I've been a shift worker for two years. Flipping my sleep schedule upside down every month. It's hell. Never rested. In a constant psychosis-like state. No money is worth my health.
@@Em0killer13 I see. I learner that I was much happier being broke (but still self-sufficient) with freedom than earning more than I could spend and being miserable
I've just finished reading his book. And what a great book. It was exactly what I needed to stop neglecting sleep. Now that I know "a lot" about the importance of sleeping, I'm taking good care of it. I've been getting 7-8 hours every night and my life has improved tremendously! I'm so glad there are people like Matthew out there to do this for us! I look up to this guy!
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Workout people. Seriously. I always that i had insomnia ever since i was young. I started working out and within in a month i noticed a huge difference. I would read 15 minutes before bed and as soon as i laid my head down i was out. I got lazy last year and stopped working out. The insomnia came right back. It might be a pain to go and hit the gym everyday but when you do it pays off...not only with sleep but with overall health.
would like to add that even a short morning run or whatever preferred workout can help your body adjust to a proper schedule and be more reliable on wakeup times, which will automatically cause a better bedtime assuming there's no late-night bad habits preventing it.
WHY WE SLEEP is one of the most important books I have ever read. I have bought it for at least ten other people - so far! Many thanks to Dr. Walker for all his research and this incredibly informative and life-changing book.
I've just finished reading it. I struggled to sleep and also neglected sleep because I "wanted to do more things". Now I'm getting 8 hours of sleep every day and taking solid care of my sleep routine.
@@jacewalton6677 If you can't fall asleep, you have to empty your mind for a minute as soon as you close your eyes - sometimes it is not easy because thoughts keep running in our mind constantly, but my trick is that as soon as I am aware that I have thoughts, I repeat myself: "i'm not thinking of anything", interrupting my ideas, making it hard to process thoughts. I also use an eye mask from Quies.
I have never done an all-nighter during my high school and even now in college. I prefer to just sleep early and wake up early then study and my mind absorbs information a lot better.
Good. Thats the way. Ever notice how ppl who pull all nighters "studying" aka barely retaining anything and stressing about the test end up doing badly. Work smart.not hard
I had been sleep deprived from my 16 until my 24 years of age (getting 3 to 4 hours of sleep per night). What I got as a result were panic attacks, anxiety, lack of memory and difficulties to learn (in college and work). My professional life was deeply affected by this, and I still struggle with my anxiety now. Currently, dealing with a restless partner during the night, I gained back to the old results of sleeping deprivation, and I say: it is torture. I hope I can convince him to do a "sleep hygiene" as we call it in Brazil, so I can be sleep properly and be happy again =(
Good luck with that. Also worth considering whether you have a caffeine sensitivity. If you're prone to anxiety then caffeine could be a problem - it could be jacking up your whole nervous system. I genuinely can't have caffeine even first thing in the morning - if I do I'll be up till 3 or 4.
Oi Larissa. Como estão as coisas hoje? Eu era o parceiro com problemas de sono no meu relacionamento. Depois de ler o livro do Matthew, consegui botar tudo em ordem e focar bastante em ter um bom sono! Compra o livro dele para o seu parceiro!
@@jazzrandhawa482 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 word, I want people to study this simple treatment further
Get up at 6AM. Do physically demanding work for eight hours (I'm a gardener/nurseryman), go to bed at the same time every night...believe me, you'll sleep fine. Works for me.
I agree, im an electrician. I go to bed around 10pm every night, up at 6.30ish every morning. Come that time everynight i naturally tired without anything.
All of this in fact seems really quite reasonable and it is because he is British and he is obviously more intelligent than you if you are not British, just listen to his smart voice. You cannot out sleep this man; you cannot.
Cutting out weed and alcohol several months ago caused instant improvement to my sleep. I'm on day 3 of quitting caffeine and I tell you I'm already feeling improved sleep from that too. I love finding new ways to optimize my sleep.
Tempelton Amor Sure there are a lot of hung dudes that want to bang him. I’m happy for him! But maybe they get frustrated that he never wants to do it in the bedroom to not break his strong association between his bed and sleep.
Yes he was. Although he didn't mention the negative effects of weed on sleep like he did here, if I remember correctly. Was he afraid of aggravating Joe?
Your book was great. It scared me so much as to all the adverse consequences of poor sleep that I forced myself to get an extra 2-3 hours/night! Feel far better for it. I’d always thought that sleep was a waste of time, to be successful I had to be a type A personality and sleep as little as possible. Thanks a lot.
Im not getting enough sleep these days but this video is so helpful there is no value of being awake to study or work because you will just be sleepy and you cant focus or be motivated
another thing i find useful is to completely avoid the bedroom when coming home from work/school until its time to sleep. Although i do know some people who have their offices in a bedroom as they have no choice.
I've long been fascinated by sleep and as someone who has always been a "night owl" mornings were always rough for me. From the time I started school until the last day I worked I relied on an alarm clock to wake up in the morning. I hated that SOB more than anything on the planet! The thing I remember most about my last day at work was the happiness about turning the alarm clock off and never turning it on again! What a huge difference that made in my life. I immediately started sleeping better and feeling better throughout the day. It's truly amazing how much healthier it is to wake up naturally vs being startled by that damn alarm.
I am 64 years old and I can tell you this, in that time, I had ONE morning that I woke up and felt completely rested, full of energy and clarity. Almost a feeling of elation. I felt like I could accomplish anytrhing.The only explanation I have is that I was having a lucid dream just before I awoke. I have practiced trying to replicate lucid dreaming to see if that was the reason, but without luck. Most people I tell this story to, look at me like I am a loon but I remember that day, I will never forget it and if I could wake with that feeling just several times a week, I feel my life would have been much different.
I had the exact opposite. I remember this one day when I was like 14 I woke with this overwhelming sense of dread, literally immediately walked to the mirror and contemplated "why not just end it all now" around the same age I was lucid dreaming quite frequently. Are dreams definitely play a huge role in our mental and physical health.
