bangungot in IPA Bangungot - /baˈŋuŋot/

[@victorlarryesmenda2805]

NG sound does exist in the English language

[@bambihasantlers4744]

Laugh as you will, but I was 17 when I dreamed that a demon was strangling me. I was choking, and when I woke up my neck was in pain, like... It was like I was really strangled. Idk what exactly happens but I was really one step from dying in my sleep.

[@adamwaygood611]

This exactly happened to me quite recently it wasn't the nicest experience I truly could feel that I was struggling to breathe... that scares me ngl that you could just be sleeping peacefully then you have one random nightmare and you really are dead horrible to think

[@jayewrite1256]

Never had a demon appear, but I have had a dream or 2 where something was happening like I was sword fighting someone in one and got slashed in the leg, woke up and had a minor pain where I was slashed. Definitely a weird experience but yeah that’s why any time I notice something weird going on I just try to see if I can’t wake up. Luckily I seem to have a fairly good success rate of noticing and waking up from dreams.

[@NekoWinters]

@0:42 my Japanese friend heard the intro and said "obviously they dreamed their parents found out they got a C in math class 😂😂

[@knisayusuf]

😂😂😂

[@MariyaMireh]

@@knisayusuf dayummmmm🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@tiktak1701]

also make sure to wake up and not fall to temptation when you see a toilet in your dream

[@framed-r9g]

Once i fallen for that

[@Boingo1625]

I’ve gone to the bathroom in my dream before and nothing happened lol

[@Chaoticgoodautism]

I APPRECIATE THE NEW SPRITES (the lipstick, new Bean expressions and the chips bag) they are really subtle but they are a step forward

[@markgrender5638]

W.T.F. U ON ABOUT????LIPSTICK??? 😂

[@Chaoticgoodautism]

​@markgrender5638 the the thethe

[@Chaoticgoodautism]

they used to have an artist but they fired them and they've been reusing the same spites still but in this video they added some new ones

[@Chaoticgoodautism]

@markgrender5638 I was referring to the throwaway joke hold on lemme find the the timestamp

[@Chaoticgoodautism]

​@markgrender563812:36 it's just a frame but a silly one

[@mr.smartypants8807]

I've been waking up from nightmares for the past 2 weeks. It's always a nightmare where I can't move, when I wake up the left side of my body feels like there's no bloodflow. I don't eat a heavy meal before sleep and I am not stressed. This video got me to make a doctors appointment 😅😅

[@SuchSweetChaos]

I'm healthy and I experience sleep paralysis when im waking up sometimes. It lasts for like 5 seconds and during that time, I cannot move or feel my body. If I do somehow feel my body (typically when im coming out of paralysis), it's like a buzzing sensation. I think its very strange that you feel like you have "no bloodflow" on the left side of the body specifically tho... definitely get that checked out. That doesn't really happen with sleep paralysis, in my experience.

[@KUCCI_MIX63]

I am hmong and growing i heard so many stories from my dad. We believe there is a evil spirit as well

[@letsplaywildrift]

I'm a Filipino and this is very common for most of us. I usually get this 75% of the time when the lights are off and I'm alone in the room (no pets), And when this happens to me, I just pray the rosary and hope that it ends. One time it almost took my life because I saw myself being suffocated by a shadow with a pillow and when I woke up with sleep paralysis, I couldn't breath because the pillow in on top of me so I just prayed before I suffocate and thank GOD I was able to move in the middle of praying.

[@shannonolivas9524]

If you have health insurance you may want to get your heart checked out.

[@Yamaazaka]

So scary. I just went full broly unleash energy mode and i woke up

[@Palladiumavoid]

The disease is genetic most likely

[@alexandercarlson919]

One thing that will fix your sleep right away is "Sleeping on your side"

[@stephweasenforth7891]

Especially your left side

[@Blaineworld]

personally i am more comfortable on different sides on different nights i don’t understand how people can actually sleep on their backs

[@HeroTori]

This worked for me for a while, until I started getting sleep paralysis on my side, too. But it was almost worse, because I always felt this dreadful presence behind me, like it was something too disturbing to be in my view... rather than it being a presence above me.

