00:00 My name is David, I'm 17 and I'm from Western Sydney.
00:05 I don't give myself permission to sleep.
00:07 I'm like, I need to get this task done or I'm not sleeping.
00:10 And then I keep working and working and working.
00:12 But then I get that task done and it's 1am and I'm like,
00:15 oh, well, I should have gone to sleep because now the next morning is going to have to suffer.
00:20 A specific bedtime.
00:22 If I'm alone, I'm really sombre, I'm really low and monotone and kind of dead.
00:29 I'm Phoebe, I'm 17 and I'm from Western Sydney.
00:32 It's a bit hit and miss.
00:33 There'll be some days where I'm sleeping more than others.
00:36 Sometimes where I struggle to get to sleep.
00:39 So tired.
00:40 It impacts the way I go to school, my ability to get up, get ready.
00:46 Like, I just feel like everything's an effort when it really shouldn't be.
00:49 But then I also feel really emotional a lot more than I need to.
00:54 So I want you to just to chat to the person next to you
00:56 and talk about how you feel when you don't get enough sleep outside of the word tired and sleepy.
01:02 Experts around the world talk about nine hours has been optimal for you for your learning and mental health.
01:08 All right, how do you feel when you don't get enough sleep?
01:10 Dead.
01:11 Dead.
01:12 Normal.
01:13 Normal.
01:14 Terrible.
01:15 Terrible.
01:16 Exhausted.
01:17 Exhausted.
01:18 Frustrated.
01:19 Frustrated.
01:20 They often look tired.
01:21 They're struggling to potentially engage with the learning or they're feeling anxious or overwhelmed.
01:27 And often when you dig a little bit deeper, you realise that they have terrible sleep routines.
01:31 Loads of fantastic questions as I went round.
01:33 So giving them that information and knowledge is a way for them to have better self-care and self-regulate.
01:39 We also have siblings that keep us up at night and then we also procrastinate going to sleep sometimes.
01:46 A lot of us do like sport, work, all that, gym.
01:53 Now you know you'll get more muscle gains if you get enough sleep, don't you?
01:56 Yeah, recovery all happens at night time.
01:58 Yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:59 We know that sleep supports your mental health, your stress levels.
02:02 I just want you to have a really great year this year and getting enough sleep will just help you be the best version of yourselves in all those areas.
02:10 Getting to bed early.
02:11 I really need to get that part of my strict schedule because a part of sleeping feels like it's taking that break.
02:17 I'm not the only person that feels this way and it's actually easier to correct than what we think.
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