I'm 55 and my average night is 7 to 9 hours of sleep. I agree with the not drinking to get better sleep. Also good to put away the smart phone before going to bed as screen time before bed can mess you up and try to maintain a consistent sleep schedule.
How to improve your sleep: Apply more mental stress by becoming aware that you can’t regain lost sleep, and then becoming aware about just how dangerous it also is... Good times👌🏻
So here's my question (following a story that I will use as an example): Regarding how sleep is not a "credit system" and you can't make up for damage already done: My father is a doctor and is creeping into his 70s. About 5 years ago, the hospital that he works for started having him do all-night on-call duty once a week and it was wreaking havoc on his health in every way possible. He's a tri-athlete and is the healthiest person I know, even at his age. He had a heart scan performed while he was doing this on-call work and his doctors warned him that it did not look good and he was at a very high risk for a heart attack. We had to have a family intervention and I was able to convince him that the on-call work was going to kill him. He has since quit that side of his job (he's looking to retire soon anyway) and had a repeat heart scan. Just a few MONTHS later, his heart scan is now pristine and he's back to where he was previously. He's never been happier emotionally, physically, spiritually, whereas he was in pretty bad shape before. So taking him as an example: I understand that he was doing on-call/all-nighter work every Saturday and it was not possible for him to "catch up" on sleep other days of the week. But now that he has completely shifted his lifestyle, it's only taken a few months for his heart scan to come back "very good" from "very bad." And that was from YEARS of this on-call work. In this way, it would seem that you CAN turn things around, even after damage has been done. My father is physical proof. I've watched Dr. Walker's Masterclasses, watched many of his UA-cam videos, and read parts of his book "Why We Sleep," but I can't find where he might address this. Whenever he talks, it's always regarding how "once damage is done, it's done." I personally also became very ill at one point in my career as a flight attendant and for the sake of my health, I had to resign for a year. I've since returned and have been back for the past 3 years, better able to manage my health and sleep habits. But I would also be an example of someone who was in a very bad place (I couldn't even function), but restored a sense of normalcy and have been able to reverse much of the inflammation that was caused during that hard time. My job will also become easier for me as I get older, because I will gain more seniority within my company and have more choice regarding which trips I want to fly... meaning, I won't have to fly the redeyes or "leanovers" anymore. I don't like the fact that I'm doing my body a disservice with this kind of work, but going back to a 9-5 is not for me and I'm hoping to rest in the solace that it will only get better. I would like to think, with my father being an example, that the damage I've done to my body thus far won't be something that will haunt me later. If someone knows where he might address this topic, I would be interested!
Hey, I have read his book a year ago. It is really good lecture. I have been trying to get regular sleep as he said in this video and I can assure you that he may not be lying. Additionaly, I recommend watching him on Joe Rogan podcast. There are raised a lot of issues in the book and a lot of them aren't as broadly spoken as in the book but it might get you to read it. I really recommend taking care of your sleep schedule, it affected my life by a lot. Good luck!
I really feel for this guy...he has "The Truth" and very few are listening to his message. As a fellow that has never had trouble sleeping and rarely get less than my regular 8 hours a night for more than 20 years, I find that if I have s short night of sleep or miss a night completely the next day my nerves actually "tingle" like I'm recovering from pins-and-needles, it's so noticeable that it can be distracting and lasts all day long. My question to any bad sleepers out there is: do you feel also feel this tingling of nerves after a poor/short sleep? Or is it maybe that I'm just sensitive to it because it's so unnatural a condition for me.
I am jealous. I am reading his book right now, and I believe, and have always strongly believed, in everything he said. Sleep has always been holy for me, and throughout school and college I always prioritized enough sleep to extra studying and was always at the top of my class. But still I've always suffered from extremely light sleep, a problem that is getting worse with age and which I wished Walker had addressed in his book- why, when taking away factors like caffeine, alcohol, unhealthy food or late meals (which I've stopped completely), are some people very light sleepers who are extremely sensitive to any noise? I live with flatmates (cannot afford to live on my own at this point), and I always wake up when they go to bed much later than me. I have gotten better at falling back asleep afterwards (it used to take me hours, in the days when I had lots of stress and still drank coffee), but still I need a total of at least 9 hours in bed to wake up somewhat refreshed, and I still almost never wake up energized, my sleep having been interrupted exactly midway. Like you I immediately sense the effects of any reduction in sleep- I also feel those "needles", especially in my upper arms in the morning, together with a head that is not calm. I immediately notice how I suddenly need 30 seconds to remember someone's name, how I'm emotional and irritable. I only sleep very well when the others are gone for the night, and I worry that it is unrealistic to want to live alone for the rest of my life, or to inquire about people's living habits and only be able to coexist with someone who goes to bed by 9:30 or 10, like me, which, in today's culture, is very difficult to find, at least where I am. I know a sleep specialist might be able to help, but it's hard to find someone where I live.
@CCP - XJT习近平思想 i have been experiencing it for the past years if i dont get enough sleep or no sleep at all i sometimes feel like im not sleeping but when i look at the time it's already 4 hours in bed. Yes i can feel tingling and pins and needles in my hand it is because of my nerve anxiety and when i go to the doctor to get some check up he suddenly told me to get my blood and tested it in the laboratory and they found out that i have lacked in potassium and high in sodium that ease my mind for a bit but for sure anxiety is the main reason of this tingling pins and needles in my hands and other parts of my body. I'm Praying for us to be better sooner you can ask me also why did i get to this situation in the first place btw im only 20 years old
I recently turned 50 and I wake up every morning feeling like a 19-year-old gymnast as I swear by getting a nice dose of quality sleep, religiously!! It truly contributes to your fountain of youth!!
According to this I don’t know why am still alive. Im 76 and as a lifetime insomniac if I ever get five hours sleep it’s a record for me. Yet I am fit and well. I believe everyone is different. Some people need more sleep than others - he is making some huge generalisations here .