[@mazlankaramat]

No right side is better scientifically ​@@stephweasenforth7891

[@mazlankaramat]

I don't get sleep paralysis,idk why​@@HeroTori

[@theRandler_77]

Wonderful. Found this on the final week of my first semester. I have exams, but sleep is a life threatening concern.

[@FronteirWolf]

Sleep is a scarce resource when you're doing anything like college.

[@AlexUnknown37]

Scared to sleep and scared to eat before bed. Cool. Thanks for always unlocking new fears.

[@pinkdiamond1847]

What a great video to show up in my recommendations right before I was about to go to bed.

[@TylernsuchPvP]

As someone with sleep paralysis. X2 here

[@IvyANguyen]

2025-01-06 00:39 (a.m.) here. They really could've chosen a better time! Back to watching audio equipment reviews...

[@AGREY-p1s]

Awesome! Removing all wood from my house now. Thanks!

[@jamiejohnson8176]

Tent city hear we come lol

[@Amonimus]

I like the image of Brew in-universe being some kind of sociopath who has no sense of tact or privacy and just wants to monologue about newspaper stories.

[@Chaoticgoodautism]

sounds more like autism then sociopathy

[@samvoicereads8905]

I had a close acquaintance whose stated cause of death was this. Bangungot has always been this mysterious thing for me and seeing it explained here makes me feel that I understand even just a bit more on what happened with my acquaintance. Thanks for making this video.

[@heavyweaponsguy6284]

0:46 the sleep paralysis demon trying to do something but you're such a heavy sleeper nothing happens:

[@mikeloeven]

1:01 As someone who has had multiple cats growing up this particular brand of night terror is 100% relatable

[@SensSword]

I'm more concerned about dreaming of bathrooms. I'm pretty sure that's half the reason I learned how to lucid dream. Couple days ago when I was dreaming, I noticed that I kept going towards bathrooms. I debated for about five to ten minutes whether I should stop dreaming and go to the bathroom or see if I could hold on for another half hour of sleep. I'm glad I chose to wake up and not have to buy a new mattress.

[@juriii315]

This happened to one of my classmates in highschool. He ate a heavy meal prior to sleeping and was found dead in the morning. I started eating small during dinner after that 🫤

[@MediaWebCrawler]

The fact it happened in masse, with 18 victims both times, it's wild

[@pyroromancer]

this is one of those scp cognito hazards. once you know about it, it can happen to you. thanks Brew

[@jaddancel]

I mean, most if not all Filipinos are very aware of this (especially after the death of Rico Yan). It's just one of the things that can happen to you, but too rare to be worrying about.

[@DylanClaggett]

This happened to me when I was 7 I woke up face down in a pillow gasping for air never happens again but I’ve NEVER been that close to suffocating to death I could feel it in my sleep I new 100% what was going on so I started screaming as loud as I could in my dream until I woke up and it worked but I have been TERRIFIED ever since!

[@Xg4531YT]

the closest i been to suffocating is when my dog ran full speed and rammed me

[@genericamerican7574]

I’m in pain, I dream about being in pain or something causing me pain.

[@Individualdoesforfun]

I remember when I was young when I woke up, I couldn't move my body at all it wasn't sleep paralysis or anything since I was still conscious and there were no demons but eventually I can move my body

[@princesspikachu3915]

@@IndividualdoesforfunThat IS sleep paralysis. I get that particular kind. It’s still pretty scary.

[@Individualdoesforfun]

@princesspikachu3915 oh

[@SewardWriter]

Of course I watch this while gorging on pulao before bed. Thanks, Brew!

