What If You Stopped Sleeping for a Week?

People spend almost half of their lives sleeping, and still seem to never get enough of it. Have you ever thought what would happen if you stopped "wasting time" on this process?

You would surely have a lot of free time for learning something new, doing sports, working, or just hanging out with friends. Sounds cool? But let's have a look at the consequences of never sleeping again.
After one day without sleep, you’ll feel better than ever. The reason for these strange feelings lies in the fact that your brain increases dopamine levels trying to compensate your lack of sleep. However, closer to the end of the day, this happy mood is evaporating. It's strictly "not recommended" to drive in such a state, as it may turn extremely dangerous when you're sleep deprived.
After two days without sleep your body will have less and less energy, and you will begin to look pale and a bit ill. What is even worse, your immune system will start to let you down becoming less efficient. Your judgment will get impaired.
What is more, the effects of the absence of sleep will be getting worse and worse, and after a short time, the body will begin to shut down. This means that after three sleepless days you'll be unable to function or communicate normally.
If you manage to fall asleep on the 11th day, shockingly, there won't be any long-term health effects. This means that after a good and quality sleep lasting about 12 hours, you will be perfectly fine. This doesn't refer to those people who suffer from fatal familial insomnia. Such patients can survive maximum for a year, and a half granted their condition was worsening gradually, and they still managed to sleep from time to time for the first several months of the disease.

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TIMESTAMPS
After one day without sleep. 0:44
After two days without sleep.1:51
After three days without sleep. 2:52
How long is it possible to survive without sleep? 4:02
Recommendations how to fall asleep more easily 5:34

SUMMARY
-This may seem weird, but after 24 hours without sleep, you'll start to feel happy and elated.
-As soon as the second day without sleep starts, you will have some important physical functions getting shut by your body. For example, its ability to metabolize glucose will be lost.
-You will start to hallucinate after three days with no sleep, and your body will be desperately trying to rationalize the feelings it's experiencing.
-The maximum recorded time without sleep was approximately 264 hours, that's about 11 days. After that, the body shuts down completely which leads to death.
-Figure out your favorite sleeping position. Before going to bed, enjoy a nice warm shower or a bath with eucalyptus or lavender bath salt. Sleep in the nude. Start to control the light you're exposed to a couple of hours before you go to bed and add some gentle sounds. Don't eat before going to bed.

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[BRIGHTSIDEOFFICIAL]

And what if we started sleeping only 2 to 3 hours a day? Do you know what would happen? 👇

[Orchran]

9 days in my teenage years. This was during the height of my insomnia. I was losing my s**t at work. Hearing people call my name and seeing people walk through aisles after we had closed. Definitely not a good time

[serenitxey]

Who’s pulling at overnighter while watching lol

[samimay]

That was only 3 days, not a week... I feel lied to

[annieh]

sleep: exists
school: i’m about to end this man’s whole career

[iammaria]

I haven’t slept in the last 26 hours

Will I pass out? Yes
Will I die? Probably
Hotel? Trivago

[surinderkaur]

Me:I will try to be awake for a week

Brain:*Am I a joke to you?*

[Thisiswarhuhwow]

"Sleep? I dont know about sleep its summer time!"

[bar]

The man who stayed up 11 days had no long term health effects and he even said it was fun so don’t worry too much

[lillymidnightreacts-_-]

I stayed up for three days on the fourth day I had a painc attack becus the room was spinning but I was still

[conradandrew]

You guys have always been saying it wrong.
Sleep is for the *week*
All week

[aikidorizz]

My record is about 56 hours and i fell asleep in the garden while i was playing with my cat

[jzing]

Who’s here at 6 in the morning and didn’t sleep

[raiga]

Bright side: never experiment with your sleep because it's important

Also bright side: how long can you stay up leave your answers in the comments

[xaviermoozez]

I’m two days without sleep, that’s why I’m watching this.

[skilled_boi]

I went about 40 hours without sleep, and towards the end of it I didn't even feel tired :/

[Kai-lnid]

Anyone else laughs when they said you’ll laugh at everything 😂😂

[jopie]

I didn't sleep last night. So I was depressed af.
Edit: Where did all these likes come from?

[lilyxenos]

Who else is watching this because they want to see how long they can stay up for fun

[edgyspoon]

What If You Stopped Sleeping for a Week?


**plays happy music**



yay insomnia