argh audio quality someone pin a microphone on this man and put him in a smaller room pleassssse this is such an important video and it deserves the best
loved seeing jessica kellgren and dan howell in the same vid (favs!). here's a thought i always like to share: if something is WORTH DOING, it's worth doing PARTIALLY you might not get those lovely 8 hrs of sleep, but getting 6 hrs, 4 hrs, or 40 min of simply closing your eyes and letting your mind pause means so, so much compared to nothing
Agreed! There have been so many times where I lay down for an hour and can’t sleep at all, but then get back up and realize I do feel a little better anyway!
I saw a violent traumatizing video about a year ago and had trouble sleeping for a while...weirdly anough when the first birds started chirping in the morning it REALLY helped me relax and at least be able to move in my bed (I felt like I could move for hours) someone idk why.
ironically enough,, my way to solving insomnia is listening to dan and phil- i’ve seen all of their videos so listening to them often distracts me from whatever im thinking about that would normally upset me. haha, thanks dan :)
There are like just certain people on UA-cam whose voices just like help me calm down at night when I’m super anxious or whatever and Dan is one of them and it’s good to see him back on UA-cam again :) I’m so proud of him too
Dan's voice is legit so calming to me. I'm so thankful that's hes back, especially since hes back with something hes passionate about and something that will help me and so many other people even more than he has in the past. I'm so happy.
First video in this series: not me at all. I have a nicely curated feed I'm perfectly happy with. This video? I feel attacked. My sleep has been particularly poor recently. I realised last night that my depression is in a worse state than it was. It's been sneaky this time, so I guess I better do something about it. I can't actually tell what state my anxiety is in because my previous irrational fear of leaving the house now seems fairly rational, given the whole pandemic.
for the past months it has been really hard for me to fall asleep at a "normal" hour (before 1-3am) because with lockdown i didn't have a routine anymore, nothing to do during the day and it really made my mental health get worse than usual. but i am finally starting uni classes in 3 days so i am looking forward to having structure to my days again! nothing like working all day long to feel ready to fall asleep at 10pm/12am and have a healthier rythm again
I had problems with sleeping since 2011, at the time I used to fall asleep listening to audiobooks. In 2016 I discovered asmr videos and they help me every time I need to fall asleep 💙
Yes, there are so many different types of ASMR. You just need to find someone who makes the kind you like. Talking/no talking, soft spoken/whispering, talking about a certain subject, stories or roleplaying
I’m aways tired until I go to bed then I’m awake, depression and anxiety are so helpful. Love to see Dan back on here! This series is going to be amazing
having a mix of anxiety and chronic fatigue syndrome has made my sleeping all over the place because one minute im wide awake at 3am stressing and the next im really tired and sleeping for 12 hours
i struggle with insomnia on most nights and usually i do what Dan said and just lay down with my eyes closed anyway. to pass time i'll tell myself a story just to make sure my thoughts stay positive
I’ve had sleep problems all my life, definitely worse when I was closeted and suffering, getting a bit better now but can still get seriously trapped in my own head. Something I will do is put on a video playing very quitely, with my phone face down and just listen to occupy and quiet my mind. Often people like Evan Edinger, sometimes Dan or Phil, or Jessica, just people I like to watch and sound quite calming!
Sometimes it gets really hard to sleep, and I've developed the ability to function on 5 hours of sleep. Sometimes I just can't sleep because of all the worst thoughts swimming through my head and it gets really bad... I usually just doodle or write, which calms me. Really proud
while i am watching this at 5am after not sleeping all night i do appreciate the video and hopefully i can bully myself into listing tmmrw. ty sm dan,, uve done sm for me i cant tell you
if i cant sleep i tend to listen to audiobooks, it's better if you already know what happens, you can also play a song that calms you down on loop until you fall asleep and the getting up early thing is also very useful, i have struggled with depression so i know it's hard to get out of bed sometimes but exercise does help too
ASMR might help, there’s a large variety of types and usually there’s no plot to be invested in. I used to listen to Harry Potter audiobooks every night when going to sleep haha
i do meditation before i sleep most nights because i got really anxious over lockdown, even though the rest of my mental health improved drastically, so switching off and listening to someone telling me to breathe is really nice
I've struggled with sleep for years and I really love the Sleep With Me podcast, it's got me through a lot of bad nights. The stories are just interesting enough to keep my brain occupied, but boring and long winded enough that I usually at least drift off a bit, even if I never completely get to sleep. Also when I really can't sleep, I find it helpful to have some fairly mindless task I can do, like colouring or Solitaire to help calm my mind.