I bought your book and while For young people it’s a good warning, For those of us who are senior citizens, it’s depressing to be told There’s nothing we can do to recover from a few tough years when we used melatonin to sleep. I get that you can’t undo a lifetime of unhealthy habits But The book makes it feel like there’s no point in trying to do better because damage is done and can never be undone.
thank you so much im going to not drink alcohol i thought it was helping me sleep but I wake up 10 times threw the night ... thanks again sleep is everything..God bless
The tips are great. Also, try having a routine the last 30 minutes before going to sleep such as putting the phone down, turning off the computer and getting some water. Your routine can vary, but doing this every day will let your mind and body know it's time to fall asleep. Soothing sleeping music can also calm down your brain from overthinking and relax your senses into sleep.
Yeh the studies are from random people who probably just inherit cardiovascular disease etc, ive had sleep apnea for 23 years without knowing what it was till recently ofc, my heart is fine, 23 years without a restful nights sleep lol...but my health is really bad now in terms of insomnia and chronic fatigue etc
MC CG yeh.... extremely helpful right?!? ... dude has no idea about the intended target audience. Just increases my anxiety about the lack of sleep I already had. Not helpful at all
Thanks for idea of setting alarm on the time when I plan going to sleep. That's so simple yet so brilliant! I have already set it on my phone for every day of the week.
In my early forties now. No more than four - five hours per day and having noticeable memory loss recently. Even on holiday I can't manage....too much anxiety and back pain as well...
Reading before bed is good for getting me to sleep i find. I usually get 7/8 hours a night. Although recently ive been waking up at 3am wide awake which is a few hours before normal. Feeling alright though
Same, I go to sleep but will wake up around 3/4 am and won’t be able to get back to bed for some time. I’m definitely going to have to try reading before bed & working out in the morning
The alarm stuff reminded me of when I went to visit my sister and I stayed overnight. She wanted me to sleep in her bed which I didn't want to do because I hate having to inconvenience people. She insisted, because she wanted to sleep in the chair in the living room because she had trouble getting up in the morning, and if she was late to work one more time, she was going to get fired. So I agreed and took her bed. I noticed that she had like, 17 clocks in her apartment, and all of them were set at different times, ostensibly to trick her into getting places on-time I suppose. I don't get that but whatever. She didn't bother to tell me that she had somehow managed to set them all to ring at EXACTLY the same time. I found out the next morning when they all rang at the precise same moment, and it was like a 1950's bomb drill. I nearly had a heart attack, scrambling awake. If I wasn't so rattled I'd've killed her. Or at least slapped her. Now I have the alarm that starts softly and gradually gets louder.
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But great videos like this are keeping me up to 2am. Up to the 80s there was nothing to watch after midnight so we all went to bed earlier then. Many Chanel’s closed even earlier. Although we are transitioning into something very different now that’s very apparent.
I am reading your book and definitely have a sleep disorder. I fall asleep at approx 10pm but wake up at stupid o clock ie 1-3am in the morning. I am 62 and one of the chapters in your book describes my condition exactly. I have to go to the toilet three times every night , I can't fall asleep again for hours and this has been happening for years if not decades. If you go to your GP, their first point of call is sleeping tablets , which is not really a solution as you have pointed out In your book. Your book is fascinating and also alarming. During a particularly sleepless night, I read it from 1am-6am,then got up because there was no point in trying to get back to sleep. I have looked into the availability of sleep clinics in the UK, I live in the midlands, and there seems to be only one NHS sleep clinic way down in the south. There is one in Birmingham but I suspect you have to pay. For some of us that would be beyond our means. I know that your book is not a self help book but it is a 'wake up call', to do something about our condition. S, I'm very glad that you wrote It. Needless to say, I would love to sleep the whole eight hours with all it's benefits. I will go and see my GP but I will refer to your book which, in my opinion, should be read by every GP and hope that they will find some way to fixing the problem.
Hello john, thanks for your information. I have the exact same sleep disorder for nearly 10 years now.. i always wake up after 5 hours of sleep while i’m not fully ‘awake’. It has been bothering me for so long but i really can’t find anything to fix this. I’ve tried so many supplements but it’s always after 5hrs.
I'm 31 and have the same problem. Working as an air traffic controller in nightshifts has desrupted my sleeping pattern completly and also my stupid habit of fighting with sleep because I would miss the fun of life. Now after 2 years of not having a normal night sleep, after getting black circles under my eyes and looking like a zombie I understood what a fool I was for not taking sleep more seriously. I will definetly read the book as I see people have only good opinions about it, but reading your comment made me think that reading it will not help me resolve the issue with waking up at 3am all the time
He never gets to the "how." The best way to get a good night sleep is to workout. Work throughout the day and your body will reward you with good sleep.
You are obviously very smart. People who struggle with sleep want answers, not a constant reminders of how dangerous it is not to sleep. Please offer more solutions!!
I think that’s because so many came to the video expecting a different video, based on the title of the video. Maybe people expecting too much though. You could be right. Why should a video discussion go along with the title? This is youtube! It’s About creativity. Keep your audience guessing! 😏😜
I'm listening to his Sleep Masterclass now and it's scaring me a little. "What you lose during the night you can't get back with recovery sleep...your body is not capable of regaining the lost sleep you had." I think I need to write it down and stick it above my bed so I don't forget lol.
I used to get very ill in summer from the high temperatures and even passed out in the street a number of times. Since last autumn/winter I've really tried hard to get my shit together with sleep and now feel perfectly fine with the heat. I can't even remember the last time I was actually functional in summer but things are really looking up this year! 🎉
I wish I knew this years ago. I’m now chronically sleep deprived and my body developed chronic pain as a way of guarding. If I don’t sleep 8 hours I develop a huge headache, my back burns, and my muscles ache so much.
Yeah the weed deprives your brain of rem sleep, so when u stop your brain like goes into overdrive with rem sleep resulting in the extreme and cray cray dreams
did anyone consider that people who sleep 5 hours a day do so because they have more difficult lifestyles/work/etc.? and maybe the stress of keeping up with those lifestyles is what's causing their increased risk of health issues? i'm sure everyone would love to sleep a healthy 8 hours a day if we had the luxury of time.
i am glad to see macklemore is having success in multiple fields
Jake Swank lmao
Lol soooo hard!
@@isonlynameleft oh I thought it was Buck Owens! lol
Not creative.
