[Music] wake up are you late again sometimes we wish we never had to deal with this morning struggle but what if you just never went to bed what if you figured out how to keep yourself awake forever how long could this sleepless forever last could you even be productive without recharging every night when would your friends start telling you to get some rest and what exactly would happen to your body this is what if and here's what would happen if you stopped sleeping how often have you needed just a few more hours to finish off
a project get ready for a date or enjoy your day off if you took sleep out of your daily routine you'd have all 24 hours of the day to do everything you never had time for what's a few yawns and some minor tiredness if it meant you never had to waste any more time lying in bed for no good reason turns out there are plenty of good reasons to sleep the average person spends 1/3 of their life lying in bed eyes shots snoring away sounds like a waste of valuable time but not for your body
while you sleep your body releases hormones and repairs tissues replacing your old cells with new lights if you worked out that day you need a good sleep to let your muscles grow and your fat burn so what happens if you don't sleep not much at first after just 24 hours you'd feel completely fine in fact you'd feel better than fine that's because sleeplessness stimulates the mesolimbic pathway in your brain this pathway would release dopamine and you'd feel happy and full of energy but don't be fooled by all that happiness it's not gonna last long soon
after reaching the 24 hour mark all your reactions would slow down your brain would start to forget what you were doing outwardly you'd appear to be drunk wait where were we right now what about two days of that sleep at that point your body would start shutting down it would stop metabolizing glucose properly leaving you with no energy supply you'd start looking very pale your eyes would turn red and then more bad news your wrinkles would become more visible on day three that's when the real fun begins hallucinations starved of REM sleep your brain would
bring all your dreams and nightmares to life and around the 72-hour mark you'd start breaking down your own protein your muscles so say goodbye to all that muscle mass you've worked so hard to build up your body would keep using up all the energy sources are confined glucose leftovers your muscles fat tissue after about two weeks your immune system would be so weak you could die from the common flu eventually three weeks after your last sleep you'd probably die of a heart attack if you've got a little extra muscle or fat on your body you
could stay alive just a bit longer but we don't recommend anyone try this at home anyway so grab yourself a pillow and take a siesta if it seems like you're always tired make sure you're getting the prescribed six to eight hours of sleep per night [Music]
