QUESTION - if REM sleep only happens at the end of a full cycle, then why do I sometimes start dreaming in the first few minutes, as I’m falling asleep? Also,, why do I sometimes dream as I’m waking from a short nap, such as 45 minutes to 1 hour?
A good power nap from personal experience is... when your alarm goes off and be like what??? did i even fall sleep? why did that 20 minutes felt like 5 minutes? and i feel good and awake
Sometimes, I can’t take my power naps but my eyes are closed for about 15-20 min and I still am aware of my surroundings. Most often, I would feel much better and less sleepy without the luxury of taking a nap.
Hoang Tran I have worked plenty of night shifts and find sitting in a dark room for twenty minutes, without drifting off to sleep, to be quite restorative.
If you have the time, 90 minutes is a full cycle of 1 - REM and you will feel refreshed. 60 mins is the beginning stage of REM and you may feel a little groggy but should be fine for your memory. 30-50 mins is what you want to avoid.
I’ve tried setting an alarm for twenty minutes but it takes me like two hours to fall asleep every time so I’m still awake when it goes off. I don’t get how people do it
This happened to me a lot. It takes me a long time to fall asleep. But now I just take a power nap when I am feeling extremely tired because I fall asleep soon when I am tired. I wake up refreshed and feel like I haven't slept at all.
I have heard to get a good “power nap” that rest with your keys (or something) in your hand. Once you drop item then you need to get up. Supposedly, that is all the time you need. Great video. Thanks for sharing.
@@FireZoiD i’m guessing your hand is sort of dangling off the edge a bit with your fist closed, and when you fall asleep your fist slowly opens and the sound of the keys crashing on the floor will wake you up? that’s the only way i can think of it
Amazing video as ever! If I feel sleepy or tired even after sleeping or napping adequately, I make sure to do some activity that I like a lot or excites me immediately upon waking up for about 15 mins. That way I slowly transition into feeling interested /refreshed and ready.
Just an anecdote for you, I did this the second I finished watching this video and it actually worked! I had to come home from the library because I was falling asleep, and set it for 20 minutes and actually woke BEFORE THE ALARM and remember just feeling non groggy / headache
I've heard that napping with your legs elevated helps by keeping more blood around your brain area. I started napping this way and it does seem to help. Time duration is still the number one thing.
Yes, its part of ayurveda / yoga science. Specially suggested to be done for approx. 15 min post a meal in the afternoon (post lunch basically), as then all the blood flow can be utilised in digestion, which results in a faster turn around time and reduced the grogginess. Lunch is also supposed to be the heaviest meal of the day, as the Sun is at the highest point, creating a direct impact on our digestion abilities (agni, the digestive fire). Can share more of this offline if interested.
I had about a 2-hour sleep debt that I‘d accumulated over two days, and I fell asleep a couple hours earlier for 20 minutes. I now feel SO rested & refreshed, and even look more youthful! I feel the best I’ve felt in days or weeks, and I wanna know how I can recreate this experience, at will.
uhhhhh I just took a 10 hour nap and it’s 12 am and I have school tomorrow and I don’t think I can go back to sleep 😭😭 THIS IS WHY I DONT LIKE TO TAKE NAPS!!
I've had sleep problems all my life I found that 30 minutes is my sweet spot for a nap any longer and I wind up feeling groggy etc, I like the idea of putting the alarm clock out of reach thank you for this video :-)
This confirms my experience as If I go for a nap and fall into proper sleep I feel crap but I just lightly drift but I am still aware I feel better. There are two danagers of it failing,one is to go into a proper sleep and the other is you get lost in thought.
I haven't tried coffee naps, but whole coffee sleeps. I drink strong coffee, go to sleep, wake up 3-4 hours later. I can be productive for about 12 hours this way.
i set an alarm to wake up after 17 minutes ...woke up after 4 hours only to find out that my lil bro took my phone and hid it away ...and i'm still looking for the damn phone plus i have 2 exams due tmrw
I accidently had the best power nap before without even trying. I didnt sleep all night so I got up to get something to eat and drank a soda, felt sleepy, fell asleep, and then about a half hour to an hour later my sister woke me up but I felt energized af. Probs the soda that helped so hey, a lil heads up to anyone trying to take a power nap. Im not sure if it is consistent though.