[@AlrycaAeveaHexendias]

I was confused at first, but it's pronounced BA - NGOO - NGOT (the "ngoo" sound is elongated). The Philippines is a very culturally superstitious country so we have all these scary words. Like I think we have a bunch of different words for "curse"? I'm not a rural person so I don't remember.

[@uniclow]

Haha! I had to double take when Brew said that word. I was like Bangu-WHAT? Hahaha! XD Or you could say it's BUH-NGOO-NGOOT. 👈😃

[@jayceemanio6112]

Thanks for clarifying this!! I hope Brew notices this. I was playing brew in the background and I kept saying to myself “ano daw???” Everytime he says banggat 🤣

[@JayNaCall]

I noticed it too. All that I heard was... "Bangga" like what???

[@JayNaCall]

Bangungot - /baˈŋuŋot/

[@florinag7799]

Bangungot just means nightmare. I didn't know it was a curse

[@AZFlyingCook]

I have suffered from sleep paralysis and it is terrifying. However, reducing stress helped me tremendously. But obviously that is not what's happening here. (Also, just once I'd love to hear Bean say something, and then Brew say, "That's right Bean, but also ..." and just go on without ever "translating" what Bean said. Like pretending we can all understand him, like Groot or something.

[@TheRealMadamBlackWolf]

Bean is the cutest wittle guy ever... SO ADORABLE! 🥰🥰🥰

[@Shadozcreeping]

yes. i wish i could have a macroscopic waterbear. 's not fair

[@hakuzxc]

If cannot mkve your body, move your toes. Apparently they are immune to the binding spell casted on ur body.

[@mirxosan_]

I just remember that I'm in a dream to wake up

[@framed-r9g]

In sleep paralysis i can move only my hands but eyelids didn't moved so i just force open my eyes

[@HotRod12667]

So basically, nocturnal cardiac arrest.

[@TsimKeebTxuj]

Cardiac arrest leaves chemical (troponin) traces in the bloodstream pinpointing to heart attack. All of them had none.

[@feedbackzaloop]

@@TsimKeebTxuj Troponin tests weren't used up until mid-late 90s.

[@kasa9884]

​@@TsimKeebTxuj Cardiac arrest is not a heart attack. Those are 2 very different things.

[@edbarok4619]

Or pancreatitis.

[@tactilecola5709]

@@kasa9884 It's fairly easy to get them confused, considering that cardiac arrest is one of only two fatal symptoms/causes of death resulting from a heart attack, and that the layman does not commonly hear or read the term "cardiogenic shock," thus resulting in people assuming that a death by heart attack would be from a cardiac arrest, and not the aforementioned term that they've never heard of before.

[@efffs]

thanks for another well-researched topic. I'm Filipino and surprised that death by bangungot is not common in other countries. it was medically explained already in the TV after the death of a young actor, Rico Yan (who died in his sleep). no matter what the doctors call it acute something pancreatitis, we'll still call it bangungot (literally means nightmare)

[@mracorismg3656]

Wiggling a toe legitimately works! Had some recurring fun nights back in 2013-2014. Had to figure it out on my own

[@FronteirWolf]

I can't wiggle my toes, I just tried and I can't do it. I can move my toes, scrunch them up or stretch them out, but I can't wiggle them. I presume what I can do would work though.

[@hattarapilvi]

this was one of my favourite brew videos so far! all the history you went into was so interesting and well explained. and grill - my forever favourite - was even more adorable in this than usual. 😊

[@laffy7204]

The victims "appear to be healthy", but adult male victims tend to be poor immigrants, had history of alcoholism, and had gallstones, bigger hearts? Idk man, sounds like dehydrated and overworked. Perhaps they weren't as healthy as they appear

[@MQretrolite]

exactly...

[@KabirJain-du8xp]

Wonderful, I live in South East Asia and it is early January. Thanks for giving me those death nightmares Brew!

