The Secret to a Good Night's Sleep, According to Science

[@petesickerthefeetlicker3121]

Me at 3am: I should be asleep but instead I MUST LEARN THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP in order to sleep better of course...

[@FromPanictoParis]

Lol

[@essential67]

Didnt help. Got confused and watched 30 episodes of one piece. Now even more sleep deprived.

[@LikaLaruku]

Me at 3am: Normal bed time in 1 hour. Normal wake time is noon. Playing tablet has no effect on sleepiness. Sun makes me sleepy.

[@glacier_10_years_ago]

I do be engineer gaming at 3am doe!

[@wizardlizard8213]

i should be sleeping right now but I'm watching a video about sleeping

[@djazz0]

Same here, passed midnight. I'll fall asleep to this video.

[@raymanscape]

yeah, same here...

[@zagumemes]

same here, lol

[@therd2127]

definitely not ironic

[@tommaline9607]

Same here

[@cookingGuitarist]

Fun fact: people didn't always do one big sleep. We used to go to bed when the sun went down. Slept for several hours (3-5) and then rise, eat something or go for a walk. Then you'd go back to sleep until morning. So if you read old stories and they talk about a second sleep...

[@KOKO-uu7yd]

That is what I've found my natural sleep pattern to be. Thought I was just "weird". THEN I learned about this, and I'm all like "What the HECK are we doing to ourselves??"

[@Amocles]

I eat and sleep in 3 hour intervals still

[@SahilYadav-np1ng]

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[@SahilYadav-np1ng]

​@KOKO-uu7yd

[@JillShaw]

That is how I sleep. Have for twenty years. I suffered profoundly from insomnia until I read about and adopted this technique and now I just accept it and go with the flow fortunately my schedule alows for this. I wake and sleep as needed without regard to schedule.

[@gabor6259]

"You shouldn't use electronic devices for 1 hour before sleep." Okay, I turn off my laptop at 4 AM. What the heck should I do for another 1 hour in the dark?

[@jessepinkman1471]

bruh truuue

[@sebastianelytron8450]

Does science have anything to say about the euphoric feeling of waking up and finding out its only 6am so you get to sleep more?

[@Master_Therion]

oooo I love when that happens ^_^

[@grahamkelly8662]

Sebastian you just took me back many years. I remember being around 13-15, waking up in middle of the night, to take a leak. Looking at time when I get back in bed. Only to see it's 3am and I have 4.5 hours left to sleep before waking up for school.

[@my_name_is_betty283]

There was a study done that says you are smarter if you wake up at 6 and stay up instead of going back to sleep

[@apple54345]

ugh i sure wish 6am on the clock meant i had more time to sleep... instead of the time i have to be clocking in at work....

[@CloudCollapse]

@@damnpineapples8247 I can't go to sleep that easily when I have work due the next morning/afternoon; I have to get it done before bed.

[@megan5867]

As a stay at home mom (for now) yes, I get sleepy around 2 pm (always have, even when working), but I take a nap for about an hour or an hour and a half. I still go to bed around 11, and get up around 7:30. It seems to help me tremendously.

[@elenagibbons4719]

I used to call the circadian rhythm the “Canadian rhythm”

[@jackson-mq9vm]

😂😂😂

[@skym821]

Cicada rhythm

[@Nickywhispersasmr]

“Sleep, those little slices of death; Oh how I loath them.” ~ Edgar Allan Poe

[@keithwilson6060]

asmr kitty I think Poe was an example of how all the rest of us are craze, not Poe.

[@paultremblay4836]

Your poem from Edgar Allan Poe is beautiful and insightful but the latest comments are completely irrelevant, trolls I believe

[@En_theo]

@@keithwilson6060 "all the rest"... emphasis on "rest" :)

[@char1194]

Literally uploaded at 6 am. Is this a sign? ...nah _makes another cup of coffee_

[@Maxbps88]

Uploaded? What's that?

[@debbiebridygham9230]

Oversleeping may be tied to undiagnosed Sleep Apnea, which I think is fairly common. And untreated Sleep Apnea definitely causes increased blood sugar, blood pressure, and other bad things.

