The Mystery of Sleep - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World

[@bendevick9637]

When my little sister heard you say "Why do we sleep?" She said " We sleep so we're not grumpy in the morning. Who doesn't know that? "

[@amyraab8326]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Matrix-tx5ff]

Out of the mouth of babes comes wisdom I suppose 😂

[@Joeybagofdonuts76]

She isn't wrong.

[@kimfleury]

Funny thing, and I know I'm not the only one, ever since discovering this podcast it's become part of my wind-down routine at night. I've always needed that routine. I've also long been in the habit of reciting certain prayers as I fall asleep. Currently it's the Scriptural Rosary, played on a podcast. So I fall asleep recollecting the mysteries of our redemption. On a weird or creepy note, I was awakened suddenly by loud noises at 3AM every night for years. When I got up to investigate, there was no sign of anyone outside or inside who could have made those noises. The noises always stopped when I got up. It went on for many years, at least a decade. Then I came across a comment from someone who suggested praying the Divine Mercy Chaplet at 3AM for all the people who were awakened at that hour. There is a thought that it's "the devil's hour," but, the commenter wrote, "If it's 3AM where you are, it's 3PM on the other side of the world, so you can join your prayer to theirs." So I took that suggestion to heart, and if any noises woke me at that hour, I didn't bother investigating. Instead, I picked up my rosary beads and began praying the Divine Mercy Chaplet in union with those praying on the other side of the world. And wouldn't you know it? Those 3AM noises _stopped_ ! It wasn't immediate, but it wasn't long. It was only then that I considered that it may have been a spiritual attack. If so, it's possible that God was allowing it so that I would pray at that hour. Another helpful practice I heard from Dr. Charles Stanley, who's not Catholic, is to invite the Holy Spirit to speak to you at that time, when there are no distractions. I'm not in the habit of doing that, only because I don't think of it until the next morning. I'll have to ask my Guardian Angel to remind me to do that if I awaken enough to where I have difficulty falling back to sleep.

[@jaimesantiagolonga]

This is the perfect episode for me as I have been dreaming about getting sleep since I have a newborn 😄

[@ricdimarco1499]

Jaime Santiago Longa are they your first? I’ve got three with a fourth coming. Listen: do your level best to get the baby on a schedule. It’s a matter of training and is essential for everyone’s quality of life!

[@jaimesantiagolonga]

@@ricdimarco1499 Yes firstborn, and I agree, sticking with a schedule as best we can definitely helps. Yesterday she was able to have a 5 hour stretch of sleep which felt blessed

[@Knightraven000]

It was very interesting but depressing at the same time. I have sleep apnea, plus no matter what I have tried, I've never been able to get more than 6 hours of sleep per night. 😢

[@theneighborguy]

Sleep is one of the most mysterious things I've ever contemplated from a very young age. Glad to find this episode, grazie!

[@amyraab8326]

And I’m listening to this at 2am in the morning lol 😂😂😂😴😴😴😉😉😉

[@adamhovey407]

you aren't the only one

[@FigaroHey]

AM means "in the morning."

[@SC-ec9fx]

The irony of it all. It's midnight, I'm drinking rum, and just took a unisome to help fall asleep. Need to work on this! Excellent enlightening episode.

[@adamhovey407]

I don't really drink alcohol, but yes, y'all caught me I am drinking coffee at this very moment. Although to be fair, I don't necessarily drink it to stay awake, although it does help, I drink it because I like coffee.

[@brianw.5230]

Staying awake for 11 days is insane.

[@Engem0411]

Not even six minutes in and this might have already passed skin walker ranch as my favorite episode.

[@MochaMintz]

My thoughts exactly

[@eyrebear1199]

Listening to this instead of sleeping

[@Flyingcar100]

There is actually a cocktail called a vesper and it is a kind of martini so it could sound close to vespertine. It is made with 6 centiliters of gin, 1.5 centiliters of vodka and 0.75 centiliters of Lillet Blanc.

[@anonymouscrank]

A weighted blanket! I've long thought the lead blanket you wear at the dentist for X-rays was just the ticket. I was right!

[@FigaroHey]

I LOVE that heavy blanket they put on you for x-rays! I always want to tell them to just take their time with the x-ray or leave it on me for all the dental work. I did buy a weighted blanket and enjoyed it but after awhile I found I didn't change position as much while asleep and I'd get muscle cramps or just wake up feeling terribly hot due to the material of my mattress holding body heat.

