Dr. Matthew Walker

And isn't it, it's almost like being in a room where the refrigerator compressor is turns off and it's only when it turns off that you realize it's been on all the time. Right. I just thought that was the same. Exactly. And it's only when you finally disengage from the brutality of that schedule, do you realize, my God, this is not me in my thirties.

There's a different form of me sitting underneath all of this.

There's a different form of me sitting underneath all of this.

There's a different form of me sitting underneath all of this.

Well, I mean, this is the bizarre thing when you start to think about who are you and what what does it mean that you have a nature well okay you have a nature you have a disposition for anger or discomfort or introspection or sadness or happiness or whatever it might be joy okay let me double your testosterone just that one intervention Now let's see what you think you is.

Well, I mean, this is the bizarre thing when you start to think about who are you and what what does it mean that you have a nature well okay you have a nature you have a disposition for anger or discomfort or introspection or sadness or happiness or whatever it might be joy okay let me double your testosterone just that one intervention Now let's see what you think you is.

Well, I mean, this is the bizarre thing when you start to think about who are you and what what does it mean that you have a nature well okay you have a nature you have a disposition for anger or discomfort or introspection or sadness or happiness or whatever it might be joy okay let me double your testosterone just that one intervention Now let's see what you think you is.

Well, you are still you, but also the daily experience of you, the sort of landscape that you inhabit internally and the way that you show up externally has probably changed at least somewhat. Okay, let me chop your sleep in half. What does that mean? Like, who are you on half the amount of sleep for two weeks? Yeah. Who are you now?

Well, you are still you, but also the daily experience of you, the sort of landscape that you inhabit internally and the way that you show up externally has probably changed at least somewhat. Okay, let me chop your sleep in half. What does that mean? Like, who are you on half the amount of sleep for two weeks? Yeah. Who are you now?

Well, you are still you, but also the daily experience of you, the sort of landscape that you inhabit internally and the way that you show up externally has probably changed at least somewhat. Okay, let me chop your sleep in half. What does that mean? Like, who are you on half the amount of sleep for two weeks? Yeah. Who are you now?

Well, you're still you, but we have this sort of sense of who we truly are, which is kind of like a best version of us, like a flourishing, thriving version of us. And then we have this other one, but again, as you say, you know, kind of like the, uh, the Stockholm syndrome of our own sleep deprivation or sleep irregularity, maybe, um,

Well, you're still you, but we have this sort of sense of who we truly are, which is kind of like a best version of us, like a flourishing, thriving version of us. And then we have this other one, but again, as you say, you know, kind of like the, uh, the Stockholm syndrome of our own sleep deprivation or sleep irregularity, maybe, um,

Well, you're still you, but we have this sort of sense of who we truly are, which is kind of like a best version of us, like a flourishing, thriving version of us. And then we have this other one, but again, as you say, you know, kind of like the, uh, the Stockholm syndrome of our own sleep deprivation or sleep irregularity, maybe, um,

We don't know who we could be or who we are with regards to that. And over the last 18 months, I've been fighting with sleep again, sort of really trying to dial in sleep quality and struggling quite a lot. And that again makes me quite, okay, well, who is, what is it that I'm fighting with here? How much of this is me and how much of this should I identify myself with?

We don't know who we could be or who we are with regards to that. And over the last 18 months, I've been fighting with sleep again, sort of really trying to dial in sleep quality and struggling quite a lot. And that again makes me quite, okay, well, who is, what is it that I'm fighting with here? How much of this is me and how much of this should I identify myself with?

We don't know who we could be or who we are with regards to that. And over the last 18 months, I've been fighting with sleep again, sort of really trying to dial in sleep quality and struggling quite a lot. And that again makes me quite, okay, well, who is, what is it that I'm fighting with here? How much of this is me and how much of this should I identify myself with?

And how much of this is just a byproduct of what's going on at the moment? It's really interesting. Yeah.

And how much of this is just a byproduct of what's going on at the moment? It's really interesting. Yeah.

And how much of this is just a byproduct of what's going on at the moment? It's really interesting. Yeah.

And you've also got to ask yourself the question at some point, what is it that I want out of life? Because I think so often in life, the professional gun goes off and you're off into the rat race. And the thing is, even if you win the rat race, at the end of the day,