[@ttomasarias3719]

6:53 My brain: Saving changes and defragmenting data My Alarm: Cancel

[@spacemoth4973]

Brain: processing complete. Sleep process begin. Commence confusing and vivid dreams that make you question reality.

[@LuigiCotocea]

Defragmenting canceled *Error this sector is corrupted*

[@seatbelttruck]

Watched this almost immediately after getting up from my post-thanksgiving nap :) I dunno about other people, but 15 minutes more sleep sounds like a godsend. Pre-medication it took me about an hour to fall (deeply) asleep. Now it's closer to 1/2 hour. Even just 45 minutes would have been a wonderful improvement.

[@RosiePosey5150]

I play all of hanks videos on a playlist on shuffle I made. Its helped with my insomnia so much. His voice is very enjoyable to my ears and his facts keep my mind occupied from my bad thoughts.

[@gentryroberts687]

Have you watched journey to the microcosm? Its hank softly describing the lives of microorganisms.

[@Fomites]

Similar here.

[@kdl28]

I don't have any kind of sleep pattern . My husband , is totally different . When he lays down and puts his arm over his head . ...he is completely asleep within 2 minutes . The very truth . We have been married for 46 yrs and he has always been this way. Lucky for him.

[@ExistentialNathan]

kdl28 my boyfriend is the same! The moment he hits the bed he’s out like a light, and I struggle to get comfortable for another 3 hours

[@yashwantYadav71]

@@ExistentialNathan try working hard a bit more , either mental or physical ...

[@aprilmingone3271]

mine too but only the days he works. hahaha the days hes off not the same sleep quality. me it depends in general.

[@Rickard...]

I have acute insomnia, sometimes chronic.. I suffer from nightmares and bad dreams. Until I started telling my self out loud (before sleep) NO Bad or horrible dreams, no dreams about the past Only good dreams and sleep without waking.. The dreams have settled and I don't have so many bad dreams... sometimes I don't have any bad dreams. But still dream.. I don't wake as much as I used to.. (sometimes I'd be awake 2 hrs through the night but it's got down to an hour and and hour and half sometimes. But I'm not waking as much as I was before.. Thanks scishow for your great videos. You all are amazing

[@kharecha14nk]

98% of these comments *I'm literally in bed watching this, who else?* 2% Muscle Hank....Because he Hella thicc

[@josiee1120]

I once woke up with sleep paralysis after dreaming about being sexually assaulted. It was one of the most terrifying things I have ever experienced.

[@rebeccaimmel4160]

Sleep paralysis is horrifying. I’m so sorry you had that experience

[@nickopeters]

That dream didn't sound very reassuring, either. You deliberately awoke yourself from an understandably terrible nightmare and apparently your body wasn't ready to follow you--; since it still kept your motor-pathway, shut-off--. Dreams as bad as this one sounds--; tend to be warnings--. It seems to me to be about where maybe nobody in your life might be worth trusting, meaning, about almost "anything--;" not just "that--.'. It could be a warning that a lot of people have shot you veiled innuendo about the thing you described--; but which you didn't catch, in the moment--. Hopefully, I am just "wrong" about both of those things. But it wouldn't hurt to look at it, I'm thinking--. I hope things stay okay--. Thank You--.

[@gothboschincarnate3931]

assaulted in a fun sexy way? or a not fun way?? spirits guides are very gentle.

[@vwertix1662]

​@@gothboschincarnate3931In what way would sexual assault be good 😐.

[@vibechecked7522]

I had the same thing happen. My ex partner assaulted me, and a little over half a year with my current girlfriend (two years now and it still happens), I would wake up and have extreme sleep paralysis. I would be completely paralyzed, crying and having an internal panic attack after the dream, and she would just sit there soothing me and making sure I was okay. The dreams have stopped, thankfully, but she seriously helped me by just rubbing my hand and making sure I was okay.

[@Asdfghjkl-ls1or]

25 minutes of sleep lost

[@ayoutubechannul]

@John Doe hank is my favorite

[@grake8921]

@John Doe Wow I dont think anyone else thinks that lol

[@loganwolv3393]

Yes, but worth it right?