I just woke up from a nap, fell asleep in the first place cause I couldn't keep my eyes awake for the life of me. Woke up sweating buckets, feeling absolutely awful, so I'm here
I must ask, how can you time a nap at all without setting a timer? in my case just makes me hyper aware of how long I have left to fall asleep, leading to me either not falling asleep at all and moving on, or having to just not bother with the timer/alarm at all (which will quite often lead to me sleeping for too long and waking up either at a less than optimal time for wakefulness, or sleeping for far too long for practical reasons) Edit: basically i just don't get how someone can say "ok I'm gonna have a 15-20 minute nap now" and just fall asleep in time to have a more-or-less 15-20 minute nap. maybe naps just aren't my thing thought lmao
I woke up from an hour nap and had a full on conversation with my dad and didn’t even know I was conscious until I was standing in the lounge room saying “good morning” 😭 most confusing moment of my life. Now I’m laying back down , sick and embarrassed asf
I literally have never wake up feeling energetic, nap or sleep, no matter how I try to fit the cycle, caffeine nap etc., just never. I always feel like I’ve been beaten up in my sleep and I’ll die if I get up
People tell me to put my alarm across the room, but once im asleep, i will get up and shut it off. Ive put my phone up on a bookcase for a 20 minute nap and I woke up 6 hours later with it in my hand all alarms turned off. Kinda sucks. Same with alarm clocks.
I went through a phase where I would wake up on the first alarm and cancel all of them and go back to sleep and when I would wake up I wouldn't even remember it
How many people are having a hard time keeping their eyes open 😴 while watching this video because you're super sleepy but want to take a proper power nap?
I just had a four or five hour nap maybe six idk and I woke up at 6:50 it’s now 7:39 and I feel so tired and thirsty like I’m about to faint and now I don’t know if anything will help
I need to train this, I like to sleep late to have time to study extra things outside of work (languages etc) so often as tired at work, lunchtime naps would be amazing if it got me feeling boosted for the day
My sleep schedule is JACKED... I was feeling exhausted from the day, so I went to sleep at 4 PM, and I woke up at like 2:30 AM. It is now currently 6:30 AM for me.
A tip for drowsy sleeper: Take a cold shower, it will put you into survival mode, any drowsiness will be wiped away. If no shower, just wash ur face with cold water, it has much less effect, but better than nothing.
sometimes i can take a nap and felt like i slept for 8hrs. and then there a times when i try to nap but lay there with my eyes closed and can't sleep. does it depend on how tired you are?
I agree with not allowing yourself to easily hit snooze. I always place my alarm farther than my reach so I can get up to turn off the alarm which is helpful.
I woke up after a 3 hour nap and felt so weird, I felt drowsy and my brain felt like it was night during day time, and one time I went to sleep at 4 pm and woke up at 8pm and my room was dark, I thought I went to sleep and woke up in the middle of the night until I remembered I just took a nap.
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lol literally you didn't told how to sleep for a legit 20 minutes that everyone takes 2 hours.
QUESTION - if REM sleep only happens at the end of a full cycle, then why do I sometimes start dreaming in the first few minutes, as I’m falling asleep? Also,, why do I sometimes dream as I’m waking from a short nap, such as 45 minutes to 1 hour?
Just woke up from a 2 hour nap not knowing why i exist
They say you shouldn't go for more than one hour genarally
That’s why I’m here
🤣🤣
Your Dp says it all
Bro my "nap" is like 4 to 5 hours smh
Me: *wakes up at 6:00 am*
*blinks*
Phone: *8:30 am*
Joanna Xinos on god😪
That sounds so like me lol
For me it's like checking my phone when I wake up and it says 8:00, I'm like OH YES! Then the next minute it's noon and I'm a lazy piece of garbage
Yoo i feel u
Joanna X so true that legit happens to me
A good power nap from personal experience is...
when your alarm goes off and be like what??? did i even fall sleep?
why did that 20 minutes felt like 5 minutes? and i feel good and awake
it happens every time ?
@Sacad Abdi
me too
maybe he lied 😁
i awake up and said
wtf !
I don't sleep
okay another 1 hour
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@@Medinalegend YESSS!! YESSS SAME!!!
Sometimes, I can’t take my power naps but my eyes are closed for about 15-20 min and I still am aware of my surroundings. Most often, I would feel much better and less sleepy without the luxury of taking a nap.
Hoang Tran I have worked plenty of night shifts and find sitting in a dark room for twenty minutes, without drifting off to sleep, to be quite restorative.