I can never fall asleep at night because of my anxiety saying what is this what if that! Now I just need to push it to the back of my head and think will this really happen? Anyway LOVE THE VIDEO 10/10🌺🌺
What keeps me up at night is usually the anxiety of thinking i might of done something wrong towards someone and thinking they're mad at me about something i did or said or just how i did or said it. And that goes for if it was recent or years ago. Because I think "wow that was a bad moment, i bet that person still thinks about it and low key holds it against me". because in my anxious brain, i remember EVERYTHING so vividly, i know how i take things, i (kinda) know how i think and basically because i only understand how my brain works because of anxiety, i cant imagine anyone feeling any different from me because... you know... it's hard. because a lot of things would hurt my feelings easily because i'm very sensitive, where other people could easily just brush it off and not think anything of it. What i found that helps me get out of that "is that person mad at me/annoyed/offended that i said that" kind of mindset is to think "how would i feel if someone said those specific words in that specific tone?" and if i feel like "hey that wouldn't bother me" then it cools me down but if i feel like "wow that's kind of shitty" then yeah i would do what's best for me and the other person. what helps me sleep is watching a non anxiety triggering sitcom, something simple like friends or full house. if i'm tired enough i will fall asleep, staying asleep is sometimes tricky though.
i go on ao3 about an hour/half hour before i go to bed so i’ll take out my headphones, turn the brightness all the way down on my phone, and read random stuff until my eyes cant stay open, and go to sleep. i’ve been doing this for about a year now
making my bed in the morning and then not getting back in until its time to sleep has really helped me! it sets that boundary and defines my bed as "the sleeping place"
Something I do to get my mind off things is I create stories in my head as I fall asleep. Sometimes I even act like I'm doing a falling asleep scene where I'm a character falling asleep and other characters are still talking so I play their conversations in my head as I fall asleep. This normally helps me distract my brain enough from thoughts of "I made so many mistakes in my life, let's do a montage of every single one" that I can fall asleep. If that doesnt work, listening to calm instrumentals on the violin or piano can normally help too. Now I'm going to sleep cuz it's 2 am lol
I've always struggled with falling (and staying) asleep. It usually gets worse when I'm depressed or when there is something going on in my life (like, an important meeting at work or a barber's appointment). What seems to help me (at least a little bit): getting rid of the alarm clock next to my bed and not repeatedly checking the time (because it stresses me out when I see how much sleep time I have already lost) getting up and writing down all the thoughts and worries running through my head, then going back to bed (and telling myself to stop thinking about these things now because they are written down, I can address them in the morning) going on a mental walk in a quiet, peaceful place (from my memory) and remembering little details that speak to all my senses my weighted blanket masturbation (it really does help sometimes)
What helps me when I get stressed about not getting enough sleep when I can't fall asleep is to focus on the fact that lying down will also still help. I just try to enjoy being comfortable in bed instead of trying to fall asleep (and then that usually helps me fall asleep). I also noticed that getting little sleep one night doesn't usually affect my day all that much in the first place.
My therapist has also taught me the worst case scenario trick. But also I write myself preemptive notes like: everything is ok; you didn’t forget to turn in an assignment; people like you
About a year ago I accidentally watched a very traumatizing video and had trouble sleeping for several nights after. I blocked out what happend on the first night but I know it was bad because I remember the second night and it wasnt fun. What really helped me was hearing birds start to sing in the morning. Idk why it helped so much but it gave me the courage to sit up and listen an audio book so I could at least get an hour or two if sleep. If your been mildly traumatized like me listen to anafio book to give your brain a story to focused on.
I think this video will help alot of people , sleeping has always been one of those things I struggled with alot through my coming out process and especially when I'm extremely stressed.
Yes the thing about sleeping better when its cold! When I'm in a room where the air con is on and its colder than room temp I get so sleepy and I try explaining this to people, cold weather makes me want to sleep and cuddle up in my doona but especially living in Australia its often hot weather when I try to sleep so I'm sweaty and uncomfortable
I'm really excited for this series as I feel it will be very educational. I do struggle with some of the things mentioned, especially these last few months as I'm going through a lot of stressful situations at the same time that are affecting how I sleep and I'm trying to work on that to at least get some rest. I also find it interesting in general because this happens to many people and is not talked about much, not getting good quality sleep is dismissed as something unimportant and it can affect someone's mental health. Thank you for these videos, I know they'll help me understand myself and others a bit better
I also struggle with insomnia, I can't fall asleep worrying about the things that happened and about what I think could happen the next day, and that sucks.
