Why Sleep Deprivation Is So Dangerous
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- Опубликовано: 21 июл 2024
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Let's carry on with the Doctor Reacts videos to The Last of Us. This is on episode 4, and its less emotional (thankfully as episode 3 nearly broke me) but there is loads to talk about particularly regarding sleep and the role of caffeine.
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Oh I’m kind of sad you skipped over the Bryan part. I found it so interesting his switch from being confident to begging for his life, and I’ve read comments that talked about how realistic that was to what soldiers can experience during conflicts in wars. I loved the realism that really he’s just a young guy who is terrified to die.
I was also surprised how few reactors seemed to have sympathy for Bryan in that moment, especially when he started calling for his mom. I almost started crying I felt so badly for him. I like that most of the villains in this show are painted in shades of grey.
Oh my god yes! That absolutely tore me apart. And Joel taking the gun because he knows the repercussions of killing someone on your psyche and she doesn’t yet
Get your support blanket ready for the next episode. I cried just as hard at episode 5 as I did episode 3 with Bill and Frank.
Really? I think they could've done it much better tbh.
@Lili Grosserova Really? I haven't played the game, but I was a MESS watching it at the end. I've seen other doctor-lead channels (who break down the physical injuries and treatments for them) freak out at the end.
I would love an episode on sleep hacks. I’ve been having trouble sleeping the last few weeks (a combo of stress, anxiety, and not eating right). Eating more regularly throughout the day has been helping me a lot, but I’d love to hear more
I have really bad insomnia due to heavy alcohol use for a couple of years, and for me going to bed listening to rain sounds really helps a lot, i dont know how but i just doze off and its amazing!
How I fall asleep is I pretend I am a character in a story I make up who is about to go to sleep. Right now my story is I am locked in a tower guarded by a dragon. Though it may seem a bit bleak, my character can't do anything but fall asleep. It helps me to forget about my responsibilities and anything that's weighing on me.
Thank you for covering the dangers of driving while sleepy. I have refused to get into cars with people who have mentioned they didn't sleep well the night before.
Yes, please do a video on sleep! Everything you described about anxiety triggered insomnia fits me so well but I have no idea what to do with that information.
I suffer from periods of insomnia so sleep is always very difficult for me. The only method I've found that helps a little bit for me is to turn off all the lights, get as comfortable as possible, and on a very very very low volume I will put on an audiobook I have heard thousands of times. Because I already know what's going to happen I don't get to stressed or bothered by missing out on what's being said. Instead I try to focus on visualizing the story with my eyes closed, and eventually my brain gets tired and I drift off to sleep. Audible has a timer on it where it shuts off automatically after 60 minutes, so it doesn't accidentally wake me up later. I personally use the song of Ice and fire series for this, Roy Dotrice has a very calming frequency to his voice imo
I'm similar. My husband is a bit different so I have to forgo the audiobook most of the time. White noise doesn't work quite as well but I'm working on training myself into sleeping with it instead as he needs noise (either white noise/thunderstorm sounds) to sleep.
@@mintphoenix2112 I'm fortunate (and also cursed) to have extremely sensitive hearing and a husband who falls asleep at the drop off a hat, so as long as I keep the volume very low it doesn't disturb him, I know some people will put in earbuds and a similar way people use earplugs to sleep (but I feel very weird about falling asleep with something in my ear personally)
My tip for sleep: count up from 1 to 10. Breath in on odd numbers and out on even numbers. When you get to 10, start again. If you have a thought, acknowledge it mentally and then bring your thoughts back to counting from the last number you remember.
My other tip: find a narrative to work through each night. This was a tip from my counsellor. Come up with a calming narrative - like walking through a peaceful woodland or something - think about what you do, where you go, and what you see, hear, smell and ect. Think through that journey as your trying to fall to sleep, and think through the same journey every night. It acts as a mental routine, just like you have a physical routine before you get into bed.
I think my most important tip is to remember that you need to find something that works for YOU and not get discouraged if someone’s tip doesn’t work out. Everyone is different and their is no one right way to think or to get to sleep. Give things a go and if they don’t work, try something else.
Love this
The most helpful thing for me is to go to bed and, more importantly, wake up at the same time on weekends (easier said than done...). And the other one, especially on Big Thought nights, to listen to an audiobook of one of my favourite books - so it's familiar and I'm not really focused on the story, but it's enough that my mind doesn't spiral as much.
