Game Theory: Death by NIGHTMARE! (Try To Fall Asleep)

Oh hey it's me at the far back, and Mark is caressing my face for some reason, what. 1:29

"Cause of death?"
"He died"

MatPat: “Get on it Jacksepticeye!”
Jack: **Gets on it**
_Everyone liked that_

The gas price joke aged well Mat Pat.... sigh.

"Just rest it off."
Has the same energy as
"Did you try turning it off and back on again?"

“Its coming in your dreams”
Me, a lucid dreamer:
Parry this you hekkin casual

Demon: attacks in dreams
Lucid dreamers: *laughs in dual mini guns and jojo stands*

I always find it funny that I enjoy watching these theories so much because I'm someone who can't handle horror... I love the lore, but stick a horror game/movie in front of me, and I will run from it for my life, they give me nightmares, and yet, this, I can casually sit through and be like: Hmmm, yes, very interesting... Oooh, morbid...

I remember seeing my partner experince hallucinations from sleep deprivation, it was scary from my perspective so I can't imagine how horrifying it was for him. Its insane what our brains do to us.

It’s cute that when his wife gets scared she grabs on to him, she sees him as a sense of security, a wonderful relationship

Me at 7 AM in the morning about to sleep:
*chuckles*
"I'm in danger"

I once tried to see how long I could go without sleep. When I started seeing Shadow People walk from my right to my left on a narrow staircase nearly causing me to slip and fall, I decided to go and sleep.

“While gas prices are low”
This line didn’t age well

Scary game: Panik
It’s only a game: Kalm
Sleep deprivation exist: Panik

I love how you tie your videos to real life events. It makes the game theory so much more meaningful when it can be related to real life events.

In 2022 00:40 is the most upsetting thing in this video

Me: Hey brain?
Brain: yeh?
Me: it's 2 AM, right?
Brain: Correct.
Me: And we said we would watch one more video before going to bed?
Brain: Yep.
Me: I have some concerns with your video choice...

"Sleep is just death being shy"
-Exurb1a

As someone who listens to these asleep, this is brilliant

10:41
Matpat: acute psychosis
Psychosis:stawp **blushes**

Matpat: *explaining about the “nightmare death”*
Me: *just chilling while listening*
Matpat: *includes the men who were Hmong and fought in Laos*
Also me: *Gets hyped because myself is Hmong*
my brain: “I don’t think you should be hyped...”

My good friend Matrick Patrick has scared me into a healthy sleep schedule.

Listened this while attempting to fall asleep. Thank you MatPat.

I could've sworn someone explained the Nightmare Death to me. They said that it was because some dreams are so believable that when you die in your dream, your brain believes it and you die in real life too. 🤔

Me at 3 AM: Yes, watching this video is a good idea
My imagination: I’m about to do what’s called a pro gamer move

People: death in my sleep sounds like the best option.
Matpat: **evil laugh** are you sure about that?

5:34 this is literally the exact description of a sleep paralyses… with the chest filling and everything!!

I gotta love that i only ever watch your old fearies (my lil nickname for them) at night before bed

MatPat: *Singing scary lullaby*
Me: "Poor Oliver.."

Demon: *stalking sleeping person*
Matt in the Background: *stalking the demon*

This is the best theory episode to fall asleep to as background noise! 10/10 would recommend! 😁

The nightmares that the survivors are describing sound like sleep paralysis. Waking up at night, not being able to move, stressed out, and then indescribable shadows attacking you.

Hahahaha I alTeREd ThiS CoMMeNT sO yOu dOnT KnOW hoW I GOt sO MaNy lIKeS
Jk of course I’m not a monster the comment was:
Studies: “not sleeping is indeed fatal so please sleep 8 hours every day to Stay healthy”
Schools: “3 take it or leave it”

Thumbnail: dont fall asleep!
Matpats first words: Go to sleep
Me: what do I do?

I always love to fall asleep to KRplus videos. This was a delightful one to attempt to sleep to.

How many evil at Mat Pats are there, or is it just one evil Mat Pat that’s able to take on the theme of the lore of anything?

Thumbnail: don’t fall asleep
Title: Try to fall asleep
Me: *confused screaming*

Matpat: *spends a long time telling me how much sleep deprivation sucks*
Me and my sleep disorder: "I know"

More play throughs of this please MatPat?

Mat Pat: he’s already inside…
Me: I like that rhyme! 😄

“how did he die?”
*he just died*

me: tries to sleep
also me: *remebers the intro of this video
my sanity right now: go to sleep

I love how cute Steph and mat are how she hides behind him every jumpscare so holesome 🥹👌

Are we not gonna talk about the epic singing at the beginning? 10/10

I can't even escape Tom Nook when closing my eyes

That last example of the "person who survived the sleep death" sounds like a textbook case of sleep paralysis. Its very common and can be terrifying, but its not fatal as far as I'm aware.

Being someone who has suffered traumatic brain injuries. The plot of trying to fall asleep and constantly seeing horrifying things really hit me. I have to play this game....

My SCARIEST episodes:
That one amazon add in the middle of a jumpscare: no

mat: “April, 1987”
markiplier: “tHe BiTe oF ‘87?!?!?!?”

