why you are so tired

Is your phone ruining your sleep? According to Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker, there's a sleep epidemic that we need to solve but are you really tired because of blue light and screen time? In this video, Sabrina tests out alarm clock alternatives, debunks some sleep myths, and figures out why she is so tired all the time.

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Sabrina
Melissa
Taha

CREDITS
Produced by Sabrina Cruz
Edited by Sabrina Cruz and Joe Trickey
Motion Design by Sabrina Cruz
Sound Design by Joe Trickey
Special Thanks to Vanessa Hill, Melissa Fernandes, Taha Khan

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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 lmao why is this intro so dramatic
00:29 don't ask me about my screen time
00:55 how phones impact your sleep
01:05 the health impacts of bad sleep
01:19 oops is this a booktube channel
01:27 how to fix your sleep, a vibes-based approach
01:54 every alternative alarm clock
03:03 a deeply unnecessary python script
03:10 yes i actually read the instructions
03:33 zoomer can't sleep without phone
03:49 how to fall asleep, the AIP way
04:50 i forced taha and melissa to make ASMR for this
06:26 reviewing every alternative alarm clock
08:04 the benefits of reduced screen time
08:33 another research montage
08:50 uh oh, im confused
09:28 speaking with a sleep scientist
09:34 what is good sleep vs bad sleep
10:23 the science behind sleep
11:14 is blue light the reason you're tired
11:26 passive media vs active media
11:48 how to get better sleep
12:08 the issue with doing your own research
12:33 why i am so tired all the time
13:05 how to feel less tired
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Welcome to the joke under the fold! Here's a classic that always makes me laugh.

Why did the bicycle go to sleep?
It was two-tired.

Leave a comment with the word TIRED to let me know you were here ;-)

[braincraft]

So glad my (very specific) research could be useful. Here for all your sleep questions! 💤

[secretscarlet]

For me my problem is revenge procrastination. It means you procrastinate sleeping to take control of your schedule because you feel like you were robbed of doing the things you want because you did things you didn’t want to do, like work.

[pjschmid]

It sounds really weird but when I need to calm my brain down to sleep, I make up a story in my head and play out the story in my head, and I just somehow drift off.

[sandcrakes]

One of the reason for people to always ignore the alarm is because people don't have anything to do in the morning. So, my suggestion for people who suffers from this is to try to do a morning routine like studying, cleaning, exercising, reading or practice something you want to be good at.

[kuromi_pink]

Having anxiety is my biggest issue with sleeping. I need a distraction so desperately because if I dont have it my mind wanders to all of my current problems, regrets and trauma memories too. I get woken up from how awful it makes me feel. So I really need a youtube video or something playing to distract my mind to help me fall asleep.

[EdKolis]

I'm always going back and forth between "sleep is a waste of time, if I didn't have to sleep I could get so much more done" and "I just want to go to sleep forever and never have to wake up"!

[MiMiLaXMiMi]

After a week of horrible sleep discipline… the universe might be telling me something

[audreyhopkin]

I learned this in a psychiatric hospital, but it works wonders for sleep. Progressive muscle relaxation: you start at your toes and tense up each muscle group going up your body until you end with your face, taking 1-2 deep breaths each time. It's never failed me. It also helps with anxiety.

[EinenoHibiki]

I personally find sunrise imitating alarm clock very useful in that part of the year when I need to get up when it's still dark. Opening my eyes to a small amount of light feels less depressing than waking up in darkness which only makes me think how early it is and how cold it is outside. It doesn't make me extremely energetic and it doesn't trick me into thinking it's noon already, it simply makes my morning tolerable, so I do recommend it.

[Cheesepuff]

Anxiety also causes this

Being anxious for long periods of time is tiring, but when u have to sleep anxiety can get worse because there’s less to distract u from it

[kaynugro]

This video was soooo validating. Another thing I think people don’t acknowledge enough is when you actually don’t want to sleep because you don’t want to fast forward to the next day. I know I used to use my phone to distract myself from that stress before I finally talked to my doctor about it.

[MandoMonge]

Can confirm, before I used to have an office job and I got mentally tired, but my body was not, so sleeping was crap. I’ve worked as a flight attendant for around 3 years now and the change in physical exhaustion has helped me a LOT.

Jet lag and weird shifts are hell, but after a 17 hour flight, I sleep like a rock and my blood pressure has been at a more normal level since I made the switch

[stellwyn]

Honestly I think the problem is our rigid schedules that require us to torture ourselves awake to clock time rather than light time, as opposed to us being terrible people for not perfectly optimising our sleep 🙃

[boomerix]

I used to have an old wind up alarm clock.
Pro: The heart attack it gives you in the morning will immediately wake you up.
Con: It will also wake up everyone in your household, as well as your neighbours.

[oluwabunmiiwakin]

I also do that, looking inside of my eyelids. Just focusing on the darkness. It feels a lot like meditation to me since I'm just trying to see one thing and one thing alone - darkness.

[Natalanium]

naps are underrated - a lot of the time when I have more chill days I find myself struggling to keep my eyes open in the afternoon so I started to just let myself sleep for 10-15mins and it makes a huge difference. Also the walking outside thing, really gives you an emotional and energetic boost.

[sofaoofa]

If I can't fall asleep because my mind is too occupied, but I am tired, I find the prime factors of random big numbers. If I'm not tired, I listen to ASMR and it helps me to become tired

[thtwirdgrl]

When Covid first hit, I ended up switching to split sleep schedule, sleep for 4-5 hours, awake for 4-5 hours, sleep for 4-5 hours, awake for 10-12 hours. I felt amazing, it really worked well for me, the problem being that there is no way to make that work with the societally expected awake & sleep times, and now that I'm back to work and school, that sleep schedule can't work between all my responsibilities. I feel worse than before, and I wish that I could go back to that schedule.

[maraki_zrg]

Very nice production girl, from the little animations to the different angles all the time. It had stillness but also movement it was never boring but always chill and I just wanted more. Great great job 👏

[anony]

This was such a lovely video. 10/10 👏🏾👏🏾
I went through a somewhat similar process this year. I improved my sleep quality and woke up in such a better mood. Sleep is so important for me