[@mattrobinson02]

“the circadian rhythm is synced with day/night cycle” me: *laughs in graveyard shift*

[@jackson-mq9vm]

what time is graveyard shift?

[@jackson-mq9vm]

also ur pfp is so cute ❣️

[@mattrobinson02]

@@jackson-mq9vm thanks! also i work 6 P.M.-4:30 A.M.

[@ashleycarter1465]

Even better, laughs in swing shift.

[@jerelull2619]

What most usually keeps me awake past bedtime is watching youtube videos like this one; it's an addiction.

[@TheGFeather]

Why do I feel warmer after sleeping than before? My house is the same temperature when I go to bed as when I get up in the morning, but I always feel chilled in the evening before bed, adding sweaters and fuzzy socks that I would be way too overheated to wear in the morning. Is it just based on metabolic rate, or is there more going on?

[@elitecabela5329]

It’s recommended that you sleep with little to no clothing because your body finds it very difficult to perform homeostasis (maintaining a stable temperature) while both sleeping and wearing clothes. So maybe try to get warmed up before going to sleep? Hope this helped, it definitely helped me!

[@kittimcconnell2633]

This happens to me too; being tired makes me feel chilled.

[@amygodward4472]

It's because our bodies need to drop temperature slightly to fall asleep - so I imagine we feel cold when we're tired because it's our body protesting our forced awake state...and then when the body is ready to wake up, our temperature rises back to normal to wake us up. I'll try and find the link for the lecture I learned that from :)

[@stevenrais9360]

@@elitecabela5329 good advice. Winter campers would be familiar with this. Sleeping with clothes on swings your temperature from hot to cold too much

[@stagnantfox3027]

Because of something called Osmosis. You sleep with a blanket and the environment of the blanket and the space inside it becomes warm with time like a radiator. It takes a little while for the heat to become more dispersed. The warmth of your body heats up your environment and a blanket makes it stay localized for longer. It's more thermodynamics than biology.

[@maeveelizabeth9739]

"so go ahead and take that nap, or after this episode!" bruh im gonna fall asleep DURING this episode

[@alertsquirrel]

Sleep Paralysis has happened to me twice. First time it was kind of the classic pressure on chest, feeling of terror and feeling of a malicious presence. The second time it happened though, I had already learned about it. So when I realized what was going on, I swore in my head, laughed and then fell back asleep.

[@gothboschincarnate3931]

I saw a guy looking in my window a week ago in a cut-away vision....a friends says i have a ghost. Donna told me i weigh 168 pounds. She says ...howdy ya all!

[@vishalyeole9586]

I was stuck in my sleep, feels like someone superficial entered my body , my body was literally locked, I was sweating, I can feel everything but couldn't move ? What was that ?

[@lonepanther27]

I NEEDED THIS VIDEO! Thank you so much this was incredibly informative and helped me realize my own issues involving sleep. I feel a lot better about my conditions and I believe it's because of my super messed up sleep schedule/cycle. I need to FIX my sleep.

[@jaimie00]

Are you here because you can't sleep? Me too. So I'll share some quick facts I've learned from reading way too many studies about sleep while I can't sleep: 1. Since this video, we've discovered why we sleep. It's so your brain can clean itself out. Google "glymphatic system". 2. Temperature may be more important than sunlight (or lack thereof) on your ability to sleep. Your body temperature needs to drop a few degrees to initiate sleep. Try taking a hot bath or a long hot shower 2 hours before bed to jumpstart your body's cooling process. Google "body temperature sleep". 3. Being bored for an hour before bed can help you get sleepy. 4. I need sleep, so I can't think of anything else. Do you believe that thing about caffeine at 13:20 or do you think that people who don't sleep enough are going to be more reliant on caffeine during the day because they can't sleep? I mean, I get that you shouldn't have it in the few hours before bed. I'll even grant you after lunch. But 12 hours? Maybe if you're the kind of person who takes a Benadryl and is out for 2 days. 5. Go to bed.

[@relax-relaxingsoundsmusic6957]

BRAIN: It’s around 5 o’clock Me:*Checks time* Phone:It is 5:04 This really happened to mee

[@albinaminkus]

I remember having sleep paralysis. It's like sleep, but you're actually afraid of losing consciousness.

