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

If you struggle to sleep well every night, you are not alone! Many people have a tough time sleeping-but science is here to help! We've compiled some of our favorite sleep episodes to help you learn the best ways to give your body a chance to rest!
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  • @cookingGuitarist
    @cookingGuitarist4 жыл бұрын

    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

    @KOKO-uu7yd

    3 жыл бұрын

    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

    @Amocles

    Жыл бұрын

    I eat and sleep in 3 hour intervals still

  • @SahilYadav-np1ng

    @SahilYadav-np1ng

    7 ай бұрын

  • @SahilYadav-np1ng

    @SahilYadav-np1ng

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@KOKO-uu7yd

  • @JillShaw

    @JillShaw

    6 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @petesickerthefeetlicker3121
    @petesickerthefeetlicker31215 жыл бұрын

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

  • @FromPanictoParis

    @FromPanictoParis

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lol

  • @essential67

    @essential67

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @LikaLaruku

    @LikaLaruku

    2 жыл бұрын

    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

    @glacier_10_years_ago

    2 жыл бұрын

    I do be engineer gaming at 3am doe!

  • @wizardlizard8213
    @wizardlizard82135 жыл бұрын

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

  • @djazz0

    @djazz0

    5 жыл бұрын

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

  • @raymanscape

    @raymanscape

    5 жыл бұрын

    yeah, same here...

  • @zagumemes

    @zagumemes

    5 жыл бұрын

    same here, lol

  • @therd2127

    @therd2127

    5 жыл бұрын

    definitely not ironic

  • @tommaline9607

    @tommaline9607

    5 жыл бұрын

    Same here

  • @sebastianelytron8450
    @sebastianelytron84505 жыл бұрын

    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

    @Master_Therion

    5 жыл бұрын

    oooo I love when that happens ^_^

  • @grahamkelly8662

    @grahamkelly8662

    5 жыл бұрын

    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

    @my_name_is_betty283

    5 жыл бұрын

    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

    @apple54345

    5 жыл бұрын

    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

    @CloudCollapse

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @gabor6259
    @gabor62595 жыл бұрын

    "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

    @jessepinkman1471

    2 жыл бұрын

    bruh truuue

  • @elenagibbons4719
    @elenagibbons47195 жыл бұрын

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

  • @jackson-mq9vm

    @jackson-mq9vm

    2 жыл бұрын

    😂😂😂

  • @skym821

    @skym821

    2 жыл бұрын

    Cicada rhythm

  • @Nickywhispersasmr
    @Nickywhispersasmr5 жыл бұрын

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

  • @keithwilson6060

    @keithwilson6060

    5 жыл бұрын

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

  • @paultremblay4836

    @paultremblay4836

    5 жыл бұрын

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

  • @En_theo

    @En_theo

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Ass4Days
    @Ass4Days5 жыл бұрын

    I’m going to go ahead and get my 25 years of sleep over with now so I don’t have to worry about it in the future, I’ll see you guys in 2043 ✌🏻

  • @PCAMY

    @PCAMY

    4 жыл бұрын

    24 more years to go

  • @lunevermeil1400

    @lunevermeil1400

    4 жыл бұрын

    You'll be in so much pain when you wake, better hire a service to roll you 4x a day and work all your joints 2-3x a day.

  • @jamiewells22

    @jamiewells22

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hope you slept through 2020

  • @zakiahmitchell8735

    @zakiahmitchell8735

    3 жыл бұрын

    this comment aged well

  • @watermelondotcom4618

    @watermelondotcom4618

    2 жыл бұрын

    23 more years to go! cheers up

  • @char1194
    @char11945 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Maxbps88

    @Maxbps88

    2 жыл бұрын

    Uploaded? What's that?

  • @ttomasarias3719
    @ttomasarias37195 жыл бұрын

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

  • @spacemoth4973

    @spacemoth4973

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @LuigiCotocea

    @LuigiCotocea

    3 жыл бұрын

    Defragmenting canceled *Error this sector is corrupted*

  • @matthewrobinson8525
    @matthewrobinson85252 жыл бұрын

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

  • @jackson-mq9vm

    @jackson-mq9vm

    2 жыл бұрын

    what time is graveyard shift?

  • @jackson-mq9vm

    @jackson-mq9vm

    2 жыл бұрын

    also ur pfp is so cute ❣️

  • @matthewrobinson8525

    @matthewrobinson8525

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @josie1375
    @josie13755 жыл бұрын

    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

    @rebeccaimmel4160

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @nickopeters

    @nickopeters

    Жыл бұрын

    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

    @gothboschincarnate3931

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @vwertix1662

    @vwertix1662

    10 ай бұрын

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

  • @vibechecked7522

    @vibechecked7522

    7 ай бұрын

    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.