Damnit, was that funny!
I LOVE HIS BOOK "Why We Sleep" whenever I cannot sleep I start reading it and fall asleep in minutes.
shots fired
😄😅🤣🤪
Bro, I never such an irony compliment before
No literally it’s the best book to fall asleep to and I’m certain it’s intentional 😂😂😂
Where i can find his book
I've been a shift worker for two years. Flipping my sleep schedule upside down every month. It's hell. Never rested. In a constant psychosis-like state. No money is worth my health.
Then quit
chem work in progress. mortgage, bills..etc
@@Em0killer13 well then it seems it is worth the money for you.
@@Em0killer13 I see. I learner that I was much happier being broke (but still self-sufficient) with freedom than earning more than I could spend and being miserable
Trev Barlow I suggest you keep your unnecessary opinion to yourself about my personal situation. I do not need your advice. Thanks.
I've just finished reading his book. And what a great book. It was exactly what I needed to stop neglecting sleep. Now that I know "a lot" about the importance of sleeping, I'm taking good care of it. I've been getting 7-8 hours every night and my life has improved tremendously! I'm so glad there are people like Matthew out there to do this for us! I look up to this guy!
Does it tells you how to sleep or just the importance?
7-8 hours is low.
sleep deprivation age you by decades, this guy is actually 90.
69 likes lmao
well seriously.. he is 47 and looks like 36
What the...What?
Ahhh, thats why i look 147
He looks it too.
He could tell me to go hell and I'd be quite excited about it.
johnny Bgood LMFAO 😂
hell yeah
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LMFAO!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I'm glad to see I'm not the only one thinking this way
this man sleeps
So fucking hard
★ ilivill ★ he did this asleep
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- Russ Hanneman
★ ilivill ★ hahaha
He looks very well rested
😂😂😂
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I look like ive been dead for 3 decades
@@Dreammule you crazy
@@Dreammule weird and rude
Sleep is so vital in the maintenance of good health.
Everyone should make sleep a priority in 2020.
Problem is, sleep's not making me a priority
You foretold the future. Everyone is making sleep a priority in 2020 because they are in COVID lockdown 🤣
@James Charles
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Workout people. Seriously. I always that i had insomnia ever since i was young. I started working out and within in a month i noticed a huge difference. I would read 15 minutes before bed and as soon as i laid my head down i was out. I got lazy last year and stopped working out. The insomnia came right back. It might be a pain to go and hit the gym everyday but when you do it pays off...not only with sleep but with overall health.
When u had insomnia were u having trouble staying deep asleep too?
Wish it worked for me... Working out often makes my sleep worse
you actually make more sense and truth than that guy in the video..
@@helloman5576 working out within 4-5 hours of bedtime will make it hard to sleep for most people.
would like to add that even a short morning run or whatever preferred workout can help your body adjust to a proper schedule and be more reliable on wakeup times, which will automatically cause a better bedtime assuming there's no late-night bad habits preventing it.
He looks like a white Tyler the creator
Lol ha
Hehe
Ho hahaha
Woah
with donald trump hair
WHY WE SLEEP is one of the most important books I have ever read. I have bought it for at least ten other people - so far! Many thanks to Dr. Walker for all his research and this incredibly informative and life-changing book.
Have read it twice.... Still can't sleep
@@jacewalton6677 lol
I've just finished reading it. I struggled to sleep and also neglected sleep because I "wanted to do more things". Now I'm getting 8 hours of sleep every day and taking solid care of my sleep routine.
@@fredlss89 but how I could be doing better things right
@@jacewalton6677 If you can't fall asleep, you have to empty your mind for a minute as soon as you close your eyes - sometimes it is not easy because thoughts keep running in our mind constantly, but my trick is that as soon as I am aware that I have thoughts, I repeat myself: "i'm not thinking of anything", interrupting my ideas, making it hard to process thoughts. I also use an eye mask from Quies.
His voice puts me to sleep, in a good calming way
One of the calm and soothing voice
His job is to help people sleep, I'm sure he's practiced his put you to sleep voice lol
😩🤦🏽♀️ I thought I was just me lool. I had to speed it up or I’m going to fall asleep listening to him
Very true I can listen to him talking for days his voice is so peaceful and calming he got such a beautiful soul 💖 bless him and his parents
That’s the British voice for you
I have never done an all-nighter during my high school and even now in college. I prefer to just sleep early and wake up early then study and my mind absorbs information a lot better.
Good. Thats the way. Ever notice how ppl who pull all nighters "studying" aka barely retaining anything and stressing about the test end up doing badly. Work smart.not hard
@@pkrent3461 Everything from physical to mental things are processed from sleep.
Pulling all nighters is usually more of a last resort after procrastinating too long unfortunately
@@sandersnoeren9683 I mean they can scan through the book so they can sleep? I'm not old enough to experience this.
I had been sleep deprived from my 16 until my 24 years of age (getting 3 to 4 hours of sleep per night). What I got as a result were panic attacks, anxiety, lack of memory and difficulties to learn (in college and work). My professional life was deeply affected by this, and I still struggle with my anxiety now. Currently, dealing with a restless partner during the night, I gained back to the old results of sleeping deprivation, and I say: it is torture. I hope I can convince him to do a "sleep hygiene" as we call it in Brazil, so I can be sleep properly and be happy again =(
Good luck with that. Also worth considering whether you have a caffeine sensitivity. If you're prone to anxiety then caffeine could be a problem - it could be jacking up your whole nervous system. I genuinely can't have caffeine even first thing in the morning - if I do I'll be up till 3 or 4.
Oi Larissa. Como estão as coisas hoje? Eu era o parceiro com problemas de sono no meu relacionamento. Depois de ler o livro do Matthew, consegui botar tudo em ordem e focar bastante em ter um bom sono! Compra o livro dele para o seu parceiro!
What changes helped you?
@@jazzrandhawa482 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 word, I want people to study this simple treatment further
His eyes are brighter than my future
That's racist
That’s not hard tho
I wonder if he is wearing something like a white eye liner...
@Karan
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@@respeezy how?
