How Do Teenagers Sleep Differently? | Matthew Walker

Sleep is one of the most important aspects of our life, health and longevity and yet it is increasingly neglected in twenty-first-century society, with devastating consequences: every major disease in the developed world - Alzheimer's, cancer, obesity, diabetes - has very strong causal links to deficient sleep.

In this book, the first of its kind written by a scientific expert, Professor Matthew Walker explores twenty years of cutting-edge research to solve the mystery of why sleep matters. Looking at creatures from across the animal kingdom as well as major human studies, Why We Sleep delves into everything from what really happens during REM sleep to how caffeine and alcohol affect sleep and why our sleep patterns change across a lifetime, transforming our appreciation of the extraordinary phenomenon that safeguards our existence.

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[DowlathNisha-mi]

Someone tell this to parents and the education system

[vladimirpereira]

It's weird and funny because when I was around 12-17 years old I rarely slept past 10pm and that in the past 3 years I was around 19-22 I tend to sleep late most nights. Funny because maybe my body wants me to experience sleeping late that I didn't really do in my teenage years.

[SaveStandard]

Yes! And, we must re-solidify that time is not arbitrary, and clocks must be set to geographically appropriate Standard Time worldwide, as objectively defined by the sun.

[timothymcmanimon]

I always knew being an idiot as a teenager wasnt my fault

[Medietos]

I was hoping to see a typical teenage sleep graph- chart of their sleep cycles. A useless sleep doctor just told me I "sleep like a teenager", but not what she meant by that. With severe chronic insomnia, I slept better in her clinic because of the hope of getting help.
My sleep pattern there was:
Fell asleep within 5 mins at about 11 pm (probably because of extreme sleep debt),
- went fast into Deep sleep stage without staying on the previous ones for long,
- slept for 4 hours in one go,
- in all 5 hours 13 minutes, with hours of waking time during the night and morning
- Used to need 9 hours before becoming an insomniac in 1997 after psychiatry trauma.
- Dr said it was unusual and not good at all, that I was able to almost to the minute correctly assess the number of hours and minutes that I had been asleep. (I said something like 5 hours and 11 minútes).
- She told me my disease is serious (Anchylosing Spondylitits), and
- that i need(ed) psychotherapy.
She did not write anything for me to state this and to help me get that therapy. I still haven't got it 20 years later. Somebody kindly help me, please.
I have Aspergers, High sensitivity, C-PTSD with severe stress burnout. I have many resources and have worked to get help to get well for 40 years. I am worth helping. Thank you very much.

[OrganisedPauper]

It seems to be a far worse problem for some teens with autism. I've seen a fair few who've almost reversed their sleep during adolescence and early adulthood and are awake all night and asleep all day. It's a really severe problem and magnifies the difficulties these young people already have.

[Opkr-vdyr]

When i was 12 -13 years old i used to sleep at 10pm easily but now that i am 15 i don't even think about sleeping till 3am

[trynafind_annie]

I wish I could show this to my parents

[FethiFethi-qb]

If they just stop using their smartphones they can sleep