  • @kdl28
    @kdl285 жыл бұрын

    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

    @ExistentialNathan

    5 жыл бұрын

    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

    @yashwantYadav71

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @aprilmingone3271

    @aprilmingone3271

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @debbiebridygham9230
    @debbiebridygham92305 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @megan5867
    @megan5867 Жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @RosiePosey5150
    @RosiePosey51504 жыл бұрын

    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

    @gentryroberts687

    Жыл бұрын

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

  • @Fomites

    @Fomites

    Жыл бұрын

    Similar here.

  • @keegan9935
    @keegan99355 жыл бұрын

    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

    @TheElectra5000

    5 жыл бұрын

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

  • @massimookissed1023

    @massimookissed1023

    5 жыл бұрын

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

  • @fanq_

    @fanq_

    5 жыл бұрын

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

  • @shadebug

    @shadebug

    5 жыл бұрын

    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

    @lachlann4335

    5 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @seatbelttruck
    @seatbelttruck5 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Asdfghjkl-ls1or
    @Asdfghjkl-ls1or5 жыл бұрын

    25 minutes of sleep lost

  • @ayoutubechannul

    @ayoutubechannul

    5 жыл бұрын

    @John Doe hank is my favorite

  • @grake8921

    @grake8921

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @loganwolv3393

    @loganwolv3393

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes, but worth it right?

  • @lonepanther27
    @lonepanther275 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @krisrasmussen1131
    @krisrasmussen11313 жыл бұрын

    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

    @gothboschincarnate3931

    Жыл бұрын

    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

    @vishalyeole9586

    5 ай бұрын

    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 ?

  • @azurius_
    @azurius_5 жыл бұрын

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

  • @albinaminkus
    @albinaminkus5 жыл бұрын

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

  • @johnjonjhonjonathanjohnson3559

    @johnjonjhonjonathanjohnson3559

    5 жыл бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/oIV8pKOdg8vNiaw.html this is why ayy lmao

  • @satyawansingh8750

    @satyawansingh8750

    3 жыл бұрын

    TV5frfrfrdd

  • @____o____279
    @____o____2795 жыл бұрын

    Another great vid. Thanks SciShow❤️👍👍

  • @maeveelizabeth9739
    @maeveelizabeth97393 жыл бұрын

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

  • @carenxatu5962
    @carenxatu59622 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @TheGFeather
    @TheGFeather5 жыл бұрын

    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

    @elitecabela5329

    5 жыл бұрын

    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

    @kittimcconnell2633

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @amygodward4472

    @amygodward4472

    4 жыл бұрын

    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

    @stevenrais9360

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @stagnantfox3027

    @stagnantfox3027

    3 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @jblob5764
    @jblob57645 жыл бұрын

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

  • @celtgunn9775
    @celtgunn97755 жыл бұрын

    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

    @bnsenterttalnment226

    Жыл бұрын

    👍chandan akela

  • @relax-relaxingsoundsmusic6957
    @relax-relaxingsoundsmusic69575 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Rickard...
    @Rickard...20 күн бұрын

    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

  • @AkayaA7
    @AkayaA73 жыл бұрын

    Love your videos keep it up guys science has been with me since a child

  • @Microtonal_Cats
    @Microtonal_Cats4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Argozification
    @Argozification5 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @wendywander7
    @wendywander75 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @prestonbarr2358
    @prestonbarr23583 жыл бұрын

    Scishow is my favorite youtube channel by far

  • @Lex_2003
    @Lex_20035 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Celinezarb
    @Celinezarb5 жыл бұрын

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

  • @holle.h.4570

    @holle.h.4570

    5 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @toadali
    @toadali4 жыл бұрын

    I like these compilation videos.

  • @ShRkDa
    @ShRkDa5 жыл бұрын

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

  • @thejumpingarmadillo

    @thejumpingarmadillo

    5 жыл бұрын

    John Doe Hilarious comment mate!!

  • @TheGodEmperorOfMankind_

    @TheGodEmperorOfMankind_

    5 жыл бұрын

    It is in Japan, maybe other countries too

  • @Felisquoreda

    @Felisquoreda

    4 жыл бұрын

    @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 KZread aesthetic

  • @ismt9390

    @ismt9390

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @susan137

    @susan137

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @nizzynick9298
    @nizzynick92985 жыл бұрын

    Learn so much form this amazing channel 😎👍

  • @Marco_Onyxheart
    @Marco_Onyxheart5 жыл бұрын

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

  • @sleeptrust-sleepfacts
    @sleeptrust-sleepfacts4 жыл бұрын

    Great explanation - really fun to view too. Thanks.