I just woke up from a 4 hour nap and I feel so dazed.
Same now I can’t sleep it’s like 5am
I just cry ngl
Man, i slept at 3 and woke up at 6:55 and i feel fucked up. It feels i am in a n entirely new wrld.
Thats not a nap lol.
It was menna be a 20minute one
If you have the time, 90 minutes is a full cycle of 1 - REM and you will feel refreshed. 60 mins is the beginning stage of REM and you may feel a little groggy but should be fine for your memory. 30-50 mins is what you want to avoid.
I’ve tried setting an alarm for twenty minutes but it takes me like two hours to fall asleep every time so I’m still awake when it goes off. I don’t get how people do it
Sometimes I feel like I didn't even fall asleep. You still get benefit from this "power nap"
This happened to me a lot. It takes me a long time to fall asleep. But now I just take a power nap when I am feeling extremely tired because I fall asleep soon when I am tired. I wake up refreshed and feel like I haven't slept at all.
I dont sleep to be honest but I relax and its good too
No perkele I set a 30-35 minute alarm to allow myself to try to get to sleep or at least relax for 10-15 before my 20 actually starts
me too 😂
Watched this video just before taking a 3 hour long “nap”
r0saa I watched it AFTER a 3 hour nap. It’s too late
Napping is like putting 5$ into your gas tank
I have heard to get a good “power nap” that rest with your keys (or something) in your hand. Once you drop item then you need to get up. Supposedly, that is all the time you need. Great video. Thanks for sharing.
Oh wow, thats really interesting
watch me roll over and stab myself
Um.. WHAT POSITION ARE YOU SLEEPING IN?
Wait but how will it drop??
@@FireZoiD i’m guessing your hand is sort of dangling off the edge a bit with your fist closed, and when you fall asleep your fist slowly opens and the sound of the keys crashing on the floor will wake you up? that’s the only way i can think of it
I felt personally attacked when he said sleeping for 20 min turned into 2 hrs.. this just happened to me right now
I need 20 minutes to even fall asleep so-
fr
That's the point
Amazing video as ever! If I feel sleepy or tired even after sleeping or napping adequately, I make sure to do some activity that I like a lot or excites me immediately upon waking up for about 15 mins. That way I slowly transition into feeling interested /refreshed and ready.
What a coincidence ! i do the same thing mostly i play guitar for 20 mins after the afternoon nap
i hate when i wake up from a nap and just sit there thinking its the next day
i just did one of those where you dont REALLY fall asleep but i was in bed for 9 minutes and im feelin ready
wow you have been and still is a blessing in my med life. thanks
Useful video, thanks man.
my 20mint nap always turn into 4-6 hour nap and i wake up at night😐
Same!! And I mess up my sleep schedule
I wanted to wake up at 5: 30 pm and go to the mma gym after dinner, now it's 6: 30 and I just woke up with a headache
Youve been a blessing throughout my time in med. School.
I trust your advice a thousand times more than most of my peers'. . :)
Just an anecdote for you, I did this the second I finished watching this video and it actually worked! I had to come home from the library because I was falling asleep, and set it for 20 minutes and actually woke BEFORE THE ALARM and remember just feeling non groggy / headache
I've heard that napping with your legs elevated helps by keeping more blood around your brain area. I started napping this way and it does seem to help. Time duration is still the number one thing.
Yes, its part of ayurveda / yoga science. Specially suggested to be done for approx. 15 min post a meal in the afternoon (post lunch basically), as then all the blood flow can be utilised in digestion, which results in a faster turn around time and reduced the grogginess. Lunch is also supposed to be the heaviest meal of the day, as the Sun is at the highest point, creating a direct impact on our digestion abilities (agni, the digestive fire). Can share more of this offline if interested.
I had about a 2-hour sleep debt that I‘d accumulated over two days, and I fell asleep a couple hours earlier for 20 minutes. I now feel SO rested & refreshed, and even look more youthful! I feel the best I’ve felt in days or weeks, and I wanna know how I can recreate this experience, at will.
I put an alarm for 15 minutes, napped at slept through my alarm, and woke up 2 hours later :/
Napping makes me feel super awful upon waking up. Did it today and almost had a panic attack. Never again!
🤣
I’m taking a nap I’ll tell you how it goes but remind me !