Something that helped me get out of the bad habit, scrolling through my phone before sleeping until late at night and then be still wide awake from the screen light or the 300 memes, videos and news that my brain now has to process... Is ..setting my alarmclock to 10pm when I wanna go to bed at 12pm. (Like parents saying goodnight and telling you that you shouldnt stay up much longer but then u do anyways except that you planned it yourself^^) And instead reading an "actual" book in that time lol (that i actually really wanted to read for ages but havent gotten to bc ..internetzz) Like, the alarm goes of at 10 then it usually takes me another 15 to 30 minutes to detach myself from whatever I was doing on my phone or laptop like yt or insta. I give myself that time to not fall into the anxiety of having "missed" anything or to be able to still send the message i procrastinated sending the whole day ;) and get it of my back. (For me it doesnt work to just suddenly impulsively get of my phone bc then i remember a yt video 10min later that i put in the watch later playlist, that i still wanted to watch or the meme someone sent me, that i havent checked yet etc and I'll be back at my phone 15min later...) I get ready for bed so I dont have to leave it, once I enter it. I set my alarm for the next day, put the phone out of bed reach, turned so I cannot see any notifications. (also put it on silent, until the next day) And then I have an hour left to read... Whenever I manage to do that, it gives me a feeling of accomplishment. Because I did something I always plan on doing but never get to (that also is just for my enjoyment, not school stuff) and also got off my phone on my own, PLUS I "finished" something productive like a chapter or eventually a book (as in more productive than getting to the end of my insta feed) or I indulged in a hobby (one could draw or knitt a scarf as a future chistmas present etc). Thats a small happy boost that i can think about while waiting for sleep. And helps my mind come down (it is focused on one task for a longer period..) If i wanted to listen to music or nature sounds for sleeping, I use a cdplayer instead of spotify cause that just makes me fall into the trap of getting my phone back to skip a song or something. And if I start reading the book and something important I forgot to do during the day slips into mind. I could also still be doing that quickly without feeling like I can't bc i just managed to put my phone away and its 3am. There is no pressure, since i wanted to go to bed at 12 and its still 11:30. :) Thank you for listening to my Tedtalk. ^^ Have a nice day!
maybe i’ll actually go to sleep before 12am today. my mental health has been really crap in the last week and i can literally feel my eye bags begging me to get a good nights sleep so thank you for the excellent timing
signal boost EVERYTHING being said here oml i know so many people in my life who treat social media and technology as if its a “one or the other” thing, so to them you’re either a super addict or you actively hate social media and technology, when really its NONE OF THESE MINDSETS that will get you through life.
When I can’t sleep, I just let that be. I found that with about 4 hours sleep I can still function adequately and after a few days of this i am tired enough to get a good night sleep and that usually breaks the cycle for a while. Also, listening to a you tube video with rain and thunder sounds help.
I was 9 the first time i saw a therapist because i couldn't leep properly, i'm 25 and still can't sleep properly, i've kind of accepted i'll live mu whole life in a state of constant tiredness
Welcome back Dan we missed you❤️. This is a great video I have really been having bad sleepless nights for the last while I know this will be so helpful 😊
before i go to bed i’m always really awake and my brain is super active with all these crazy thoughts going through my head . i usually then *of course* turn to the internet which although does calm me, i feel pretty tired in the morning when i’ve only had 5 hrs sleep. i really need to find a happy medium i just don’t know how
I use the Calm app and listen to instrumental music, it's really soothing. I do also try to make sure that my room is as cool as possible. Sometimes when I'm having a lot of trouble sleeping I use Melatonin to give some extra help
I'm so glad this is how Dan chose to return to UA-cam
Oh, how we've watched Dan grow from reasons why Dan's a fail to Dan the mental health guy
the amount of serotonin just hearing his voice after so long gave me is actually insane, like wow
i adore him he is everything to me
he looks so happy! i’m so glad
Right?! I’m so proud of him 🥺
argh audio quality someone pin a microphone on this man and put him in a smaller room pleassssse this is such an important video and it deserves the best
Yeah he's done better audio in his open plan apartment.
