Disturbing Things Scientists Discovered About Sleep

These are the most disturbing things scientists have discovered about sleep. Every night you shut off for hours, and you have no idea what's actually happening to your body or your brain while you're out. There's a man who drove 14 miles and killed someone while he was asleep, and the courts agreed. There's a family that's been dying from not being able to sleep for over 200 years. And there's a sleep disorder that might warn you about a brain disease decades before it shows up. CHAPTERS 0:00 What Happens When You Sleep 0:43 The Sleepwalking Killer 3:23 Scientists Talked to People While They Were Dreaming 6:42 What One All-Nighter Does to Your Brain 9:21 Sleep Paralysis and the Shadow Figure 12:06 The Nightmare That Killed 15:17 What Happens If You Never Sleep 18:03 The Family That Couldn't Sleep 20:52 What Your Dreams Are Telling You MUSIC: Epidemic Sound CO.AG Music Follow me on X if you're cool: http://x.com/BigDogJacks Follow me on Instagram if you're a dog: http://instagram.com/jacks.iv I may start streaming soon, so follow me: http://twitch.tv/JacksG I don't post on TikTok, but here it is: http://tiktok.com/@jacks.iv SOURCES The Sleepwalking Killer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_v_Parks https://www.deseret.com/2000/1/11/19552482/man-gets-life-in-prison-for-sleepwalking-murder/ Talking to People While They Dream https://www.sciencealert.com/people-can-answer-questions-and-even-do-math-problems-when-asleep-study-shows https://gizmodo.com/no-brands-cant-target-ads-at-your-dreams-1847113888 What One All-Nighter Does to Your Brain https://www.livescience.com/40510-sleep-cleans-brain-harmful-toxins.html https://www.nih.gov/news-events/lack-sleep-may-be-linked-risk-factor-alzheimers-disease Sleep Paralysis https://jbumdc.bahria.edu.pk/index.php/ojs/article/view/340 https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01294/pdf The Nightmare That Killed https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3616878 https://www.mentalfloss.com/entertainment/movies/wes-craven-nightmare-on-elm-street-sunds What Happens If You Never Sleep https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2020/06/study-reveals-guts-role-in-causing-death-by-sleep-deprivation https://brain.harvard.edu/hbi_news/why-severe-sleep-deprivation-can-be-lethal/ The Family That Couldn't Sleep https://gizmodo.com/fatal-familial-insomnia-the-brain-disease-that-stops-y-1695446513 https://www.amusingplanet.com/2020/03/fatal-familial-insomnia-death-by-sleep.html What Your Dreams Are Telling You https://www.sciencealert.com/sleep-disorder-affecting-1-of-people-can-foreshadow-dementia https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/196264/ #Sleep #DisturbingTheories #Science