[@johnjonjhonjonathanjohnson3559]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIKrc3SaiM2aj6s this is why ayy lmao

[@satyawansingh8750]

TV5frfrfrdd

[@deemueller6470]

Years ago after my divorce I had never been on my own before. I went from living with family to a husband and/or kids. I was in my 40s living in my first apt. I had alarms on doors/windows but every night I was hearing someone moving around in the kitchen. I wasn't sleeping well, I was working full time and going to college full time. I was going into paranoia and no one could tell me why I was hearing someone in the kitchen but night. The dr. gave me amitriptyline and after the first really good sleep I was able to understand I was actually hearing the heating unit located in the baseboards of the front room & kitchen. Amazing what a good night's sleep can help and my goodness what we undergo when we don't get it!

[@carenxatu5962]

There was this odd time when it felt like I was half-asleep… in a very literal way. I felt like a dozed off in class one time and those I was watching what was happening around me and more or less understanding what was going on, I also was having a dream about my grandparents. At one point I start seeing more of my dream then the waking world, but the thing I’m hearing in the waking world is still being registered; so it appeared as if my grandparents were talking with the voices of my classmates.

[@wonky_shoebox7514]

I've nocturnal epilepsy. A side effect for some sufferers is that they've trouble falling asleep and keep waking during the night. If you have epilepsy, sleep is reeeeeally important to stop seizures so, not good. I ended up anxious and scared about sleep which made things worse so I was put on a second seizure drug especially made for people like me - it's basically a sedative. I've never been happier and now happily sleep for 10 hours straight!

[@toadali]

I like these compilation videos.

[@wendywander7]

Thank you for this video. I have Asperger's and associated genetic insomnia, so I'm always looking for a better understanding of the complicated processes involved with sleep, or lack of it.

[@Microtonal_Cats]

I have mixed sleep apnea (obstructive sleep apnea + central sleep apnea). When I found out what central sleep apnea was, I said "Oh, so my brain is trying to kill me?" My doctor said "I wouldn't call it that, but...yeah." When I had my sleep study, the nurse said I had the highest number of apnea events she'd ever seen. (Whee! I win! lol.) My AHI was 143. (I stopped breathing 143 times per hour.) Mine is treated very well with an ASV (Adaptive support ventilation) machine. That's a CPAP machine that also forces air when you stop breathing. It's a non-invasive ventilator. I now sleep like a baby. Well, probably better than a baby. Babies wake up a lot. Treated with ASV, my AHI is now like someone without apnea (AHI of less than 1 to 3. Less than 5 is normal.) A lot of people hate when they get on CPAP, I loved it. It basically improved my life 1000% starting with the first night, about 5 years ago.

[@wieldwords]

10:09 I actually had this happen to me a few years ago. For reasons never determined, I went about five days without sleep, and by day three, I had completely lost the plot - except for “Downton Abbey’s” plot, because for some reason I thought that was real and was begging my now-wife to go help Anna the maid. I was also absolutely convinced my wife had let someone in the house and was lying to me about it. It was bad enough my (now former) doctor was actually going to have me committed to a mental health facility on a 72-hour hold. (Why he didn’t just write me a script for a sleeping pill just to kickstart my system was also never determined, nor why no OTC meds or even alcohol, which tends to make me sleepy, didn’t work.) It only ended when my body basically just shut down, I guess; apparently, I walked back to our bedroom, laid down and was out for the count. I don’t remember much from days four or five, and despite having survived 17 blood clots thanks to an aggressive and incurable genetic disorder, I’ve never been so scared or ashamed in my life as I was after that experience, and to this day feel absolutely terrible for what I put my wife through. I’m even more terrified of it happening again. tl;dr screw you, locus coeuruleus

[@keegan9935]

Hey SciShow, could you put something in the title that indicates that a video is a compilation or a review or something? As a longtime viewer, it's a bit disappointing to be notified that there's a new video, only for it to be a bunch of videos I've already seen before.

[@TheElectra5000]

You can tell by the length. Regular videos are 10 minuted long or less, whereas compilations are usually over 20 min.