Jessica mentioning Buffy the vampire make me really want a collab between her and AmazingPhil. They are both so adorable, that would be so cute!
I agree! I've been wanting this to happen for ages!
Omg I suspect those two would vibe; they are both so upbeat and cheerful with an absolute solid core.
loved seeing jessica kellgren and dan howell in the same vid (favs!). here's a thought i always like to share:
if something is WORTH DOING, it's worth doing PARTIALLY
you might not get those lovely 8 hrs of sleep, but getting 6 hrs, 4 hrs, or 40 min of simply closing your eyes and letting your mind pause means so, so much compared to nothing
Agreed! There have been so many times where I lay down for an hour and can’t sleep at all, but then get back up and realize I do feel a little better anyway!
I saw a violent traumatizing video about a year ago and had trouble sleeping for a while...weirdly anough when the first birds started chirping in the morning it REALLY helped me relax and at least be able to move in my bed (I felt like I could move for hours) someone idk why.
ironically enough,, my way to solving insomnia is listening to dan and phil- i’ve seen all of their videos so listening to them often distracts me from whatever im thinking about that would normally upset me. haha, thanks dan :)
There are like just certain people on UA-cam whose voices just like help me calm down at night when I’m super anxious or whatever and Dan is one of them and it’s good to see him back on UA-cam again :) I’m so proud of him too
@@lucykeeven4447 yes! we love dan howell in this house~!
i listen to dan and phil or 1d
wait same
me staying up till 2-4 am every night and watching this video with a blank expression like😀😀
hi eisha
@@anna-hv9sk ANNA
What weekly Dan content
Dan's voice is legit so calming to me. I'm so thankful that's hes back, especially since hes back with something hes passionate about and something that will help me and so many other people even more than he has in the past. I'm so happy.
First video in this series: not me at all. I have a nicely curated feed I'm perfectly happy with. This video? I feel attacked. My sleep has been particularly poor recently. I realised last night that my depression is in a worse state than it was. It's been sneaky this time, so I guess I better do something about it. I can't actually tell what state my anxiety is in because my previous irrational fear of leaving the house now seems fairly rational, given the whole pandemic.
for the past months it has been really hard for me to fall asleep at a "normal" hour (before 1-3am) because with lockdown i didn't have a routine anymore, nothing to do during the day and it really made my mental health get worse than usual. but i am finally starting uni classes in 3 days so i am looking forward to having structure to my days again! nothing like working all day long to feel ready to fall asleep at 10pm/12am and have a healthier rythm again
"me and other lgbt creators" :) hearing that makes me so happy for some reason
I'm literally crying hearing Dans voice.
Will I ever meet him? No.
But he's helped me so much.
I came for Dan, but god I needed to hear the things discussed in this series. Thank you to all the creators who are participating in this!
I adore Daniel Howell ❤️
He looks so much more happy and healthy now 😭❤️
I had problems with sleeping since 2011, at the time I used to fall asleep listening to audiobooks.
In 2016 I discovered asmr videos and they help me every time I need to fall asleep 💙
I really recommend the ASMR UA-camr Itsblizzzz her videos help me fall asleep instantly! (☆▽☆)
Yes, there are so many different types of ASMR. You just need to find someone who makes the kind you like. Talking/no talking, soft spoken/whispering, talking about a certain subject, stories or roleplaying
my screen time average is like 7 hours a day help
mines like 11 hours a day oopsie-
@@beth7132 DO U SLEEP? go to sleep bub get some rest :[
YO @narcissisthowell I THINK IM FRIENDS WITH YOU ON IG MY @ is @/ adorable.pml
@@d9ski i sleep sometimes
p sure we’re moots on twt so u can see im always up till like 6
@@beth7132 SAME PLS IM UP TILL 8AM TWEETING-
I loooove to see Dan and Jessica in the same projects!!
I’m aways tired until I go to bed then I’m awake, depression and anxiety are so helpful. Love to see Dan back on here! This series is going to be amazing
having a mix of anxiety and chronic fatigue syndrome has made my sleeping all over the place because one minute im wide awake at 3am stressing and the next im really tired and sleeping for 12 hours
He is such a ray of light the world needs. I feel so lucky to have this man in my life
i struggle with insomnia on most nights and usually i do what Dan said and just lay down with my eyes closed anyway. to pass time i'll tell myself a story just to make sure my thoughts stay positive
Dan looks like he’s matured so much during his time off I don’t know what it is 😅 I love this man 👏🏻💜
I’ve had sleep problems all my life, definitely worse when I was closeted and suffering, getting a bit better now but can still get seriously trapped in my own head. Something I will do is put on a video playing very quitely, with my phone face down and just listen to occupy and quiet my mind. Often people like Evan Edinger, sometimes Dan or Phil, or Jessica, just people I like to watch and sound quite calming!