Get up at 6AM. Do physically demanding work for eight hours (I'm a gardener/nurseryman), go to bed at the same time every night...believe me, you'll sleep fine. Works for me.
you're probably right. most of us want to have our cake and eat it too.
Most people work from a chair and sit on a couch on their free time
I agree, im an electrician. I go to bed around 10pm every night, up at 6.30ish every morning. Come that time everynight i naturally tired without anything.
Works for me too. I work in a steel galvanizing plant. Up at 5am, work 8.. sometimes 12 hours a day. In bed 9ish
Me too.
All of this in fact seems really quite reasonable and it is because he is British and he is obviously more intelligent than you if you are not British, just listen to his smart voice. You cannot out sleep this man; you cannot.
U wot mate? Ain't no one smarter than I lad
Are you saying that; If I snooze I lose?!
oh, i'll outsleep this joker.
One like for your comment, shared with that name!
Actually laughing out loud!
For his age, he looks really young! He's a prime example of what consistently sleeping well looks like!
He looks 28.
How old is he in this video?
@@erock7073 he was 45 lol
@@marcosoliveira4607 thanks! Wow that's interesting, yeah he's very youthful for that age
Cutting out weed and alcohol several months ago caused instant improvement to my sleep. I'm on day 3 of quitting caffeine and I tell you I'm already feeling improved sleep from that too. I love finding new ways to optimize my sleep.
I almost fell asleep as soon as he started talking. This guy has the most soothing voice. Yang2020!
Yang2020!
Matthew "Unfortunately" Walker.
@@coen226 wtf?
@@coen226 lol??? what
exactly! where is the actual positive advide
Someone clearly really* enjoys being the bearer of bad news
Mr. "Unfortunately" Matthew Walker
Tempelton Amor Sure there are a lot of hung dudes that want to bang him. I’m happy for him! But maybe they get frustrated that he never wants to do it in the bedroom to not break his strong association between his bed and sleep.
I knew I recognized his face. He was on Joe Rogans Podcast
Yes he was. Although he didn't mention the negative effects of weed on sleep like he did here, if I remember correctly. Was he afraid of aggravating Joe?
@@trevbarlow9719 He did mention it at around 05:45 ua-cam.com/video/pwaWilO_Pig/v-deo.html
@@trevbarlow9719 He touched on it slightly but maybe he has some information here that he didn't on Rogan
Big Daddy Toyota Corola but have you ever tried dmt?
@@vladimirerfan7721 I smoked it and fixed it, you got a problem with that?
Your book was great. It scared me so much as to all the adverse consequences of poor sleep that I forced myself to get an extra 2-3 hours/night! Feel far better for it. I’d always thought that sleep was a waste of time, to be successful I had to be a type A personality and sleep as little as possible. Thanks a lot.
Im not getting enough sleep these days but this video is so helpful there is no value of being awake to study or work because you will just be sleepy and you cant focus or be motivated
Conclusion. Drink alcohol in the morning!
Hahaha. I love humans! We're such epic shitlords.
Brush your teeth. But first, cocktails!
@Ila Hermione That's going to be a problem when you need to do a poo
😂
Haha
another thing i find useful is to completely avoid the bedroom when coming home from work/school until its time to sleep. Although i do know some people who have their offices in a bedroom as they have no choice.
If Matthew Walker's mother and Matthew Walker's father had a baby.
LMAO IKR
FACTSSSS HE LOOKS JUST LIKE THAT
LMAOOOOOOOO
IKR ITS SO CRAZY HOW MUCH THEY LOOK ALIKE #ALLCAPS
Cool
I've long been fascinated by sleep and as someone who has always been a "night owl" mornings were always rough for me. From the time I started school until the last day I worked I relied on an alarm clock to wake up in the morning. I hated that SOB more than anything on the planet! The thing I remember most about my last day at work was the happiness about turning the alarm clock off and never turning it on again! What a huge difference that made in my life. I immediately started sleeping better and feeling better throughout the day. It's truly amazing how much healthier it is to wake up naturally vs being startled by that damn alarm.
I am 64 years old and I can tell you this, in that time, I had ONE morning that I woke up and felt completely rested, full of energy and clarity. Almost a feeling of elation. I felt like I could accomplish anytrhing.The only explanation I have is that I was having a lucid dream just before I awoke. I have practiced trying to replicate lucid dreaming to see if that was the reason, but without luck. Most people I tell this story to, look at me like I am a loon but I remember that day, I will never forget it and if I could wake with that feeling just several times a week, I feel my life would have been much different.
Have you looked into sleep apnea?
I had the exact opposite. I remember this one day when I was like 14 I woke with this overwhelming sense of dread, literally immediately walked to the mirror and contemplated "why not just end it all now" around the same age I was lucid dreaming quite frequently. Are dreams definitely play a huge role in our mental and physical health.
Unfortunately we live in an age when a story about feeling good and being healthy is treated as a delusion or an urban legend.
How has nobody pointed out that he's quite literally a "sleep walker"
I can't unsee this, and the irony will never stop bothering me 😂
Matthew "Sleep" Walker
More of a sleep 'talker' actually
Lmao
huh
I want him to tell me a story every night until I go in deep sleep. Love his voice
If Chuck Norris and Shawn White had a baby.
david polk Never seen a comment so accurate
+gene splicing with macklemore.
🤣🤣🤣
HOLY SHIT
Lmao!
I'm 55 and my average night is 7 to 9 hours of sleep. I agree with the not drinking to get better sleep. Also good to put away the smart phone before going to bed as screen time before bed can mess you up and try to maintain a consistent sleep schedule.
Absolutely love listening to you and absorbing your wisdom about sleep. Very grateful to you.
How to improve your sleep: Apply more mental stress by becoming aware that you can’t regain lost sleep, and then becoming aware about just how dangerous it also is... Good times👌🏻
@Jocky Rohnson Dude I have no idea.. Just saw this video and I don't even know who the guy is... Sorry bro but that is a question for Joe Rogan. ;)
How is this helpful. He is more of a torturous villain
What do you mean you can't regain lost sleep?
