I love sleep so much.
But you know what they say, too much of a good thing is bad for you.
That includes sleep.
If that doesnt convince you then maybe this video will.
My name is Danny Burke and this is the top 10 scary facts about sleep part 2.
Starting off at number 10 we have Asleep At The Wheel.
Some studies have found that between 10 - 30% of all crashes on the road are linked to drowsy
driving.
In America alone, there are an estimated 1,550 deaths and 71,000 injuries caused by people
either being asleep or falling asleep at the wheel.
Perhaps this is why we need self driving cars!
What do you guys think?
Next up at number 9 we have Sleeptexting.
Sleepwalking has been a think since the dawn of humanity.
People act out their waking life in their sleep and are totally unaware of it.
However, thinks have changed a lot in the past few decades and now we spend a lot of
time using our phones, computers and social media - and you gussed it - sleepwalkers are
now starting to do the same.
Doctors have now started to treat people for sleep texting and sleep emailing - its a real
thing.
Are you guys a little bit paranoid that you might send an embarrassing sleep text?
I am …
At number 8 now we have Sense Of Smell.
You know in the movies when theres a fire an somebody wakes up to the smell of smoke?
Well, research has shown this might not be how it actually works.
When were in deep sleep, loud sounds will often wake us up - but not smells.
A study by Brown University found that participants did not wake up from a deep sleep when presented
with a range of strong smells - including the smell of smoke.
This is why smoke detectors are so important guys - go and check yours is working today!
Coming in at number 7 we have Babies.
Babies need a lot of sleep - its very important for them.
However, parents are the ones who really suffer.
Did you know that parents lose over 1055 hours of sleep during the first year of their childs
life?
It takes a lot of work to look after a baby and they don't really wanna do things on your
schedule.
That amount of sleep loss is equivalent to losing 150 nights of sleep throughout the
year.
Im tired just thinking about that.
At the number 6 spot we have Ancient Theories.
These days, we know a lot about sleep but like I said in the first video - scientists
still arent sure exactly why it happens.
Ancient Civilizations had their own kinda scary theories the subject.
The Ancient Egypitians thought that dreaming was a journey to the stars, a realm between
the living and the dead, where a true source of higher consciousness could be found.
This reflects with some modern beliefe such as Aboriginal Australians who call dreams
the -all at once time-.
For them, our dreams are a place where the past, present and future co exist.
Kinda makes me nervous to fall asleep now, I dunno …
Coming in at number 5 we have Doing It Wrong.
Technically, were all sleeping incorrectly.
Studies have shown that if you remove modern lights and living from people - eventually,
they will not sleep just once a day, they will have two sleeps.
A person will naturally end up sleeping, waking up in the middle of the night and then going
into their second sleep.
Some of you guys may have even experienced this before.
If you want any more proof of this, theres tonnes of historical records of people living
like this.
That all changed when with the dawn of electric lighting and the 9-5 work life.
Our sleeping patterns changed - but on the inside were still the same …
At number 4 now we have the Moon.
In 2013, researchers found that the moon affects peoples sleep.
A full moon meant that the volunteers in the study took longer to get to sleep and had
poorer quality sleep too.
Now, you guys might think -well thats obvious, a full moon is the brightest phase of the
moon - if its bright, people will struggle to sleep- well heres the thing - the volunteers
were inside for the whole study and didnt see the moon once.
So it seems like the moon does have an effect on people, even if we cant see it.
What are your theories?
Coming in at number 3 we have Premonitions.
Sometimes we have horrible nightmares where we or our loved ones are seriously hurt or
even killed.
Theyre not nice but after youve woken up - youre fine and you can carry on with your day.
Sadly though, sometimes people have premonitions in their sleep.
Abraham Lincoln famously predicted his own assassination while others had dreams of the
twin towers going down before it happened.
What do you think?
Pure coincidence or do we sometimes have the ability to see the future in our sleep?
At number 2 now we Faces.
There is a theory, and I have to state its just a theory - that every face you see in
your dreams is the face of someone youve seen in real life.
This doesnt have to even be a person you know.
Perhaps you saw them getting off the bus, perhaps its a random person at school or work
that youve never even talked to.
But the theory is - your brain collects these faces and uses them to populate the world
of your dreams.
I think it would even scarier if you recognised that stranger again from a bad dream that
you had …
And finally at number 1 now we have Kleine-Levin Syndrome.
This is perhaps one of the strangest sleep disorders Ive ever hear of.
It only affects about 1000 people worldwide so its very rare.
The victims will live and sleep normally for weeks and months and then with almost no warning,
they will go to sleep for days or weeks at a time.
They make wake up during that time feeling disoriented and will eat or use the bathroom,
but there is no stopping them from falling asleep again soon after.
This condition mainly affects teenagers and researchers say the victims grow out of it
after 8 - 12 years.
Well, all of this weird sleep talk makes me feel glad to be awake.
Or am I awake.
Are you awake?
Maybe this was all a dream?
I have a horrible feeling I made this same joke at the end of the last video … anyway,
until next time guys thank you as always for watching, my name is Danny Burke and Ill see
you in the next video