[@massimookissed1023]

^ that, and they tell you in the first 20 seconds.

[@fanq_]

altho I do think the other compilations are actually called compilations?

[@shadebug]

Rok Pušnik This. I often background videos so I may not be paying enough attention to realise until a ways in unless something obvious happens like the speaker changing

[@lachlann4335]

I knew it was a compilation of videos from just looking at the title. If you look at the single episodes, then look at compilation videos, it's not too difficult to tell the difference because of the titles are written different between the single and compilation videos. Also, the thumbnail shows the time and I kinda like these compilations. It's a good refresher video.

[@celtgunn9775]

Great video about sleep guys. As a person who has suffered with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia & other fun problems I am not one to skip a nap when my body asks for one. I had a very, very tough time adjusting my circadian rhythm back to a 'Normal' Daytime rhythm. But now days I'm up before the sun usually and to bed & asleep around 10 PM. I still bring my phone with me to bed to watch videos, but now days there's a way you can remove the blue light on the phone to prevent issues. I for one am thankful for that. Hope everyone at SciShow had a wonderful Thanksgiving! 🦃💞🥂

[@bnsenterttalnment226]

👍chandan akela

[@Argozification]

I always thought my sleep paralysis were instances of feverish hallucinations! In my case the panic and anxiety/confusion was about being stuck in that inbetween state (not fully awake or fully asleep). I often lucid dream so having sleep paralysis frightens me because unlike nightmares I wake up when sufficiently freaked out. Instead the anxiety and stress grows because I'm aware of my physical situation which I can't control (lying in bed/can't move) The worst is when it's accompanied by vivid visual hallucinations. These hold me hostage to the point I'm convinced that I can only be freed once I complete a nonsensical or ridiculous "mental task". The most vivid one I can remember was having to build a child meccano set. All the pieces were laid out in the air. Despite it being child's play the task seemed so impossible and as confusing as rocket science (for a non scientist). The hope of fully waking up or going to sleep were just out of my reach since according to the hallucination I just absolutely had that responsibility to build it until completion.

[@inakuvaswaldenstrm6117]

Letting the sun dictate your sleep schedule is not possible in Norway. Then I would be sleeping from 8am to 4pm.

[@ChrisJohn-dg8mz]

The first half of the night is spent relieving sleep pressure, the second half is more concerned with the brain. Glutathione is a redox buffer that regulates ATP production in the mitochondria. I have been using liposomal glutathione for about 20 months now. I "suck" 2 - 4ml in the morning and I find that my REM sleep is greatly improved. I used to wake at 4am and not go back to sleep, now I awaken after 7 - 8 hours of nutritious sleep, usually after an imaginative dream. I'm trying to spread the work, I want people to study this simple treatment further

[@Lex_2003]

HEY dont just try to walk past the fact that part of your brain is blue

[@azurius_]

i really enjoy these compilations! all videos of an interesting topic nicely packed together into one single video.

[@francoislacombe9071]

18:41 "When this happens, blood oxygen levels drop fast which in turn tells the brain that breathing has stopped..." Actually, it's not the dropping levels of oxygen that alert the brain, it's the rising levels of carbon dioxyde. People can walk into enclosures where the oxygen has been removed, as in many industrial processes, and they will notice nothing and just pass out when the oxygen in their blood is depleted. Similarly, if the pressurisation in a plane flying at high altitude fails, the passengers will notice nothing and feel no discomfort. As their blood oxygen levels drop, they will become increasingly confused and then painlessly loose conciousness.

[@cuca_]

Jeez

[@safir2241]

MUSCLE HANK WHERE ARE YOU I NEED YOU

[@heanstone1327]

J L why banned any why hopefully?

[@360.Tapestry]

party on the weekend sleep is for the week

[@safir2241]

Kryptonite More like sleep every day, never party because 75 decibels or more for a couple hours straight causes permanent hearing damage.