@@polaroidandroidjeff6383 Watch the video
Polaroid Android Jeff u can’t and it makes me sad cus i ain’t slept well in years lmao fuck i’m so fucked man
My heart is just dropping listening to these,only if I can sleep...thinking of those who cant sleep even when they try
I just finished his book today
Thank you so much for changing my life ♥️
I am reading his book, it’s quite interesting! A lots of tips!
How? Your comments sound like a bad advertisement? What did he offer you to help you sleep?
matthew walker literally improved my entire life through sleeping . he’s so coo
So here's my question (following a story that I will use as an example): Regarding how sleep is not a "credit system" and you can't make up for damage already done: My father is a doctor and is creeping into his 70s. About 5 years ago, the hospital that he works for started having him do all-night on-call duty once a week and it was wreaking havoc on his health in every way possible. He's a tri-athlete and is the healthiest person I know, even at his age. He had a heart scan performed while he was doing this on-call work and his doctors warned him that it did not look good and he was at a very high risk for a heart attack. We had to have a family intervention and I was able to convince him that the on-call work was going to kill him. He has since quit that side of his job (he's looking to retire soon anyway) and had a repeat heart scan. Just a few MONTHS later, his heart scan is now pristine and he's back to where he was previously. He's never been happier emotionally, physically, spiritually, whereas he was in pretty bad shape before. So taking him as an example: I understand that he was doing on-call/all-nighter work every Saturday and it was not possible for him to "catch up" on sleep other days of the week. But now that he has completely shifted his lifestyle, it's only taken a few months for his heart scan to come back "very good" from "very bad." And that was from YEARS of this on-call work. In this way, it would seem that you CAN turn things around, even after damage has been done. My father is physical proof. I've watched Dr. Walker's Masterclasses, watched many of his UA-cam videos, and read parts of his book "Why We Sleep," but I can't find where he might address this. Whenever he talks, it's always regarding how "once damage is done, it's done." I personally also became very ill at one point in my career as a flight attendant and for the sake of my health, I had to resign for a year. I've since returned and have been back for the past 3 years, better able to manage my health and sleep habits. But I would also be an example of someone who was in a very bad place (I couldn't even function), but restored a sense of normalcy and have been able to reverse much of the inflammation that was caused during that hard time. My job will also become easier for me as I get older, because I will gain more seniority within my company and have more choice regarding which trips I want to fly... meaning, I won't have to fly the redeyes or "leanovers" anymore. I don't like the fact that I'm doing my body a disservice with this kind of work, but going back to a 9-5 is not for me and I'm hoping to rest in the solace that it will only get better. I would like to think, with my father being an example, that the damage I've done to my body thus far won't be something that will haunt me later. If someone knows where he might address this topic, I would be interested!
I can't believe you just ruined the snooze button for me. Alcohol I should expect but not my beloved snooze button.
unktopia 🥺🥺🥺🥺
@@h6te174 The snooze button will fuck u up mate, ditch it
everytime you hit that snooze button you are very slowly killing yourself, think about that :(
I bought his book ages back after hearing him on the radio. UNFORTUNATELY I’ve not managed to read it yet!
Hey, I have read his book a year ago. It is really good lecture. I have been trying to get regular sleep as he said in this video and I can assure you that he may not be lying. Additionaly, I recommend watching him on Joe Rogan podcast. There are raised a lot of issues in the book and a lot of them aren't as broadly spoken as in the book but it might get you to read it. I really recommend taking care of your sleep schedule, it affected my life by a lot. Good luck!
I really feel for this guy...he has "The Truth" and very few are listening to his message.
As a fellow that has never had trouble sleeping and rarely get less than my regular 8 hours a night for more than 20 years, I find that if I have s short night of sleep or miss a night completely the next day my nerves actually "tingle" like I'm recovering from pins-and-needles, it's so noticeable that it can be distracting and lasts all day long. My question to any bad sleepers out there is: do you feel also feel this tingling of nerves after a poor/short sleep? Or is it maybe that I'm just sensitive to it because it's so unnatural a condition for me.
I am jealous. I am reading his book right now, and I believe, and have always strongly believed, in everything he said. Sleep has always been holy for me, and throughout school and college I always prioritized enough sleep to extra studying and was always at the top of my class. But still I've always suffered from extremely light sleep, a problem that is getting worse with age and which I wished Walker had addressed in his book- why, when taking away factors like caffeine, alcohol, unhealthy food or late meals (which I've stopped completely), are some people very light sleepers who are extremely sensitive to any noise? I live with flatmates (cannot afford to live on my own at this point), and I always wake up when they go to bed much later than me. I have gotten better at falling back asleep afterwards (it used to take me hours, in the days when I had lots of stress and still drank coffee), but still I need a total of at least 9 hours in bed to wake up somewhat refreshed, and I still almost never wake up energized, my sleep having been interrupted exactly midway. Like you I immediately sense the effects of any reduction in sleep- I also feel those "needles", especially in my upper arms in the morning, together with a head that is not calm. I immediately notice how I suddenly need 30 seconds to remember someone's name, how I'm emotional and irritable. I only sleep very well when the others are gone for the night, and I worry that it is unrealistic to want to live alone for the rest of my life, or to inquire about people's living habits and only be able to coexist with someone who goes to bed by 9:30 or 10, like me, which, in today's culture, is very difficult to find, at least where I am. I know a sleep specialist might be able to help, but it's hard to find someone where I live.
I am experiencing very similar effects, is there a medical article citing this phenomenon?
I know it's quite a late answer to this comment but yes i do notice that i get some tingling aswell if i sleep badly
@CCP - XJT习近平思想 i have been experiencing it for the past years if i dont get enough sleep or no sleep at all i sometimes feel like im not sleeping but when i look at the time it's already 4 hours in bed. Yes i can feel tingling and pins and needles in my hand it is because of my nerve anxiety and when i go to the doctor to get some check up he suddenly told me to get my blood and tested it in the laboratory and they found out that i have lacked in potassium and high in sodium that ease my mind for a bit but for sure anxiety is the main reason of this tingling pins and needles in my hands and other parts of my body. I'm Praying for us to be better sooner you can ask me also why did i get to this situation in the first place btw im only 20 years old
@@labemolmineur wear an eyemask. I use from Quies. When you wear a mask, your sleep is deeper. You can also wear some ear buds.