I thought I was most excited to see your reaction to episode 3 of the Last of Us, but then I watched episode 6 and now I’m so excited to see your take on it. It’s one of my fav episodes, but also the one that’s left me the most emotionally bare.
Try one of endless supply of sleep hypnosis or adult bedtime stories to help with insomnia. Try brown or white noise.
My general rule with any tv show is I give it 4 episodes to decide to keep watching it or not, because a show needs time to introduce all of the major characters, get the story going, & allow enough time to raise the stakes for action & drama to emerge. After 4 episodes, I can honestly say I love this show & will keep watching.
Just found your reactions for 1-4 and I love seeing a mental health professional reacting to this story. The Last of Us is brilliant in that it's a story about trauma, fear of vulnerability, unlikely family, and trust, all wrapped up and disguised as an apocalypse story. There's also an underlying theme of "it's not just the infected that can take your humanity away, we do that to each other all by ourselves" and that's what makes the whole "strawberries vs guns" idea so important. The game was fantastic and set a really high bar but Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey have been absolutely crushing it. I'm really looking forward to seeing how folks react to the end of the series and the themes that get explored. Cheers.
My tips: Promethazine, brown noise, under 20°C in the room, and absolute complete darkness (no blue or red standby lights).
My natural cycle is 2am-9am. I'm a night owl.
But having an office job and a toddler forces me to live by 6am-11pm cycle, so I'm always tired, waking several times at night.
Hello Dr Elliott. I'm so glad I've just found your channel.
I've just started my training journey to become a psychologist (I've just completed a level 2 counselling course, and will be starting A - level Psychology in September).
I mean no offense but I'm glad your British too, it allows me to learn about Psychology and mental health terms/rules/polices/laws(?) that relate to this country so I can store them to use later. 😺
Glad to see a video again!
Guided meditations, especially progressive relaxation have been a gamechanger for me when trying to fall asleep. So many great resources out there!
I have really hard time falling asleep every night, like 3-4 hours or more. I take antidepressants but I'm not feeling distracted or anything, I just don't feel tired at all.
When you're done with the show, would you consider reacting to all the cutscenes from the games?
Warm bath; Herbal sleepy time tea, and Soaking salts with lavender in the bath water are the best ways for me to make sleep easier.
I’m usually ok at falling asleep, although I do occasionally have too many thoughts going round in my head to fall asleep. I find listening to podcasts helps to distract me until I’m almost dropping off, and turning off the TV and reading really does help. I can never sleep in cars or on planes though. I have to be horizontal to sleep. Then I just get frustrated about how tired I’ll be if I don’t sleep and that makes it worse. Any hacks for sleeping on a long haul flight (apart from go first class?) 😆
I would love to see a push for encouraging rest in employment situations, especially those that have people working extra long or extra late hours.
2:25 Wow that was fascinating. I’m a self admitted caffeine fiend…but I’m trying to cut back. I’ve never heard anyone explain all of the chemical reactions that drinking coffee kicks off. Thanks
Thanks for sharing thoughts on insomnia 🤔 I usually have it off and on but I've had it a lot this year. Having a little routine that signals my brain it's time for bed used to help a lot so I should do that again but I've had the wake up in the middle of the night forgot 2-3 hrs too 😟 or wake up hour + before my alarm and can't go back to sleep. Total bummer 😕
Struggled a lot with insomnia a while back when i was unemployed, had racing thoughts, and was just unable to shut off.
Started with me on night just deciding "Well, not going to sleep tonight. No point lying in bed." and just went for a walk. One night i came across a hilltop clearing about a 10 minute hike from my appartment. Noticed "Ouu, lot's of stars tonight!" Laid down on the rock and just let the stars fill my entire field of view. Realised after a while that all my thoughts had just stopped, my mind finally went totally blank.
Walked back home feeling like i had just dropped a massive weight and just went straight to sleep. No racing thoughts.
I don't struggle as much with insomnia anymore, but i still repeat this little ritual whenever there is a cloudless night.
if you haven’t already you should react to our flag means death, it has a lot of themes around queer expression and gender expectations
I second this!
seconded!!! it's an amazing queer show and it also has some injuries and mental health stuff that people would be interested to hear a medical take on :D
@@Antony_Oscar Just want to say I love your Jaskier pfp.