I’m so glad our king is back
Sometimes it gets really hard to sleep, and I've developed the ability to function on 5 hours of sleep. Sometimes I just can't sleep because of all the worst thoughts swimming through my head and it gets really bad...
I usually just doodle or write, which calms me.
Really proud
i’m so glad to see his beautiful face again 🥺
This is going to help so many people, me included. I’m so glad he’s doing this! ❤️
I screamed when I saw this! He looks so pretty!
while i am watching this at 5am after not sleeping all night i do appreciate the video and hopefully i can bully myself into listing tmmrw.
ty sm dan,, uve done sm for me i cant tell you
if i cant sleep i tend to listen to audiobooks, it's better if you already know what happens, you can also play a song that calms you down on loop until you fall asleep and the getting up early thing is also very useful, i have struggled with depression so i know it's hard to get out of bed sometimes but exercise does help too
ASMR might help, there’s a large variety of types and usually there’s no plot to be invested in. I used to listen to Harry Potter audiobooks every night when going to sleep haha
i do meditation before i sleep most nights because i got really anxious over lockdown, even though the rest of my mental health improved drastically, so switching off and listening to someone telling me to breathe is really nice
Getting through the night... Couldn't be more accurate
it’s dans beauty for me
I've struggled with sleep for years and I really love the Sleep With Me podcast, it's got me through a lot of bad nights. The stories are just interesting enough to keep my brain occupied, but boring and long winded enough that I usually at least drift off a bit, even if I never completely get to sleep. Also when I really can't sleep, I find it helpful to have some fairly mindless task I can do, like colouring or Solitaire to help calm my mind.
I can never fall asleep at night because of my anxiety saying what is this what if that! Now I just need to push it to the back of my head and think will this really happen? Anyway LOVE THE VIDEO 10/10🌺🌺
it’s the beautiful outfit for me
It’s just a black turtleneck... it has no right too look that good omfg
jessica kellgren fozard and dan in the same vide gives me the best vibes 💕💕
Awwww i did not expect jessie along with dan! What a lovely surprise 😊 also everytime i hear a new thing she has i'm like "what don't you have?" 😆😅
What keeps me up at night is usually the anxiety of thinking i might of done something wrong towards someone and thinking they're mad at me about something i did or said or just how i did or said it. And that goes for if it was recent or years ago. Because I think "wow that was a bad moment, i bet that person still thinks about it and low key holds it against me". because in my anxious brain, i remember EVERYTHING so vividly, i know how i take things, i (kinda) know how i think and basically because i only understand how my brain works because of anxiety, i cant imagine anyone feeling any different from me because... you know... it's hard. because a lot of things would hurt my feelings easily because i'm very sensitive, where other people could easily just brush it off and not think anything of it. What i found that helps me get out of that "is that person mad at me/annoyed/offended that i said that" kind of mindset is to think "how would i feel if someone said those specific words in that specific tone?" and if i feel like "hey that wouldn't bother me" then it cools me down but if i feel like "wow that's kind of shitty" then yeah i would do what's best for me and the other person. what helps me sleep is watching a non anxiety triggering sitcom, something simple like friends or full house. if i'm tired enough i will fall asleep, staying asleep is sometimes tricky though.
also love u so much dan hai 🥺🥺
i go on ao3 about an hour/half hour before i go to bed so i’ll take out my headphones, turn the brightness all the way down on my phone, and read random stuff until my eyes cant stay open, and go to sleep. i’ve been doing this for about a year now
Me: *watches until the very end every time just because Dan's familiar little way of ending a video gives me comfort*
making my bed in the morning and then not getting back in until its time to sleep has really helped me! it sets that boundary and defines my bed as "the sleeping place"
love this
Dan looks so different but I can’t place why. I’m so proud of him and it’s so nice to hear his voice on UA-cam again 🥺❤️
Something I do to get my mind off things is I create stories in my head as I fall asleep. Sometimes I even act like I'm doing a falling asleep scene where I'm a character falling asleep and other characters are still talking so I play their conversations in my head as I fall asleep. This normally helps me distract my brain enough from thoughts of "I made so many mistakes in my life, let's do a montage of every single one" that I can fall asleep. If that doesnt work, listening to calm instrumentals on the violin or piano can normally help too. Now I'm going to sleep cuz it's 2 am lol
I do the same, composing wattpad chapters.