[@stabakoder]

I want to know how I've experienced the end of my life in my dreams multiple times (lost count) and different ways YET, I'm still alive.

[@DoraKage]

This would have made a great episode during Halloween. "Bangungot" - pronounced- ba - ngu - ngot - is a Filipino term for it... IIRC. Gawd, I haven't lived back home in nearly 2 decades. Haven't visited in 5 years.

[@thedude5295]

I can speak from experience that escaping a night terror is as easy as wiggling your toes. It took me almost 2 decades of having them to realize this because I would always try to raise my head or my upper body. I was always able to ultimately escape it, but it was a herculean effort sometimes. But once I figured out the toe wiggle and remembered to do it, I have movement of my legs in like 2 seconds and I can use them to kick myself out of it.

[@adriandave9307]

That's what my friends told me, and as for me I sometimes wiggle my fingers to escape this horrible sleep phenomenon

[@MasonTheFurryCat]

If I think REALLY REALLY hard with my head I can wake up But it is exhausting to do that in my dreams

[@devinefarrow6198]

Try to blink twice. It works every time.

[@raiwserkoopa2221]

I use my tongue

[@dickottel]

how 😮 when I have a nightmare it always feels real, there's no way I could think of trying to wake myself up. you wouldn't be thinking of wiggling your toes if you were chased by a psycho 😂

[@manofhahas-lol8931]

had a weird dream where I was stabbed in the chest while I was at school one day (Shut up I sleep after my tests) and I just couldn't move for a full minute or two after I woke up.

[@CharlenePascual-d9x]

😨😱

[@JanaSzIsBasicGlitch]

Ooooo coool! I didn't see it yet, but is it about that one weird "dream plague" that was troubling people from very specific place and I think it was only man?

[@gts560]

Elaborate, cuz that sounds interesting

[@JanaSzIsBasicGlitch]

@gts560 oh yes, sorry. I forgot, but I wanted to write you.... SO IT IS NOT FROM MY HEAD, but story goes like that: Dozens of Southeast Asian refugees in America died for unknown reasons in their sleep during the 1980s. The mysterious deaths were usually among young men in their 20s and 30s from the Hmong ethnic group, and affected a large enough segment of this population to alarm public health experts. The people suffering from this puzzling ailment were typically refugees from Laos, a small, landlocked country in Southeast Asia. The Hmong minority group had been persecuted in Laos after they were recruited by the CIA to fight North Vietnamese soldiers during the Vietnam War. More than 30,000 Hmong soldiers helped the U.S. fight communism in the northern highlands where they lived, but died at a rate 10 times higher than their American counterparts. The nightmare on elmstreet guy got inspired by that. Also those people tought that it is about some evil spirit, that hunts them down. Personally I think that it was too much for them tough. Not only wholeigration, but certain people not being exactly trustful of them and maybe underlying guilt is f. Too much for everyone...

[@setharkon1662]

I was a lucid dreamer on my teens, like every nights. When that stopped, I began experiencing the 'lady of the darkness dreams'. It was a battle until I got used to it. It's just, it didn't scare me anymore. Yea, these are the machinations of your mind. It becomes comedic after a while. Stare at that figure. lol I think I know the secrets

[@gooberbuster8892]

i like how brew becomes slightly sillier in his own way after each video

[@Chaoticgoodautism]

same!! he is becoming soulful again

[@ChrisEdelweiss]

yeah.... this almost happened to me, thankfully i'm ok i slept after a big meal and woke up struggling to breath as if my body forgot HOW to breath, lesson learned on my part not to eat a big meal before sleep

[@hemidas]

The original Nightmare at Elm Street.