  • @janallen2329
    @janallen23294 жыл бұрын

    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 😭

  • @TJHyun
    @TJHyun5 жыл бұрын

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

  • @wieldwords
    @wieldwords4 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @julie982
    @julie982 Жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @jerelull2619
    @jerelull26194 жыл бұрын

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

  • @wonky_shoebox7514
    @wonky_shoebox7514 Жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @Ngamotu83
    @Ngamotu835 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot SciShow. It's midday Friday, I'm at work, and your video is making me drowsy. :P

  • @moaskarab
    @moaskarab2 жыл бұрын

    I feel so called out by this episode :")

  • @safir2241
    @safir22415 жыл бұрын

    MUSCLE HANK WHERE ARE YOU I NEED YOU

  • @heanstone1327

    @heanstone1327

    5 жыл бұрын

    J L why banned any why hopefully?

  • @360.Tapestry

    @360.Tapestry

    5 жыл бұрын

    party on the weekend sleep is for the week

  • @safir2241

    @safir2241

    5 жыл бұрын

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

  • @deztacular

    @deztacular

    5 жыл бұрын

    @J L well its top comment cuz people like it

  • @russh5988
    @russh59885 жыл бұрын

    More Michael Aranda! 💙

  • @tipshackscornerbysara2209
    @tipshackscornerbysara22094 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for good information.

  • @kharecha14nk
    @kharecha14nk5 жыл бұрын

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

  • @deemueller6470
    @deemueller64704 жыл бұрын

    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!

  • @Artdrift93
    @Artdrift932 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @prestonbarr2358
    @prestonbarr23583 жыл бұрын

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

  • @a_e_hilton
    @a_e_hilton5 жыл бұрын

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

  • @burggerbig102
    @burggerbig1025 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Maxbps88
    @Maxbps882 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @ArmenBalian-he1bi
    @ArmenBalian-he1bi9 ай бұрын

    Hello from Germany great information

  • @slctippetts3202
    @slctippetts3202 Жыл бұрын

    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

  • @madelinegolding4969
    @madelinegolding49693 жыл бұрын

    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: 💤

  • @Beryllahawk
    @Beryllahawk5 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @Deffinnition
    @Deffinnition5 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Eddy-dn1jx
    @Eddy-dn1jx5 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @Groaker
    @Groaker5 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @lucaskriger8340
    @lucaskriger83403 жыл бұрын

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

  • @NinjaGamer820
    @NinjaGamer8205 жыл бұрын

    Ayy just learned about sleep in my psychology class. N i c e. Feels weird knowing about some of this stuff _before_ watching a SciShow video...

  • @dankhank5110
    @dankhank51105 жыл бұрын

    Happy Thanksgiving y’all.

  • @Canadian_Ry
    @Canadian_Ry5 жыл бұрын

    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

    @sf8130

    4 жыл бұрын

    amen!

  • @rookieman329

    @rookieman329

    3 жыл бұрын

    Praise technology!

  • @safir2241
    @safir22415 жыл бұрын

    FINALLY A SLEEP VIDEO

  • @Pseudonyymi568

    @Pseudonyymi568

    5 жыл бұрын

    Nice mandelbrot set

  • @elchapojunior3091
    @elchapojunior30915 жыл бұрын

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

  • @apple54345

    @apple54345

    5 жыл бұрын

    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

    @donielf1074

    5 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Riderfire38

    @Riderfire38

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@apple54345 glug glug

  • @naritruwireve1381

    @naritruwireve1381

    5 жыл бұрын

    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

    @Maxbps88

    2 жыл бұрын

    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
    @tigerpaws20002 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Royalgaming90279
    @Royalgaming90279 Жыл бұрын

    Thenk you for this video,

  • @sunahangrai3601
    @sunahangrai3601 Жыл бұрын

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

  • @limalicious
    @limalicious5 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @oopsy444
    @oopsy4445 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @spoddie
    @spoddie5 жыл бұрын

    Great, a clip show, everyone loves clip shows

  • @markvelasco4011
    @markvelasco40115 жыл бұрын

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

  • @yanitzaruiz5739

    @yanitzaruiz5739

    5 жыл бұрын

    Best comment! 😂😂

  • @susan137

    @susan137

    4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @eugenialen833
    @eugenialen8334 жыл бұрын

    It is really awesome watching this video in stead of sleeping at night)))

  • @Geosbudy
    @Geosbudy2 жыл бұрын

    No worries, I listen to these videos to help me sleep

  • @sabertag6992
    @sabertag69924 жыл бұрын

    There is another treatment for central sleep apnea called a BiPAP machine. It functions much like a CPAP machine, except it also breaths out for the patient. The goal is to help train the brain to remember (or learn) how to breathe while sleeping. I can cure obstructive as well, but it's a tad overkill at that point, it's really only used for central.