[@MochaMintz]

For any teenagers who have to do things in their bedroom like homework because they don't have other space, having a loft bed is super helpful when all you do there is sleep, because when you climb up there your brain just thinks wow it's time to sleep

[@brookekennel2636]

This is easily one of the best science episodes you've aired to date! The two phases of sleep thing is really interesting. I might have to read the book you recommended about that. It makes sense that our sleep patterns would have evolved very differently from how we tend to sleep today. I've always felt the 8-hour workday was a bit unnatural. Necessary for much of the modern world, perhaps, but stressful and not really healthy for us. I sleep with an eye mask on and have found it really helpful. My husband listens to audiobooks every night; I only listen to podcasts when I need distraction from my own thoughts, but it does seem to help relax me. When you guys do the future episode on dreams, I'm curious if you are going to look into the various claims that many Muslims are being led to convert to Christianity through dreams. I haven't really researched it, but my sister has been interested in some of their stories and wondered what you guys might make of it all.

[@TheToadPad]

Love all the references! So fun, thanks for this interesting hour and 22 minutes!

[@christianRafaelCasti]

Generally, the only time I get really angry is when I'm tired. having children waking up at all hours of the night for different reasons, be that sleeping rhythm or a new tooth popping out is the most trying times for me and my family, ruining not only the nights but also the day.(Thank God that's the "most trying") I really like this episode, my wife and I put our son to sleep by 7 to have time to ourselves and were planning on doing this indefinitely with him and his future siblings but after hearing about how teens sleep cycles change we're taking that into account. We're unschooling so we can be flexible, Looking forward to you talking about sleep paralysis and lucid dreaming. I experience both and will post some more about my experience with them when the episodes come out!

[@cathys9245]

I go nuts when I don't get enough sleep! close to losing it completely!

[@tatianakosnacova1064]

Great!! Very educative! I cant wait for Akita prophecies:)

[@elf-lordsfriarofthemeadowl2039]

That bit about sleep deprevation's correlation to Diabetes really explains why myself, and most college students (along with college-level drinking) gain around 15-20 pounds during those 4 years.

[@Mike-qc8xd]

This was awsome I can use some of the I fo to help my daughters ty

[@blueroselion5243]

Loved this episode. I would like to add another dis-ease to the list for sleep deprivation: fibromyalgia. I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia 26 years ago. I have in the last 5 to 8 years been able to get my fibromyalgia under control by regulating my sleep most especially by making sure I get deep restful sleep. Thank you Jimmy and Dom for your awesome work on these programs..

[@MrBluefox10]

Interesting talk and thought that having 8-9 hours sleep was not good. Guess am blessed and can sleep anywhere anyplace and if tired, anytime. I can also stay awake long hours upto 36 at a stretch without feeling sleep deprived, Though have not tried it since a couple of years and do it only based on need.

[@delizzadavila3657]

Great show 😊

[@tobby12347]

Amazing podcast as always!

[@awakened514]

I recommend to Jimmy Akin, the audio of Dallas Willard available on KZbin and conversatio Divina. This will serve two purposes: He will put you to SLEEP! And He is thought by a very small amount of people to be the best Protestant theologian of the 20th century but hugely underrated (See “The Kingdom Among Us” by Michael Stewart Robb who may or may not hold the opinion I just stated)

[@tonyl3762]

Can you do one on allergies? If you have advice on allergies that are as good as your advice for weight loss and sleep, I'd be interested in hearing it! Though not sure if there's much mystery to it :)

[@drqlane]

Thanks for the valuable tips!

[@davidarcudi230]

Oh man. Love the Star Trek Episodes clips. Even if the science is bad. Still makes me happy to hear Dr Crusher and Captain Picard.

[@ritasaar2208]

I realize that I need ore sleep st night. Very interesting topic. Thank you.

[@recluse6231]

I love your work Jimmy! I have been listening/watching you for years, thank you and God bless. I would love to see an episode on Pope Alexander VIII and his role in the protestant uprising in the UK. I can't seem to find much detail on the subject, mostly rumours. I find it very interesting and important and would love your take on it.

[@HeavnzMiHome]

Love the tardis sound effects.

