How Long Could You Actually Survive With No Sleep?

Without enough sleep, humans start to malfunction, but at what point can not sleep actually kill you? Let's find out in today's new video that breaks down how the human body shuts down without the proper z's. It happens faster than you think!

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[Club-shgo]

Me, who misses a day of sleep.... I feel like I’m dying already

[arthurdurham]

What I find the most fascinating is how your body ends up acting as a seperate entity to you at some points

[XXStrong]

This video is giving me more and more anxiety for this dude's health as it goes on, even though I know he's not a real person.

[vanityvideos]

I went 70 hours without sleep and went to work. I was having weird hallucinations like a giant squid and my car started backing out on its own. When I was driving home all the mailboxes turned into people walking there dogs and I desperately tried to avoid them.

[Fortzon]

Funny how this was uploaded right when I'm in bed not getting sleep and wondering if I should pull an all-nighter 😁

[chrminid]

“How long can you survive without sleep?”

College students: 👁👄👁

[rosswhitehill]

end up with sleep deprivation staying up watching this channel

[RUTHLESSambition]

Went to county jail once and it took 4 days to get a bed. By the 4th day I was losing touch with reality.. I saw a martian climb down and use the phone😂😂

[OneDollaBill]

52 or 56 hours, don't remember the accurate amount since this was years ago. But after the 48 hour mark everything just kinda feels different and you might fell sleep anywhere if you dont keep yourself doing something.

I guess the 24-36 hours or so is kinda the most common. Specially if you're suffering with insomnia or sleepless nights.

[seoul]

Me watching this at 3 am
“Hm interesting...”

[FakeMoney]

24+ hours of no sleep changes my mood for real and I feel like I am dying inside…

[BonnieTheBunny]

As someone who started going insane from sleep deprivation, I can confirm this is true

[DamnDioni]

I know I’m not the only one, but when you were a kid and you tried to stay up for 24 hours for 1 day. 😭 I always fell asleep 15 or so hours in

[dcreisranch]

Micro-sleep episodes are no joke. I've experienced them while driving before, its terrifying.

[kingsnek]

me who has been awake for four days doing homework: ROOKIE NUMBERS

[thefirechampion]

My record is 76 hours . Was a terrifying experience, but there was no hallucinations

[brandynpolson]

everything up to 48 hours is so unreal😂 i’ve stayed uo 2 nights in a row several times and i’m just simply tired and irritated. there’s no hallucinations or anything

[zombievet]

Fairly accurate in my experience, 96 hours with no sleep is brutal, short naps and energy drinks help but you pretty much go into acoma after you finally are able to sleep

[thefangirlfromhell]

As someone with a sleep disorder I go through most of my day’s in a state that is almost exactly like the state depicted after 24 hours of no sleep. Some days I can’t sleep and some days I can sleep over 22 hours. No matter how much I get I still feel and function as a sleep deprived person.

[EllisBarnes]

I've stayed up for a little more than a week while high on some stimulants. Ended up seeing things, hearing things, feeling things, and then ultimately almost got arrested for drug possession at a park, but I swallowed the stuff before. Ended up crashing and falling asleep for around two days and some change, waking up periodically but not really remembering it.