Hope you slept well 🙃
Thank you guys so much for the captions - and the good ones that are easy to read, at that. You don't know for how many people they are useful.
my daily a rage screen time is 3 hours and 47 minutes wow
ahh this is so cool thanks guys
Night time is my time to over think everything and think about every stupid decision I have ever made
I am honestly so proud of Dan. He is giving me so much strength while still struggling himself, it's incredible. We love you Dan ❤
I've always struggled with falling (and staying) asleep. It usually gets worse when I'm depressed or when there is something going on in my life (like, an important meeting at work or a barber's appointment). What seems to help me (at least a little bit):
getting rid of the alarm clock next to my bed and not repeatedly checking the time (because it stresses me out when I see how much sleep time I have already lost)
getting up and writing down all the thoughts and worries running through my head, then going back to bed (and telling myself to stop thinking about these things now because they are written down, I can address them in the morning)
going on a mental walk in a quiet, peaceful place (from my memory) and remembering little details that speak to all my senses
my weighted blanket
masturbation (it really does help sometimes)
What helps me when I get stressed about not getting enough sleep when I can't fall asleep is to focus on the fact that lying down will also still help. I just try to enjoy being comfortable in bed instead of trying to fall asleep (and then that usually helps me fall asleep). I also noticed that getting little sleep one night doesn't usually affect my day all that much in the first place.
« feeling like every thought youve ever had has come back to say hello » that’s it thats the mood
I'm watching this at 2 am and that sums it up perfectly
Be cold you say Dan? Better get my ice cubes and use a previous piece of your advice ;)
To that one person who disliked
Why?
Seriously, why?
What was the reason?
I wanna know.
Yay Dan's finally made a good hair choice but all jokes aside I'm really proud of him and he looks genuinely happy which I am so happy about
this was very helpful!! thanks dan for this series and thanks to all the lovely creators who worked with him💗
im so proud of them omg
Oh my god!! Did anyone else notice he did the little hand signal thing that he did in his first video?! How cute!!!
My therapist has also taught me the worst case scenario trick. But also I write myself preemptive notes like: everything is ok; you didn’t forget to turn in an assignment; people like you
About a year ago I accidentally watched a very traumatizing video and had trouble sleeping for several nights after. I blocked out what happend on the first night but I know it was bad because I remember the second night and it wasnt fun. What really helped me was hearing birds start to sing in the morning. Idk why it helped so much but it gave me the courage to sit up and listen an audio book so I could at least get an hour or two if sleep. If your been mildly traumatized like me listen to anafio book to give your brain a story to focused on.
these videos are so good omg
I’m so proud of him it’s unbelievable
All being said here it’s relevant at 20, 30, or at 40 years old. Mental health is important and talking about it is key.
HIS HAIR AHHH
i missed him so much
I think this video will help alot of people , sleeping has always been one of those things I struggled with alot through my coming out process and especially when I'm extremely stressed.
Yes the thing about sleeping better when its cold! When I'm in a room where the air con is on and its colder than room temp I get so sleepy and I try explaining this to people, cold weather makes me want to sleep and cuddle up in my doona but especially living in Australia its often hot weather when I try to sleep so I'm sweaty and uncomfortable
I needed this tonight. Thank you
I'm really excited for this series as I feel it will be very educational. I do struggle with some of the things mentioned, especially these last few months as I'm going through a lot of stressful situations at the same time that are affecting how I sleep and I'm trying to work on that to at least get some rest. I also find it interesting in general because this happens to many people and is not talked about much, not getting good quality sleep is dismissed as something unimportant and it can affect someone's mental health. Thank you for these videos, I know they'll help me understand myself and others a bit better
i’m a massive over thinker- if someone says or does something weird i will think about everything it could mean- that’s what keeps me up
I also struggle with insomnia, I can't fall asleep worrying about the things that happened and about what I think could happen the next day, and that sucks.