[@charles2241]

In my own case, I have had bouts of not being able to sleep very much, for no known reason. One way I tackle it though, is I just lie in bed hoping I will get bored and fall asleep. Even if that don't occur, I just keep lying there for hours. IOW, I may be stretching what was a two hour sleep to at least six hours. What this does is rest your body, and maybe your mind some, but at least when you wake up sleep deprived, your body has in effect slept, whereas your mind will still be sluggish. It's actually rather amazing this sort of sleep is so restful for the body. and the idea is that if your mind won't sleep, you can at least got through normal body sleeping. Actually, I think in some cases, the body comes off better like this, because since you are awake, you have no hesitancy for turning over, and will tend to be on your back more, which is often as very relaxing position for the body, over say being on your side for hours. Every time I have tried this, I definitely end up feeling much better overall than if I had got more things done and got completely out of bed after two hours, and just not sleep again till the next bedtime.

[@cathys9245]

Those are interesting ideas - thank you!

[@charles2241]

@@cathys9245 It does sound rather weird, but it works, and you would have thought I heard this from somebody else, but somehow it just came into my mind that I might as well try to accomplish at least a half-measure with sleep.

[@nightyew2160]

This episode explains a lot. I think that a lot of the time I am only sleeping my first sleep phase. I cannot always get back to sleep for the second phase. I do sometimes nap in the afternoon when I can, but many times that's not an option. Unfortunately, I think it would be difficult to make many of the changes that would help me because of other obligations that I have. I do have a question: How likely is it that sleep deprivation is the cause of depression rather than depression being the cause of sleep deprivation? It's hard to know for certain, of course, but in my personal case it feels like depression is more the cause and sleep deprivation is the effect because my mind running through whatever anxieties are bothering me is often the reason it's difficult to get back to sleep.

[@cathys9245]

I have the same problem. Jimmy said he listens to audiobooks to keep his mind from going in circles on the same track. I found audiobooks help me, too, but lately I'm off them because I find listening to them at night makes me absent-minded during the day. So now I'm reading my Kindle - the light is soft. Reading the Bible and then commentaries like Father Groeschel really helps. Also, the old book, "The Power of Positive Thinking" really helps me remember to fight the negative thought habit!

[@SevenDeMagnus]

Interesting. They truly say it's a practice for death. God bless, Rev. 21:4

[@varyar77]

Another nice episode. When I wake up in the middle of the night, I have a mental technique of 'writing' out the same scene or scenes from a fake history book from an alternate reality where Bonapartist France (and allies) are at war with Russia over religious liberty in Belarus. Specifically the climatic Battle of Moscow. It doesn't have to be something that obscure, of course, but a fixed mental literary exercise might be helpful. Eventually, you convince your body and brain that it works, and zzz will return.

[@FigaroHey]

My mother used to mentally redecorate houses she had lived in. She also said that the rosary was the best sleep inducer. I've used both techniques.

[@ianburt2290]

When you were playing those pulses to illustrate the brainwaves, all I could think is they could make fantastic drum backings for dance songs 😂

[@ricdimarco1499]

If your mind races, buy a set of sleep headphones (they are like a headband) and try out ASMR. You can find videos about just about anything and it works wonders for keeping the mind from racing.

[@lynninpain]

I find ASMR creepy and not conducive to sleep at all.

[@basiledavid7798]

I used to have trouble sleeping, but after doing extensive research, I ve found an app called Pzizz and it's fantastic. It basically gives my mind something to focus on and leads me to sleep instead of letting my thoughts race again and again. Still have minor issues staying asleep the whole night through, but i always fall asleep like a baby. Check it out. Thanks again to Dom and Jimmy for the fantastic work!

[@beowulf.reborn]

I cannot find the episode on Dreams mentioned several times throughout this, can anyone help me out?

[@charlesf9050]

When I was in high school I had to wake up at 5:20 to catch the bus

[@michaelbruns449]

No escape without any choice we all are forced to fall asleep so our brains can be downloaded with holographic virtual reality data that we obliviously upload and perceive as another new day upon awakenin within this simulated world we call planet earth.

[@michaelbruns449]

Without any choice, no escaping from it, we are forced to fall asleep so our brains can be downloaded with new virtual reality data that we obliviously upload upon awakening and perceive as being another day, within this artificial holographically simulated world.

[@gregoryhawkins9172]

Stop calling people by their last names. Call them by their first names.

[@JimmyAkin]

Feedback received.

[@FigaroHey]

"So I don't lay there..." LIE there! Why can't Americans get this right? Especially in the context of someone talking about writing a text, who then speaks ungrammatically.