[@deztacular]

@J L well its top comment cuz people like it

[@janallen2329]

This quarantine really disturbed my body's rhythm and I am watching this @ 6:21 AM without/can't/won't sleep anytime soon. I miss sleeping 😭

[@Celinezarb]

Video comes out on the brink of my insomnia relapse, this should be fun

[@holle.h.4570]

I feel your pain. Mine wasn't full-blown but I got on average about 2 hours before I just woke up and couldn't get back to sleep. And those 2 hours (average) were after laying, doing nothing, for about 5 or more hours. So, not as bad as some but I kinda get it. Thank God for prescribed sleep meds.

[@burggerbig102]

Headline news, sleepy drivers cause more accidents than drunk drivers.

[@Maxbps88]

Interesting video. One of, if not THE, best in getting into a question I've wondered about for years = that being why do we sleep and rest is a lazy answer as our bodies, obvious, do not rest...at least most of our bodies continue to function 'just' (?) as they do when we are awake. Around 11:30...the kid that stayed up 11-days (typically after 2-3 days people become schizophrenic), this, I think, provides major insights into the core reasons of why we sleep. Fascinating.

[@moaskarab]

I feel so called out by this episode :")

[@a_e_hilton]

I didn't realise how much Hank jokingly complains about streaming until this video XD

[@ShRkDa]

I wish napping during the job would be allowed....

[@thejumpingarmadillo]

John Doe Hilarious comment mate!!

[@TheGodEmperorOfMankind_]

It is in Japan, maybe other countries too

[@Felisquoreda]

@John Doe how often have you spammed this video? All the Hanks in this video are old, so of course they don't match the modern KZbin aesthetic

[@ismt9390]

God no, i don't want to be at work longer for ANY reason, not even sleep.

[@susan137]

I've always been a supporter of napping at work .... but I couldn't even manage to get an uninterrupted half hour lunch.

[@julie982]

My sleep problems started me convinced that it simply had insomnia. I had the pattern of nights of believing I was staring at the ceiling all night, then after a few nights of that, I would finally sleep through the night. On the nights I was sleeping, I realized I was waking up around 20+ times a night. I kept a notebook in my bed and every time I roused, I put a check on the page (I did not turn on the light). In the morning, I counted the checks. My doctor sent me to a sleep specialist who ordered a sleep study. I thought I had insomnia that night only to be shocked to find out I had been in and out of sleep during that time. I never went into deep sleep or REM sleep, when I began to have sleep apnea in stage two, my body roused me to keep me breathing. I was sleeping 10 minutes at a time before waking up--and since I was not aware that I had dropped off to sleep I thought I was not going to sleep at all. The second half of the night I has a CPAP mask on and the technician was trying to determine the proper pressure for me. She ran out of night, however when she got me around half of my therapeutic pressure, I dropped into REM sleep and stopped breathing 53 times an hour. Close to once a minute. No wonder I was not getting to a deep sleep. With the CPAP machine at the proper pressure level for me, my apnea incidents are around 2or 3 an hour. What a change!

[@davidklein1667]

I'm suprised Hank didn't mention the 'Old Hag' phenomenon! A hugh amount of people seem to have a common 'hallucination....upon awakining they often can't breath because of a horrid old woman hovering over them in a menacing manner! Ascribed to 'wakeful dreaming'...ummmm...In my 70s acid culture we had a belief that during LSD trips if more than one person has a hallucination...it's not!!!

[@Beryllahawk]

It *is* also true that each person has different sleep needs. And, for some folks, it's simply not possible to stay in bed for eight hours; for myself, it's just not possible to rest when your back and joints are screaming at you to get up and move.

[@jblob5764]

Just clicked this. Super excited to see such a long scishow video

[@Groaker]

I've had sleep paralysis so many times now that even my sub-conscious brain is used to it. Like, when there some creepy nightmare figure sitting on my chest telling me that its going to burn my house down, my half-dreaming self is all, 'Cool story, dream hallucination. Just wait for my brain to catch up with me and then we'll see who ceases to exist.' It's actually oddly satisfying.

[@LikaLaruku]

I use a laptop in bed every morning at 4am & fall asleep with no problems. Wake time is noon. the sun makes me sleepy.

[@Lyla_Heart]

Yeah, me too. BuT nOcTuRnAl PeOpLe DoN't ExIsT! 🙄

[@prestonbarr2358]

Scishow is my favorite youtube channel by far

[@kerstiblyat4385]

As a person who grew up in Alaska I can't take the whole circadian rhythm idea seriously until someone explains how it works for Arctic peoples.