It’s so fucking great just seeing him, I missed him sm
Something that helped me get out of the bad habit, scrolling through my phone before sleeping until late at night and then be still wide awake from the screen light or the 300 memes, videos and news that my brain now has to process... Is
..setting my alarmclock to 10pm when I wanna go to bed at 12pm.
(Like parents saying goodnight and telling you that you shouldnt stay up much longer but then u do anyways except that you planned it yourself^^)
And instead reading an "actual" book in that time lol (that i actually really wanted to read for ages but havent gotten to bc ..internetzz)
Like, the alarm goes of at 10 then it usually takes me another 15 to 30 minutes to detach myself from whatever I was doing on my phone or laptop like yt or insta.
I give myself that time to not fall into the anxiety of having "missed" anything or to be able to still send the message i procrastinated sending the whole day ;)
and get it of my back.
(For me it doesnt work to just suddenly impulsively get of my phone bc then i remember a yt video 10min later that i put in the watch later playlist, that i still wanted to watch or the meme someone sent me, that i havent checked yet etc and I'll be back at my phone 15min later...)
I get ready for bed so I dont have to leave it, once I enter it.
I set my alarm for the next day, put the phone out of bed reach, turned so I cannot see any notifications. (also put it on silent, until the next day)
And then I have an hour left to read...
Whenever I manage to do that, it gives me a feeling of accomplishment. Because I did something I always plan on doing but never get to (that also is just for my enjoyment, not school stuff) and also got off my phone on my own, PLUS I "finished" something productive like a chapter or eventually a book (as in more productive than getting to the end of my insta feed) or I indulged in a hobby (one could draw or knitt a scarf as a future chistmas present etc). Thats a small happy boost that i can think about while waiting for sleep. And helps my mind come down (it is focused on one task for a longer period..)
If i wanted to listen to music or nature sounds for sleeping, I use a cdplayer instead of spotify cause that just makes me fall into the trap of getting my phone back to skip a song or something.
And if I start reading the book and something important I forgot to do during the day slips into mind. I could also still be doing that quickly without feeling like I can't bc i just managed to put my phone away and its 3am. There is no pressure, since i wanted to go to bed at 12 and its still 11:30. :)
Thank you for listening to my Tedtalk. ^^
Have a nice day!
We need more Daniel content
maybe i’ll actually go to sleep before 12am today. my mental health has been really crap in the last week and i can literally feel my eye bags begging me to get a good nights sleep so thank you for the excellent timing
update- i didn’t go to sleep before 12am :)
it’s 1am
signal boost EVERYTHING being said here oml
i know so many people in my life who treat social media and technology as if its a “one or the other” thing, so to them you’re either a super addict or you actively hate social media and technology, when really its NONE OF THESE MINDSETS that will get you through life.
He did the "Hi" salute from his first video!!!!!
Is that why Dan looks so good? He finally got his sleep schedule on track??!! That would be amazing!
When I can’t sleep, I just let that be. I found that with about 4 hours sleep I can still function adequately and after a few days of this i am tired enough to get a good night sleep and that usually breaks the cycle for a while.
Also, listening to a you tube video with rain and thunder sounds help.
I was 9 the first time i saw a therapist because i couldn't leep properly, i'm 25 and still can't sleep properly, i've kind of accepted i'll live mu whole life in a state of constant tiredness
love you dan
Welcome back Dan we missed you❤️. This is a great video I have really been having bad sleepless nights for the last while I know this will be so helpful 😊
before i go to bed i’m always really awake and my brain is super active with all these crazy thoughts going through my head . i usually then *of course* turn to the internet which although does calm me, i feel pretty tired in the morning when i’ve only had 5 hrs sleep. i really need to find a happy medium i just don’t know how
I love Dan so much and I'm so proouud of hiimm 🥺💖💖
This felt comforting
Already preordered Dan's book and i can't wait 😍
seeing dan again makes me so happy :,)
These are actually very helpful, thank you!! I wanna know that crime solving UA-cam channel, a monotone voice sounds great
I use the Calm app and listen to instrumental music, it's really soothing. I do also try to make sure that my room is as cool as possible. Sometimes when I'm having a lot of trouble sleeping I use Melatonin to give some extra help
I had the bright idea of looking up what an Aztec death whistle sounds like at 9:00pm while it was pitch black in my room
Dan casually and regularly using them as a pronoun for just anyone he's talking about is immensely validating.
DONT MIND ME SOBBING AT 6AM-