  • @InnSewerAnts
    @InnSewerAnts5 жыл бұрын

    I drink coffee up to right before going to bed (it depends on the amount of caffeine receptors how strongly you're affected by coffee I think, I don't get jitters from "too much" either), I sleep like a rock, literally I didn't wake up for an earthquake once, wondering why my bed was askew when I woke up in the morning. Also didn't wake up from a train crashing into a bulldozer near the neighbourhood which apparently woke up everyone except me. I used to have a lot of trouble falling asleep though (and waking up subsequently), stopping caffeine for a few months didn't help. Ironically the problem stopped when I started doing crosswords in bed... On my phone, often falling asleep without ever consciously putting away the phone (I'll find it in bed somewhere instead of on the night stand :') ) I guess there are exceptions to everything. (Honestly though, finding the right meds for my anxiety disorder is probably a bigger factor. My brain's not racing all the time any more.)

  • @PraveenSriram
    @PraveenSriram10 ай бұрын

    This video about the circadian rhythm is very interesting 😊

  • @klausgh
    @klausgh2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @angelinal.5531
    @angelinal.55314 жыл бұрын

    I swear there is not a single bit of melatonin in my body. Falling asleep for me is almost impossible. It takes me like 5 hours.

  • @megara0243
    @megara02435 жыл бұрын

    I like this longer video!!!!!

  • @elizabethshaw734
    @elizabethshaw7343 жыл бұрын

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

  • @bunabobby
    @bunabobby5 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @sleepsciencevideos
    @sleepsciencevideos4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @dochtuirrussell
    @dochtuirrussell5 жыл бұрын

    Two hosts who keep changing clothes?!?!? I must be dreaming. Best "Show" ever!!!

  • @j7ndominica051
    @j7ndominica0515 жыл бұрын

    You can turn down the output level of a video screen in a dark room with curtains drown. This way the eyes will also be adapted to walking around unlit rooms.

  • @Lyla_Heart

    @Lyla_Heart

    Жыл бұрын

    Blue light filters also negate the problem almost entirely.

  • @bridgettebrown9031
    @bridgettebrown90312 жыл бұрын

    I’m going to listen to this as I fall asleep, Goodnight everyone.

  • @Master_Therion
    @Master_Therion5 жыл бұрын

    Happy Hanksgiving!

  • @THETRIVIALTHINGS

    @THETRIVIALTHINGS

    5 жыл бұрын

    Huh...Nevermind.

  • @Master_Therion

    @Master_Therion

    5 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Rgskgbgerboydcxbkgh

    @Rgskgbgerboydcxbkgh

    5 жыл бұрын

    👍

  • @Master_Therion

    @Master_Therion

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@Rgskgbgerboydcxbkgh Everyday is Hanksgiving for you! ^_^

  • @Rgskgbgerboydcxbkgh

    @Rgskgbgerboydcxbkgh

    5 жыл бұрын

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

  • @davidklein1667
    @davidklein16673 жыл бұрын

    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!!!

  • @93lozfan
    @93lozfan5 жыл бұрын

    I've found that when I have sleep paralysis it helps to do math problems or trying to recite books and poems. I don't know why but my guess is that forcing your mind to wake up may help stop the paralysis.

  • @bunabobby

    @bunabobby

    5 жыл бұрын

    I find that swallowing my spit is the most efficient way to escape sleep paralysis

  • @gothboschincarnate3931

    @gothboschincarnate3931

    Жыл бұрын

    strange, i can only do math outside my body.

  • @wastedangelematis
    @wastedangelematis5 жыл бұрын

    I fell asleep while watching this videi, dreamed John Green guiding me through space, then i realised i wasn't sleeping, damn u scishow for being a dream

  • @Chef_PC
    @Chef_PC5 жыл бұрын

    NIce having a 25m SciShow video. Lots of artifacts in this one though, and I noticed at least one misspelling of “Dysfunctional” at 11:28.