Edit : I slept for the whole day 😖
Same
uhhhhh I just took a 10 hour nap and it’s 12 am and I have school tomorrow and I don’t think I can go back to sleep 😭😭 THIS IS WHY I DONT LIKE TO TAKE NAPS!!
I've had sleep problems all my life I found that 30 minutes is my sweet spot for a nap any longer and I wind up feeling groggy etc, I like the idea of putting the alarm clock out of reach thank you for this video :-)
This is such a useful nap video, had absolutely everything I wanted to learn about! Very informative and straight to the point I love it 🙂
Thanks for the video! Sleep or rather the lack thereof has been my greatest struggle since and even before med school. Greetings from Germany!
Med School Insiders I've already seen your sleep playlist a couple of times. It was and still is very helpful!
I am so sleep deprived that even after a 5 hour nap i hit the bed at 9pm and just sleep like a sloth
This confirms my experience as If I go for a nap and fall into proper sleep I feel crap but I just lightly drift but I am still aware I feel better. There are two danagers of it failing,one is to go into a proper sleep and the other is you get lost in thought.
I once woke up questioning whether I was a boy or a girl (I am girl). My sleep laden mind decided I was a boy.
I just did it for 20 minutes.. i got dream but feels like only 5 minutes.
Im so proud!!
Your videos are amazing and you are amazing. You’re gonna be huge one day! Keep it up!!
just watching after a nap, i rarely have naps and i have a sickness bug, and a 2 hour nap helped me not puke alot more
I AM A HUGE FAN OF YOUR CHANNEL!
This is so helpful and fascinating! I’m excited to watch more of your videos!!
After watching comments I feel so glad that there are lot of people like me 😂😂
I haven't tried coffee naps, but whole coffee sleeps. I drink strong coffee, go to sleep, wake up 3-4 hours later. I can be productive for about 12 hours this way.
i set an alarm to wake up after 17 minutes ...woke up after 4 hours only to find out that my lil bro took my phone and hid it away ...and i'm still looking for the damn phone plus i have 2 exams due tmrw
POV : he is explaining the technical stuff and u r looking at the comments
I accidently had the best power nap before without even trying. I didnt sleep all night so I got up to get something to eat and drank a soda, felt sleepy, fell asleep, and then about a half hour to an hour later my sister woke me up but I felt energized af. Probs the soda that helped so hey, a lil heads up to anyone trying to take a power nap. Im not sure if it is consistent though.
I just woke up from a nap, fell asleep in the first place cause I couldn't keep my eyes awake for the life of me. Woke up sweating buckets, feeling absolutely awful, so I'm here
I must ask, how can you time a nap at all without setting a timer? in my case just makes me hyper aware of how long I have left to fall asleep, leading to me either not falling asleep at all and moving on, or having to just not bother with the timer/alarm at all (which will quite often lead to me sleeping for too long and waking up either at a less than optimal time for wakefulness, or sleeping for far too long for practical reasons)
Edit: basically i just don't get how someone can say "ok I'm gonna have a 15-20 minute nap now" and just fall asleep in time to have a more-or-less 15-20 minute nap.
maybe naps just aren't my thing thought lmao
This video discriminates against Brits
5:55
I'll take a _tea_ nap thank you very much
I woke up from an hour nap and had a full on conversation with my dad and didn’t even know I was conscious until I was standing in the lounge room saying “good morning” 😭 most confusing moment of my life. Now I’m laying back down , sick and embarrassed asf
Fell asleep watching this video, woke up 3 hours later
Fml
I literally have never wake up feeling energetic, nap or sleep, no matter how I try to fit the cycle, caffeine nap etc., just never. I always feel like I’ve been beaten up in my sleep and I’ll die if I get up
I have slept for maybe 2 hours (I don’t know, I don’t track the time) and in the morning I was soo refreshed
I have no idea if I slept for 20 minutes or two hours, because I have no idea when I went to sleep
People tell me to put my alarm across the room, but once im asleep, i will get up and shut it off. Ive put my phone up on a bookcase for a 20 minute nap and I woke up 6 hours later with it in my hand all alarms turned off. Kinda sucks. Same with alarm clocks.
how do u nap without sleeping for 17 hours 😂😂😭
mood
@@kirsty6246 same girl
Set an alarm
@@uptownxans alarm is weak against me 😭
I went through a phase where I would wake up on the first alarm and cancel all of them and go back to sleep and when I would wake up I wouldn't even remember it
I will usually get home from school and take a “20 minute” power nap but in wake up 3 hour later and feel like I’m in a different world 😂
Thanks from a big fan !