I recently turned 50 and I wake up every morning feeling like a 19-year-old gymnast as I swear by getting a nice dose of quality sleep, religiously!! It truly contributes to your fountain of youth!!
According to this I don’t know why am still alive. Im 76 and as a lifetime insomniac if I ever get five hours sleep it’s a record for me. Yet I am fit and well. I believe everyone is different. Some people need more sleep than others - he is making some huge generalisations here .
I believe you can make up sleep. Also you might get much enough sleep but the sleep you get its probably quality
You may be an outlier
Ironic how this video is taking up on my sleep as I’m watching at 4 am
Ya hear that, boozeheads and stoners?
Walker Texas Ranger has spoken
:)
Yeah all the idiots who suck down pot thinking it's good for them. Sure inhaling smoke into your lungs helps you.....NOT.
Booze and you snooze
😅😅😅😅
i'm watching this at 3am and it's got me anxious af
Don't think about it too much
@@svante6805 easier said than done 😳 my wife starting going out. Coming home super later 🥺🤔 I can't sleep 😭
Daniel Silveira she’s cheating bro
@@kaden1997 Don't assume the worst
@@imdannymartins Any update on your wife?
This guy has a natural talent in explaining things.
I bought your book and while For young people it’s a good warning, For those of us who are senior citizens, it’s depressing to be told There’s nothing we can do to recover from a few tough years when we used melatonin to sleep. I get that you can’t undo a lifetime of unhealthy habits But The book makes it feel like there’s no point in trying to do better because damage is done and can never be undone.
Amazing Professor. You may have saved millions of lives. Thank you. Sir. Walker. You've been knighted.
Loved your book! Changed my life. I get 7.5-8 hours of uninterrupted sleep every night and feel great!
Great! Now don't get a child!
Congratulations so happy for u 💓
How did you do it, please tell.
@@lornakurien7962 by sleeping
Does that book cure sleep issues..
His voice is so calm and soothing I almost fell asleep
thank you so much im going to not drink alcohol i thought it was helping me sleep but I wake up 10 times threw the night ... thanks again sleep is everything..God bless
The tips are great. Also, try having a routine the last 30 minutes before going to sleep such as putting the phone down, turning off the computer and getting some water. Your routine can vary, but doing this every day will let your mind and body know it's time to fall asleep. Soothing sleeping music can also calm down your brain from overthinking and relax your senses into sleep.
Its hard to sleep tho if you have insomia fucking shit
@@danielvillarete9614 right we can follow all the rituals and habits but it's the sleepyness that's missing from our lives
My Dad has been an insomniac all his life..He is 87..This just scares the crap out of people...
Yeh the studies are from random people who probably just inherit cardiovascular disease etc, ive had sleep apnea for 23 years without knowing what it was till recently ofc, my heart is fine, 23 years without a restful nights sleep lol...but my health is really bad now in terms of insomnia and chronic fatigue etc
thanks for letting me know that I have 60% of dying due to lack of sleep...
MC CG yeh.... extremely helpful right?!? ... dude has no idea about the intended target audience. Just increases my anxiety about the lack of sleep I already had. Not helpful at all
He told you the truth you should be thankful and take it as a wake up call
@@TBlock1347 If you read my comment again, you will notice that I did thank him...
@@mccg4337 Your comment seemed sarcastic and to be honest the sentence didn't exactly make sense. Maybe your lack of sleep is to blame.
@@joshuaphilbert7995 I wanted it to be sarcastic and the sentence framing was done to serve that purpose. but I did thank him though.
Here from The Joe Rogan Experience
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how cute and soft spoken this men is!!
He has the most soothing voice ever .. One way to improve your sleep is to listen to his voice right before you fall asleep .. 😊😊
Thanks for idea of setting alarm on the time when I plan going to sleep. That's so simple yet so brilliant! I have already set it on my phone for every day of the week.
Me too!! Here's to rest!
Sleep seems so much more stressful now 😕
The thing that saved me from stress now stresses me out, nice.
Hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh true
Dr Walker is so good at explaining this stuff.
In my early forties now. No more than four - five hours per day and having noticeable memory loss recently. Even on holiday I can't manage....too much anxiety and back pain as well...
Have a clear conscience. That’s a big key to a good nights sleep.
This dude look like he bouta raise approximately 100 dalmations
James I got that one 😉
😂😂😂
lol yeah he does look like Roger
lol
Cruella DeVille would like to know your location
Reading before bed is good for getting me to sleep i find. I usually get 7/8 hours a night. Although recently ive been waking up at 3am wide awake which is a few hours before normal. Feeling alright though
Workout in the morning
Same, I go to sleep but will wake up around 3/4 am and won’t be able to get back to bed for some time. I’m definitely going to have to try reading before bed & working out in the morning
He has 0 bags under his eyes, this man knows sleep.
He should write another book titled "Why we don't sleep". Because that's the real point for millions people
I'm a weed addict and you've truly opened my eyes to a more positive road in life having watched this video, thank you Macklemore
I remember a poem during my lower kg days in kindergarten...
Early to bed early to rise
Makes you healthy and wise
The alarm stuff reminded me of when I went to visit my sister and I stayed overnight. She wanted me to sleep in her bed which I didn't want to do because I hate having to inconvenience people. She insisted, because she wanted to sleep in the chair in the living room because she had trouble getting up in the morning, and if she was late to work one more time, she was going to get fired. So I agreed and took her bed. I noticed that she had like, 17 clocks in her apartment, and all of them were set at different times, ostensibly to trick her into getting places on-time I suppose. I don't get that but whatever. She didn't bother to tell me that she had somehow managed to set them all to ring at EXACTLY the same time. I found out the next morning when they all rang at the precise same moment, and it was like a 1950's bomb drill. I nearly had a heart attack, scrambling awake. If I wasn't so rattled I'd've killed her. Or at least slapped her. Now I have the alarm that starts softly and gradually gets louder.