[@rastaboy_gamesnstuff7778]

Was made long before this case😂

[@bodinian]

It's what inspired Wes Craven to make it

[@haruyoshida5417]

In our Filipino culture every dec most usually over eat and drink alcohol specifically dec 24 where we wait till 12am to celebrate Christmas exactly the same with new year

[@felipemecler1029]

Though it was never asociated with death, as far as I know, in Brazil we have a similar myth, in parts of the states of São Paulo and Minas Gerais. We call it "Pisadeira", something like "stepper", because she steps on you. It's said to be a female demon that causes nightmares and sleep paralysis, and it's also related with overeating before sleep.

[@ItsTheGLife]

Love your format as always! Informative and enjoyable to watch. The jokes & puns are priceless too lol. Appreciate all the work you do, Brew!

[@djthunderxyz]

I don't have borgata syndrome thankfully. But I do have trouble breathing at night from Sleep Apnea

[@kennyalbano1922]

I have ptsd from being abused by multiple adoption centers as a baby and before that and remeber every dream I’ve ever had. I have between 5 and 40 nightmares a night. The total dreams I have a night is between 20 and 40 but some nights every dream is a nightmare. Sometimes the same one. I also wake up 15 to 30 times.

[@kennyalbano1922]

When I was younger and a bit still now that im 30 I find myself fighting sleep to avoid nightmares and constant dreams but I can’t avoid the inevitable. When I was a kid many centered around walking on the side of the road when I white van pulls up and I get grabbed for some reason. Lately that my dad passed this month they all center around that. That and family issues for a while. For years it was guilt and regret and past mistakes and shame and feeling abandoned. I have dealt with depression since middle school though I have been doing better the last few years.

[@9wabble9]

Dang. I hope you are doing well now.

[@kennyalbano1922]

@ thank you

[@Urfriendlyneighborhoodbaguette]

“Im never gonna sleep now” “Join the club” Same brew same

[@jasmineh7132]

i would love if you guys made a playlist of all ur uploads love just having ur vids in the background and that would make it a lil easier

[@ItsNotSpray]

I remembered I was sleeping next to my family and i felt like someone was choking me i wasnt Able to breath and i only see black walls... Thank god i was able to woke up God bless...

[@evilisfun9935]

Woohoo another phobia unlocked!! Thanks Brew!!😅

[@michaellittlefield6906]

I'm watching this while drinking whiskey, eating charcuterie as a late night snack, and I am about to go to bed. Cheers!

[@DeadOnInfil]

🥃🥃 sounds pretty great to be honest haha, cheers! 🎉

[@prpandey6033]

You up now??

[@michaellittlefield6906]

I survived 😂

[@AxLDX]

I used to have vivid nightmares, some of which I would recall and document. One of the last ones was a nightmare where I got shot in the back and was dying in the nightmare. As I blinked out of that existence, I awoke. Haven't recalled anything since that was about a decade ago.

[@matjb]

I had a nightmare similar where I got shot in the head and faded out relatively quickly and stayed in darkness for a while in the nightmare. It was extremely painful in the nightmare and even more so when I woke up. I have never been able to get that scenario out of my head ever since then. Its what I imagine death feels llke. I can only describe it as an electrical shock in my brain. Not a headache or like a head injury. It felt like my head was electrocuted.

[@lindakay9552]

WOW!!!! This is hella freaking creepy. I have been telling my best friend, in 2025 I need to be more health conscious. I was at Target today and they had a smoothie blender on sale for $19.99. I had $10 in gift cards. And still texted my friend to ask if it was too gluttonous to splurge. Answer: home soups and smoothies will pay for it within 2 servings ......

[@JessicaO490Z]

I'm getting ready for bed, this sounds like the perfect video for me! 😄

[@cayladevelbiss9337]

Hey Brew love the video did you know that Egyptians and Pharaohs were afraid to go to sleep because they thought they would die in their sleep.

[@BunnyBlu]

another fear added to my list of stuff I didn’t know I was afraid of until Brew: ✅

[@roseydeep4896]

Here to comfort you, buddy 💓 Just remember to keep an open mind to this. Some other stuff that can help can be sleeping on your side, starting a dream journal to train your brain to remember your dreams and learn to become aware that you're dreaming, and even control your dreams (I know I can!!) Before falling asleep, try to think of something calming, like being in a place that brings you peace. Count sheep, replay a calm song in your head, or just try imagining a story, which will likely carry on into your dream. Hope this helps!