[@beth8775]

It definitely applies to the majority. I'm not sure much research has been done on the Arctic effect.

[@Lyla_Heart]

I have heard of ONE study done that removed the sun from the equation. They studied one woman who cut herself off from outside regulatory stimuli (including the sun, clocks, etc.), and she started living on a natural schedule that was LONGER than 24hrs by a few hours. Unfortunately, I don't know that I could find that study again to link it to you. But that's the closest I've heard of any study done on anything close to Arctic/nocturnal conditions.

[@Artdrift93]

I went 14 days without a single minute of sleep back in december of 2015 . I fainted a few times and saw a whole lot of hallucinations and was almost in a vegetable state for last 5-6 days. I have recurring insomnia and very bad anxiety disorder. Turns out after the first 3-4 days of not being able to sleep due to scheduling and work related stress, being anxious about not being able to sleep was what was keeping me from sleeping. Had to take anti anxiety pills to finally be able to sleep. Thankfully I haven't had another similar episode. I've had smaller insomniac episodes quite a few times, but they generally resolve in under 4-5 days.

[@TJHyun]

I have never agreed so hard to something like Michael's intro statement to this compilation.

[@elchapojunior3091]

I can’t remember the last time I went to sleep and stayed asleep until my alarm went off

[@apple54345]

i can! it was before i became an alcoholic. back when my body's hydration wasn't being completely depleted 4-6 hours into my rest. unfortunately, it's a difficult habit to break.

[@donielf1074]

Neither can I. Usually because I sleep *through* my alarm.

[@Riderfire38]

@@apple54345 glug glug

[@naritruwireve1381]

Same. I usually wake up 3-6 times in the middle of the night and it's really annoying. It's been like that for me for _years_

[@Maxbps88]

Well, that's obvious, isn't it? Your dad's in an American prison and will never get out, you and your family are on the run, and your constantly having to fight off the next Narco Kingpin of Central America? AmIRight? I'm right, aren't I?

[@tigerpaws2000]

I watch this video about sleeping to help me fall asleep. Works every time

[@Eddy-dn1jx]

If you can, get in bad 9 hours before you need to get up. 15 minutes to fall asleep, 8.5 hours to sleep, and 15 to press snooze or whatever of that sort

[@madelinegolding4969]

Green: People often feel sleepy from 2 am to 4 am and 2 pm to 3 pm Me watching this half asleep at 2:30 pm: 💤

[@Marco_Onyxheart]

Great video to post just when I was going to bed.

[@sunahangrai3601]

this younger teacher brilliantly appears in many videos how is it possible for him to understand various branches of science it's stunning .

[@DJPonko]

my circadian rhythm is going to bed at 7 am and waking up at 14;30 / 15-00. It's been like this for years. I'm 30 and i've slept like this for 10+ years what about it being affected by light..?

[@Great_Olaf5]

So what about people with naturally longer or shorter circadian rhythms, regardless of light exposure? Or "night owls" who generally function more effectively later in the day?

[@Lyla_Heart]

Excellent questions that I also have - seeing as I'm naturally nocturnal. Which is apparently impossible. 🙄

[@lucaskriger8340]

This explain why I am so anxious, tired and paranoid all the time.

[@sleepsciencevideos]

Sleep is so vital for good health. Everyone should make sleep a priority in 2020.

[@bunabobby]

My teacher’s alarm for lunchtime often makes me jump or makes my heart skip a beat cause’ I’m so used to the sound of the alarm waking me from my sleep

[@Master_Therion]

Happy Hanksgiving!

[@THETRIVIALTHINGS]

Huh...Nevermind.

[@Master_Therion]

@@THETRIVIALTHINGS LOL I'm glad you found my "smart ass comment" ;)

[@RHank-51]

👍

[@Master_Therion]

@@RHank-51 Everyday is Hanksgiving for you! ^_^

[@RHank-51]

Master Therion ,. Yes! Absolutely. You have a wonderful Christmas.