A trick that has always worked for me to get to sleep in a matter of minutes is that I image myself on a starship (trekker for life 🖖) and I imagine me/him simply going to bed. It is a thing that I have never really give much thought as to why I do it. I just kind of assumed it's my way of calming and bring silence my mind.
I have a gentle piano instrumental music playlist I put on when I go to sleep *every single time.* I'm not sure if it's conditioning or habituating me to sleep when I hear it, but I sure hope so.
That's a percolator, an older style of brewing coffee before the drip filter method.
My problem is that I have a creative routine that lulls me to sleep. But as it is creative it doesn't work every time. Sometimes I'm kept awake by the same creativity that usually puts me to sleep.
When it comes to sleep, I've found the most important things to be going to sleep and waking up at the same time every day. I also take melatonin about 30 minutes before I want to go to bed and that usually makes me fall asleep pretty quickly. Other than that, doing stuff like exercise or other physical or mental activity will make you more tired and will make it easier to fall asleep. I also have tinnitus, and for that listening to a podcast or audiobook in low volume helps.
I've started listening to 8 hour sleep hypnosis tracks. It's done wonders for me. Keeps my mind busy on that, so I don't think of other things, and relaxes me the same time. So I fall to sleep easily, plus if I wake back up I can go back easily too
Pleeeaaase do a video on sleep hacks. I’ve been having so much trouble sleeping and I’m so tired during the day
My sleep hacks: herbal gummies (NyQuil zzz) that have melatonin and ashwagandha; sleepytime herbal tea; and playing quiet “spa” music
My sleep hack is, I turn on a TV show, one that's boring enough to fall asleep to, but not so boring, I don't want to listen to it. It's my white noise. I have a sleep timer on or my wife turns off the TV, when I've fallen asleep, so sudden sounds won't startle me awake. Caffeine doesn't do me any good. I drink coffee, because I like the taste and I can drink a cup just before bed time and sometimes do
To sleep well, try as hard as you can to not think about it.
Don't plan, but let it happen.
That is likely horrible advice.
Pay no attention to me. I am retired and my sleep schedule wobbles like a top and I just go with that.
I know what is good sleep hygiene, but it really doesn't matter to me as a retired person. Just do it when I feel the need. The day / night cycle wobbles considerably and I basically do not care. I know that is bad. But I cope fine with a wobbly schedule.
I sleep when I am tired and eat when I'm hungry. Schedule be [bleeped]!
I'm yet to find a way that consistently works for me to get good sleep. When life stresses me out, my mind races and it's just impossible to get to sleep or to stay asleep 😢
I love that Joel in the television series is a lot more attentive to Ellie’s needs and emotions
My sleeping hack is a ton of psych meds lol Out like a light.
I love these videos but have a question for you, why does some experts say drinking coffee is good for symptoms of ADHD but also can be detrimental to blood sugar?
I see that background - who are you rooting for on S15?
i am sad that you skipped the best scene: the magazine one :(
i listen to the radio at night
'Please don't break my heart in every single episode.' I have some bad news for you, Doctor....😢
I almost always fall asleep when getting a haircut. I have no idea why.
How??? I'm always so tense that they will try and start small talk with me 😂
Haha! Haircut! I fall asleep getting my teeth cleaned!
It gets funny if you don´t tolerate caffeine. Once I had hallucinations and a blackout from three cups of instant cappuccino. I didn´t remember how I got home from work, just laid on the bed for hours and watched the second hand. On a clock that doesn´t have a second hand. 🤣
When I can't fall asleep I usually go for a relaxing cup of (decaf) tea, and then I listen to ASMR. I have a nice eyemask with speakers built in so I can listen to it while I'm trying to fall asleep. If that doesn't work, I take melatonin.
It’s only 8 min though?
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Meditation really works for me and earplugs 😏
I've had quite a bit of success using ASMR videos as a sleep aid.
Weighted blanket all the way
I drink six red bulls and turn on all my white lights.
I don’t get better sleep I just drink more coffee 🤷♀️
I know you’re going to hate me for saying this but the best hack for getting good sleep is Temazepam. Don’t worry I have a prescription LOL