Dr. Michael Breus

Don't go pee.

I know people, what?

So let's talk about this for half a second.

The reason I tell people to not go pee is here's what usually happens is people wake up and they say, I'm up, I might as well go pee, right?

Here's why this is a terrible idea.

So in order to enter into a state of unconsciousness, you need a heart rate of 60 or below.

And I want to be super duper clear here.

There's three things that everybody needs in order to fall asleep.

You need a lower heart rate, you need a lower temperature, and you need lower anxiety.

All three of those have got to occur together in order for the body to be able to sleep.

So this is where some of that happens.

Think about it like this.

If you go from a lying position to a seated position to a standing position and you walk across the room to go to the bathroom, what do you think happens to your heart rate?

What do you think happens to your temperature?

They all go straight up.

So if you really don't have to pee, please don't go pee.

But I want to be clear about something.

Go pee if you really need to pee.

I had somebody, I was doing a podcast and somebody was like, should they put on a pair of Depends?

No, no, don't do that.