[@CloudaceMC]

we sure isn't a bunch of people using PVC to make alcohol or foolishly storing alcohol in something containing PVC because they would be quite dangerous?

[@Sloth552]

Wow glad my fast heart rate fainting butt watched this video after having a nice full meal and a bit of a drink literally falling asleep watching this

[@UltimatePerfection]

If he couldn't wake up, it must not have been a nightmare, but a remarkably nice dream.

[@thatguypal-jv3es]

wowwie zowwie im just going to send this to my friends when they ask me why i dont sleep. Thanks Brew :] !

[@ryszard7598]

About a decade ago, my classmate had a funeral for her father, who was healthy but died in his sleep.

[@WayneSchmidt-t6d]

2:17 No wonder the bags under brews eyes Edit: :)

[@Kpin414]

Yeah bro drinking to much coffee and watching horror stories on the tube 😆

[@matjb]

I have had very odd things happen to me because of sleep. I struggle with sleep a lot for many reasons. Sleep paralysis. Exploding head syndrome. Insomnia. The list goes on. Anyway, one night I had a nightmare where I was walking down the street and in that nightmare I started seeing red splotches in my vision and when I woke up, it felt like I was being electrocuted. I still don’t have an answer for this. It wasn’t just for a second. It was a good 10-15 seconds where I actually felt a strong electrical charge in my body as if I had actually been electrocuted. I felt odd for the rest of the day. It was very painful. Hypnos jerks are one thing I’ve read up on. But they usually don’t last that long. I genuinely thought I was dying. It felt like I couldn’t wake up and my body was just being electrocuted.

[@joestrummer4106]

When ever im having a nightmare, i ahem "choose to self delete"....i prepared for it enough, that now i am happy again, but its a good tactic for scary dreams if youre a semi-lucid dreamer

[@seankang3080]

as an asian man with sleep paralysis and tachycardia who frequently eats at night im gonna pretend i didnt see this video

[@RyanStonedonCanadianGaming]

Another situation where you can't know unless it happens to you, and then when it happens to you you can't tell what happened because you died in your sleep, So how does anyone know anything about this? 😅

[@GuitarRocker2008]

When I first heard about this phenomena I actually had a genetic test and they found that I had a high genetic risk of a condition that I thought sounded plausible as an explanation. It’s called SADS not SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) but SADS (Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome). It’s related to Brughda Syndrome and has similar symptoms and risk factors. It causes sudden death in otherwise healthy people in their sleep from electrical issues in the heart leading to fainting spells, palpitations, and sleep paralysis. Overeating, stress, and alcohol increase risk factors. Luckily all my tests have come back negative so far but I may be a carrier so my children will have to be careful and possibly tested for it. Personally I think it fits the bill better than Brughda Syndrome.

[@astrophysicslair1445]

I was immediately thinking of BrS (Brugada syndrome) as the source of the deaths way before it was mentioned here. From the implied genetic contribution and the high incidence rate southeast Asia (including the story of men crossdressing as women to some degree before bed), consumption of large amounts of alcohol (a known potential trigger for BrS), having an incidence rate higher in biological men (thanks testosterone), of course the whole dying in your sleep thing, etc.

[@Favorite_game_is_fortnite]

I’m glad I’m American now and I don’t even have a full belly when I go to bed I have half a belly full when I go to bed

[@TrembleB4Me]

Yep True it's called "bangongot" in my country,it is basically a "heart attack" during a sleep/nightmare...My uncle and an actor which is from benguet where i am also residing whos name is Marky Cielo also an igorot like me died to...