[@Canadian_Ry]

I've been using a CPAP machine for a year and a half now and have learned that I never knew what a good night's sleep was before using the machine.

[@sf8130]

amen!

[@rookieman329]

Praise technology!

[@junktae8113]

Listening to this video to fall asleep lol

[@limalicious]

Haha, I usually wake up around 3:30 or 4 o'clock. AM. Without an alarm. I also fall asleep on the computer ALL the time. I fall asleep running youtube videos, too.

[@Deffinnition]

Holy sh*t! A sciShow 25 min video? YES!

[@oopsy444]

I just experienced sleep paralysis last night. It felt like hours before I could move even slightly. I was finally able to sit up but not move anymore. It was pretty scary IMO. I felt so anxious

[@safir2241]

FINALLY A SLEEP VIDEO

[@Pseudonyymi568]

Nice mandelbrot set

[@elizabethramsey9295]

While doing today’s crossword puzzle the clue “Sleep disorder “ popped up 😂

[@axmedgureyaxmedgurey3479]

Sleeping is something special

[@slctippetts3202]

SciShow, i need to let you know that I started watching this video and it made me pass out on the floor and sleep there all night

[@singhg.9164]

Your videos feel like playing at 2x

[@pheart2381]

What is harder is getting my cat in sync with going back an hour!

[@FRIEDYOGURT-s4c]

“When we mess with that things can get out of whack in a hurry” Going in public when your drunk and trying to act sober

[@elizabethshaw734]

I have never awakened feeling refreshed. It takes me hours to come around and be normal.

[@skeletorx8529]

I stayed up for more than 24 hours playing video games recently and towards the end I started hearing music that wasnt there lul

[@CoolDudeClem]

Sleep ... something I don't get enough of.

[@markvelasco31]

I’m a nurse, so sleep pattern is basically shite 😑

[@yanitzaruiz5739]

Best comment! 😂😂

[@susan137]

Do the best you can to get yourself a better sleep pattern. Do this for yourself because it will help you not get PTSD from the stress and trauma of your job.

[@NR-nf1il]

I've always realized that when I studied just before I went to bed I remembered more

[@kittimcconnell2633]

Chronic insomnia since I was a toddler. I am 50 years old & my sleep has barely improved over all that time. Yoga, sleep aids, meditation, all kinds of exercise from gym work outs & weight lifting to swimming...none have cured my insomnia. The ONLY thing that made a marked difference was when I was a runner.

[@gothboschincarnate3931]

i feel for ya.

[@prestonbarr2358]

I love how this channel reads all the papers... I trust y'all

[@kamo7293]

13:53 oh this happens to me a lot. I think I just closed my eyes and slumped my head for a second, only to wake up and be told I was out for half an hour

[@Dan-nc3cq]

0:28, Hank just woke up from his evening nap.

[@____o____279]

Another great vid. Thanks SciShow❤️👍👍

[@klausgh]

I'll grab a coffee to stay up for watching this.

[@LadyAsmodeus]

watching this at 3:47 am with absolutely no tiredness because I woke up at 5 pm because I slept through the day because last night I went to bed at 5 am - this thing doesnt work

[@daniel_rossy_explica]

I was an only child up until the age of 8. When my sister was a bit older than a baby (I think she already started walking), my parents put her bed in what was my room. I started sleepwalking. Loooking back, I think it was stress, but I never resolved it. I started to sleep a lot better when I got my own room again (when I was 12 or so).

[@rebeccaimmel4160]

I used to suffer from sleep paralysis 3-5 nights a week. It was HORRIBLE. After several years of trying different meds and a couple sleep studies, I was diagnosed with a dopamine deficiency. Finally I was prescribed bupropion and I have slept peacefully ever since ☺️

[@cyancoyote7366]

I have ADHD, I get sleep paralysis too. I take Ritalin, similar in effects to bupropion, but feels a lot smoother. Bupropion gave me horrible anxiety and some uncomfortable transient psychosis D:

[@chaos6532]

Anyone else sleep so deep that you can wake up walk around, converse with people, go back to sleep and not even know it happened? No? Ok than just me...

[@russh5988]

More Michael Aranda! 💙