Dr. Matthew Walker

What about the reverse when it comes to sleep quality? That somebody is staying in bed for a good amount of time, but that quality doesn't seem to want to change. Cinching it down doesn't really seem to make that much of a difference. They're just... Waking up too much throughout the evening. They're not hitting REM. They're staying quite light.

What about the reverse when it comes to sleep quality? That somebody is staying in bed for a good amount of time, but that quality doesn't seem to want to change. Cinching it down doesn't really seem to make that much of a difference. They're just... Waking up too much throughout the evening. They're not hitting REM. They're staying quite light.

What about the reverse when it comes to sleep quality? That somebody is staying in bed for a good amount of time, but that quality doesn't seem to want to change. Cinching it down doesn't really seem to make that much of a difference. They're just... Waking up too much throughout the evening. They're not hitting REM. They're staying quite light.

They're getting up earlier than they want to, et cetera, et cetera.

They're getting up earlier than they want to, et cetera, et cetera.

They're getting up earlier than they want to, et cetera, et cetera.

Yeah. At that point, we've got to then start to ask if we've driven enough pressure in the system, what we call sleep pressure or sleep debt, and you are still waking up throughout the night. First, medical conditions. Let's do blood work. Let's see if you're suffering from a sleep disorder like sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome.

Yeah. At that point, we've got to then start to ask if we've driven enough pressure in the system, what we call sleep pressure or sleep debt, and you are still waking up throughout the night. First, medical conditions. Let's do blood work. Let's see if you're suffering from a sleep disorder like sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome.

Yeah. At that point, we've got to then start to ask if we've driven enough pressure in the system, what we call sleep pressure or sleep debt, and you are still waking up throughout the night. First, medical conditions. Let's do blood work. Let's see if you're suffering from a sleep disorder like sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome.

If we exclude all of those that you're medically healthy, then we have to ask, what are you doing in your life? Exogenous components, principally. Caffeine, alcohol, light, and the principal one that we don't talk about is stress and anxiety. If there is a principal reason why most people in society, absent sleep disorders, are not sleeping well, It's because of this wired but tired phenomenon.

If we exclude all of those that you're medically healthy, then we have to ask, what are you doing in your life? Exogenous components, principally. Caffeine, alcohol, light, and the principal one that we don't talk about is stress and anxiety. If there is a principal reason why most people in society, absent sleep disorders, are not sleeping well, It's because of this wired but tired phenomenon.

If we exclude all of those that you're medically healthy, then we have to ask, what are you doing in your life? Exogenous components, principally. Caffeine, alcohol, light, and the principal one that we don't talk about is stress and anxiety. If there is a principal reason why most people in society, absent sleep disorders, are not sleeping well, It's because of this wired but tired phenomenon.

We have people come to my sleep center all the time and they say, I am just so tired. I'm so tired, but I'm just so wired that I can't fall asleep or stay asleep. So at that point, when we've built up all of that pressure, forced you to be efficient and you haven't been efficient, we exclude you medically, that you're healthy, no sleep disorders.

We have people come to my sleep center all the time and they say, I am just so tired. I'm so tired, but I'm just so wired that I can't fall asleep or stay asleep. So at that point, when we've built up all of that pressure, forced you to be efficient and you haven't been efficient, we exclude you medically, that you're healthy, no sleep disorders.

We have people come to my sleep center all the time and they say, I am just so tired. I'm so tired, but I'm just so wired that I can't fall asleep or stay asleep. So at that point, when we've built up all of that pressure, forced you to be efficient and you haven't been efficient, we exclude you medically, that you're healthy, no sleep disorders.

Then we've got to figure out what's going on in your life.

Then we've got to figure out what's going on in your life.

Then we've got to figure out what's going on in your life.

Let's dig into that wired but tired stress thing. what is going on in the body from a sleep perspective, in the body and the brain, when you're in a high-stress lifestyle?

Let's dig into that wired but tired stress thing. what is going on in the body from a sleep perspective, in the body and the brain, when you're in a high-stress lifestyle?