One hour is perfect for me. I don’t wake up feeling groggy. I fall asleep and wake naturally after an hour’s sleep 🛌 😴 💤
Just woke up from what
Feels like a 5 year nap.... i instantly searched up videos about how to get out if the groggy state because i feel powerless
How many people are having a hard time keeping their eyes open 😴 while watching this video because you're super sleepy but want to take a proper power nap?
Me:*exhausted from the exam* i’ll just take a 20 min nap
Also me: *overnaps* i missed dinner and i forgot to study
I just had a four or five hour nap maybe six idk and I woke up at 6:50 it’s now 7:39 and I feel so tired and thirsty like I’m about to faint and now I don’t know if anything will help
Me: watching my IPad in my bed not noticing that I’m sleepy.
Me: wakes up 2 hours later later.
Me: wtf
I need to train this, I like to sleep late to have time to study extra things outside of work (languages etc) so often as tired at work, lunchtime naps would be amazing if it got me feeling boosted for the day
what a great 8 hour nap that was
Thank you this video has provided much value
Ever since I became a produce clerk, I learned the importance of sleeping effectively.
This is me 100%. I nap for 3 to 4 hours at a time and have a hard time sleeping at night and repeat it again the next day lol
Med School Insiders Your videos are great! I will definitely follow the advice in this video!
Thats me officially awake! Sweet day dreams
😤😤😤
I’m tired and I need a quick boost so I can clean
I like taking my nap away from a bed
Like on a desk or a sofa.
Def. Prevents oversleeping
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With ADHD its impossible to take a nap... IMPOSSIBLE. I will wake up feeling like shit no matter the fuck what.
Its 2am and i took a nap 30mins ago, fml
My sleep schedule is JACKED... I was feeling exhausted from the day, so I went to sleep at 4 PM, and I woke up at like 2:30 AM. It is now currently 6:30 AM for me.
took a 20min nap
woke up 3 hrs later :)
A tip for drowsy sleeper: Take a cold shower, it will put you into survival mode, any drowsiness will be wiped away. If no shower, just wash ur face with cold water, it has much less effect, but better than nothing.
Is now a good time to tell you iive just woke up & now im feeling a lil ratty ! Sweet dreams 🤯😤😫
Really hate waking up from a nap in the wrong universe 🤡
sometimes i can take a nap and felt like i slept for 8hrs. and then there a times when i try to nap but lay there with my eyes closed and can't sleep. does it depend on how tired you are?
really useful tips and good presentation.
What do you think about the polyphasic sleep? (not the extreme level like uberman) i tried the biphasic (with 90 min nap) and threephasic
Naps are dangerous. I like them! 😴
Thanks for the info and sleep gear links.
Much needed video.👍🏼
What do you think about upright napping in a chair?
Thanks, super informative video!
Well I can nap from 6pm to 6.20pm and can also sleep at 9pm. Am I good at this??
Bro I planned for a 20 minute nap and woke up six hours later and now I can’t sleep and I got a test bru😭😭😭😭
After a long nap I feel like I'm baked.
Ear plugs will definitely cause me to not wake up for the next 12 hours.
“Don’t take naps too late in the day”
What if it’s 2:42am??
Bro I forgot what day it was when I woke up
😂😂😂
I book a conference room during my workday then take a nap. :)
4 hour naps when nobody wakes you up then double tapping on melatonin later that night and waking up on your own 🤩
I agree with not allowing yourself to easily hit snooze. I always place my alarm farther than my reach so I can get up to turn off the alarm which is helpful.
If I do this, either I will not hear the alarm or I'll just let it ring until it's off by itself :)
I once powered nap on school night and woke up feeling my heart just had 5 cups of coffee, didn't fall asleep until the last class
I’ve only been up half an hour & I feel ready for a nap 😩😩😩
I have trouble sleeping and have to do things early so this was useful
I used to sleep the whole day away , now I wake up at 9:00 or 7:00 on school days
Can you replace coffee with tea? And do you have to consume it all before taking a nap?
Awesome video thanks
I woke up after a 3 hour nap and felt so weird, I felt drowsy and my brain felt like it was night during day time, and one time I went to sleep at 4 pm and woke up at 8pm and my room was dark, I thought I went to sleep and woke up in the middle of the night until I remembered I just took a nap.