[@MrTomservo85]

Carbon monoxide is responsible for almost every report of supernatural encounters throughout history. Sleep paralysis + carbon monoxide = deadly nightmare

[@jayedatredes2890]

That is logical.

[@revolvingworld2676]

Corbon monoxide poisoning would be detected in autopsies though

[@Kae1095]

I went through this multiple times. Saw bad entities. So I prayed mostly to escape

[@indianastones6032]

Ptsd being triggered in their dreams and the body or brain cant deal with it? Other than that, im stumped!

[@__RAGEMUSIC]

I've had this happen to me in twice in two previous foster homes and I was fully aware while it was happening, but I couldn't open my eyes. My body got heavy and relaxed, and I felt I like I couldn't breathe.. Just like in the video... In my case in both foster homes, I was ALWAYS under high stress and no type of escape and in the first instance of it happening I was 15. I'm 19 years old now. the second in which was fairly recent which was about a year ago with the same thing happening. I'd also like to point out that I have heart disease, and Marfan's syndrome, which makes me grow super tall, lanky and disproportionate. The way that it works in conjunction with my heart disease is that it makes my heart's Aorta grow really large in short amounts of time.. Or should I say it grows faster than a healthier heart from an average human. Which also in my case I have an irregular heartbeat, So I kind of saw myself in this video. 💀 On the first time it happened, It felt like someone was sitting on top of my and I was fully aware but couldn't do anything about it and had to use every ounce of will power I could to force myself awake and I woke up out of breath. for the next couple of nights after that I hadn't slept because I was scarred that.

[@richardhall1667]

I have sleep paralysis on an approximately weekly basis, though it fluctuates a lot. Some episodes have lasted actual minutes, which feels like an absolute eternity. I could see how that could scare someone to death. It feels like you’re suffocating, but that’s just because you can’t control your breathing.

[@zachtwilightwindwaker596]

Did you see shadow people or the hat man?

[@Chrizesu]

Ironically I've had it from sleep deprivation. I can imagine it has really negatively impacted your life and I'm sorry.

[@richardhall1667]

@@zachtwilightwindwaker596 no, i never see people or creatures. You’re in a type of twilight sleep where you’re aware of sounds and movement around you but can’t open your eyes or see anything, so sometimes your brain will invent your surroundings. I can definitely understand why some people do see shadow men or demons. Their brain creates something to blame for their predicament.

[@richardhall1667]

@@Chrizesu Same. Not sleeping well for a couple of days will almost invariably result in an episode. Honestly it doesn’t have a huge impact overall, though I’ve probably traumatized a few people who’ve witnessed these episodes 😅. Luckily, I’m normally able to move my feet and sometimes moan, and my wife’s learned to kind of shake me “awake”. That makes a huge difference.

[@thedude8526]

​@@zachtwilightwindwaker596 I've seen them before during sleep paralysis. I've also heard evil laughter and talking. It freaked me out the first few times it happened.

[@Surge_N_Destroy]

Sounds exactly how my dad died last year. On December after a long meal in his sleep at 3am. He was in good health. Pretty coincidental.

[@vlad-igor]

It's 3 am in the morning and I'm awake watching 😅

[@VilmaMejia-w4p]

Thank you for leting us know

[@kingmewto7148]

It sounds like there there was an underlying heart problem in these cases,which caused chest pain which then caused the nightmare

[@jochen4207]

I have a very vivid memory of a nightmare I once had where I was attacked by a monkey wielding a knife. As it stabbed me in the back I could physically feel the stab, even when I've never been stabbed before. I woke up shortly after arching my back as if I was possessed and still feeling the pain of the stab wound. It slowly faded away once I woke up but I'll never know what that was

[@Lavaking-b9t]

New fear unlocked

[@gerardvirgona5541]

I have never had a nightmare, life can be nightmareish but I've never had a dream that scared me.

[@grapesofwrath1984]

12:32 And that’s how Thailand became the world leader in lady boys.