I thought this story was gonna go a whole different way ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
I enjoyed this story. Don't hit your sister please.
Lmfao...
mmmmmm
I’m laughing so hard at this story! Thank you, it feels so good to laugh this hard to the point of tears.
Instead of drugs, do sports. A run in the morning and weight lifting in the evening will help you fall asleep at night
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Watching this video at 5 a.m without sleep from Sri Lanka. I will definitely regulate my sleep as soon as possible.
Dr Walker, i AM in love with your voice and your oersonality.
I slept through the whole video , what did i miss?
You missed nothing man, for real! Go back to sleep now.
Rdy Go 💤
damn his voice is so soothing i think listening to him talk is the best way to make you sleep
I have been sleeping at 5 or 6 am in the morning then waking up at 7.30am for work. Pretty sure half of me is already down the grave
Watching this with my 1y old who wakes me up 100 times every night.
But great videos like this are keeping me up to 2am.
Up to the 80s there was nothing to watch after midnight so we all went to bed earlier then. Many Chanel’s closed even earlier. Although we are transitioning into something very different now that’s very apparent.
I am jealous of this guy, because he looks like he sleeps alot.
I am reading your book and definitely have a sleep disorder. I fall asleep at approx 10pm but wake up at stupid o clock ie 1-3am in the morning. I am 62 and one of the chapters in your book describes my condition exactly. I have to go to the toilet three times every night , I can't fall asleep again for hours and this has been happening for years if not decades. If you go to your GP, their first point of call is sleeping tablets , which is not really a solution as you have pointed out In your book. Your book is fascinating and also alarming. During a particularly sleepless night, I read it from 1am-6am,then got up because there was no point in trying to get back to sleep. I have looked into the availability of sleep clinics in the UK, I live in the midlands, and there seems to be only one NHS sleep clinic way down in the south. There is one in Birmingham but I suspect you have to pay. For some of us that would be beyond our means. I know that your book is not a self help book but it is a 'wake up call', to do something about our condition. S, I'm very glad that you wrote It. Needless to say, I would love to sleep the whole eight hours with all it's benefits. I will go and see my GP but I will refer to your book which, in my opinion, should be read by every GP and hope that they will find some way to fixing the problem.
Hello john, thanks for your information. I have the exact same sleep disorder for nearly 10 years now.. i always wake up after 5 hours of sleep while i’m not fully ‘awake’. It has been bothering me for so long but i really can’t find anything to fix this. I’ve tried so many supplements but it’s always after 5hrs.
I have this same problem for past 15 days is it curable for me??
I'm 31 and have the same problem. Working as an air traffic controller in nightshifts has desrupted my sleeping pattern completly and also my stupid habit of fighting with sleep because I would miss the fun of life. Now after 2 years of not having a normal night sleep, after getting black circles under my eyes and looking like a zombie I understood what a fool I was for not taking sleep more seriously. I will definetly read the book as I see people have only good opinions about it, but reading your comment made me think that reading it will not help me resolve the issue with waking up at 3am all the time
He never gets to the "how." The best way to get a good night sleep is to workout. Work throughout the day and your body will reward you with good sleep.
You are obviously very smart. People who struggle with sleep want answers, not a constant reminders of how dangerous it is not to sleep. Please offer more solutions!!
dude looks refreshed for sure.
Where the hell is the part where he says how to have better sleep?? The stuff he says, I don't do and still don't sleep too good....
are you telling me the majority of the video is about how horrible it is to get little sleep, but doesn't tell you HOW to get better sleep?
Yes
Regularity is the key and associate your bed with sleepiness and not wakeful ness.
Dattatraya Jadhav good luck with that cause my life scheduled randomly due to reasons out of my control
RAW FOOD PHILOSOPHY iTs iN hiS BoOk
This is what Trump's hair wishes it was.
Amazing!
His ears are what Obama's ears wishes they were.
This is Grade A commentary.
@@europaeuropa3673 hehhehe
Donald Trump doesn't sleep so that's why
love how none of the comments relate to what he´s actually saying in the video
I think that’s because so many came to the video expecting a different video, based on the title of the video. Maybe people expecting too much though. You could be right. Why should a video discussion go along with the title? This is youtube! It’s About creativity. Keep your audience guessing! 😏😜
I'm listening to his Sleep Masterclass now and it's scaring me a little. "What you lose during the night you can't get back with recovery sleep...your body is not capable of regaining the lost sleep you had." I think I need to write it down and stick it above my bed so I don't forget lol.
A person whom we should all listen to, sleep is clearly undervalued.
When did Boris Becker learn so much about sleep? 💤 🎾
😂😂😂😂😂 Ditto my thoughts
😆😆😆😆
Ive read his book. Great read. Kinda scary how bad poor sleep is for us.
I used to get very ill in summer from the high temperatures and even passed out in the street a number of times. Since last autumn/winter I've really tried hard to get my shit together with sleep and now feel perfectly fine with the heat. I can't even remember the last time I was actually functional in summer but things are really looking up this year! 🎉
After I read the book, I realized how ignorant I was, but now, I try to sleep as much as I can.
I wish I knew this years ago. I’m now chronically sleep deprived and my body developed chronic pain as a way of guarding. If I don’t sleep 8 hours I develop a huge headache, my back burns, and my muscles ache so much.
After stopping smoking the devils lettuce I’ve been having extremely vivid and crazy dreams
Yeah the weed deprives your brain of rem sleep, so when u stop your brain like goes into overdrive with rem sleep resulting in the extreme and cray cray dreams
did anyone consider that people who sleep 5 hours a day do so because they have more difficult lifestyles/work/etc.? and maybe the stress of keeping up with those lifestyles is what's causing their increased risk of health issues? i'm sure everyone would love to sleep a healthy 8 hours a day if we had the luxury of time.
I hope yall know he has a 20min TED talk about sleep
Just watched it for health class lmao
He has the great voice to make you sleep.
I have anxiety and suffer with insomnia.. Lol this video just made me more anxious..., 😢😢
Yesssssss