"And who knows what horrific creature is going to be standing over you when you open them back up again?"
*You owe me **_18,600_** bells*

I love how I passed out watching this video. Now I gotta re-watch it lmao

The hallucinations sound like sleep paraylisis and the dreams sound like lucid nightmares

Me: It's just a game it's not real
Mat: Oh yeah it's real
My anxiety: *struts into the room and punches me in the face*

Parents: You have school tomorrow, gotosleep
-robot- Teen: ...no.

MatPat: “there is this super rare condition called fatal insomnia”
Me: up at 4am listening to all the symptoms and having a bigger anxiety attack than the one that’s been keeping me up for the past 4 days

The story about the guy who survived the nightmare death thingy, had sleep paralysis. It matched all the symptoms. I personally don't think I have ever had it, but I may have as a child because of night terrors I had that mixed with reality (I still occasionally have them when I'm sick and it is terrifying the way it mixes with reality). To this day actually, I've accidentally mixed up my dreams I had as kid with reality and apparently a few months ago I got out of my loft bed while dreaming and walked into my mom's room complaining about how I didn't want to go to military camp or smth (I don't remember it and I still have no idea how I got out of my loft). Anyways, my mom had a version of sleep paralysis once (she was in a room identical to her's in real life and knew she was in bed but couldn't move. She ended up hitting her foot against her bed in her dream to wake herself up and actually went on the radio to talk about it), but she said that there was no dark figure.

Nobody:
That surprisingly traumatic intro: *aggressive smiley face*

"Sleeping is the best medicine for your brain."
Me: I am immortal.

Monsters… they attack in your dreams. And if you fail here, you flatline irl.
Me: FREDDY KRUEGER HES COMING FOR YOU

3 years ago something like this happened to me. In the middle of the night I had a dream that I could not move or do anything and I kept seeing weird things it lasted for like 20 min before my alarm woke me up for a flight I had that day.
This is still to this day one of my most vivid dreams I have ever had

This is so freaky because this actually happens in real life

*literally just woke up from a nap*
Game Theory:”Fall asleep”
:v

It takes me so long to fall asleep at night, I'm so afraid that something is just watching me when I can't see them or someone is just in my room while my eyes are closed. I literally cover my eyes with my hair every night so whenever I get that feeling, I'll feel safe to open my eyes to check because it makes me think that if something does end up being in my room they might not see me open my eyes with my hair there. Takes me at least an hour maybe to actually start dozing off..-

I don't want to give Nook anymore bells. 😭 I've already paid my debt

Me: huh it’s really late at night I’ll do one last video
Brain: bro I got you
Also brain: **chooses this**
Me: brain wtf

MatPat- You have a son- I’m afraid of you helping him fall asleep now- No just kidding, I bet you’re a great dad!

I’m diagnosed with Psychosis, I can confirm, yeah, bugs in peripherals, paranoia and pulsating things(mostly things that are all a single color)
Tons of hallucinations, visual, sensory and sometimes even smell like you said

the intro was perfect

As a filipino, i slightly laughed at MatPat's "Bangungut" pronounciation lmao.

hey Theorists! I just started playing this game called Loop: the distress call and it seems like it has a second story within it that is hard to understand. The story is quite complex and definitely carries a hidden message, but I can't put my finger on it! I would love it if Matpat took a look at it, I'm sure your theory will be the best.
In any case, take care fo yourself in these troubled times

B- But sleeping under the blankets makes you safe as it's a impenetrable barrier

I've been following SHB for a long time now but today, thanks to you, I've finally seen his face

2:47 Matt: And who knows what horrific creature will be watching over you when you open them up again.
Tom Nook: You owe me 18,600 bells

Tom Nook finding me was the scariest thing that has happened to me so far.

I did my final Anthro project on this very theory and it was one of my favorite things to research

Matpat talking about how deadly sleep can be.
Me using this video as backround noise to fall asleep.

Matpat making a scary intro: "He's already inside..."
Me: heh that's what she said.

“Try to fall asleep”
Me on my phone at 3 am: no I don’t think I will

Thank you so much for this relaxing video 💚💚💚

The little chuckle i had with the “Bang-gugut” for “Bangungut” (Ba-ngu-ngut) 😂
I keep getting surprised with philippine stuffs just popping out of nowhere 😂😂

MatPat: "The Nightmare Death affects men over the age of 33."
Me: *daAAAAAAAD-*

This is my theory: Perhaps, Dr Norberg is taking advantage of John’s condition. He may be creating these sounds and visuals, but claiming it is just his condition. Dr Norberg is gas lighting him. Then he makes his condition worse and worse so he can force John to give him excessive amounts of money for real treatment. However, as the condition is rare, Norberg doesn’t know about John likely dying in sleep. With no way to fix his condition and Norberg making it worse, John has worse, even more deadly nightmares eventually killing him in one way or another.
But that’s just a theory... A Person Man theory!
(If you have anything you think should be different or you want to point out, leave a comment. Let’s see if we can get Matpat to see this)

4:41 isn’t this the story that inspired Wes Craven to create “A Nightmare On Elm Street”?

Hey MatPat! I'm Hmong and I just wanted to say that the "H" in Hmong is silent! I found the Nightmare Death very interesting (and scary), being something that I've never heard of before.

"Go to sleep, not a peep"
Me: I'm getting bad vibes here-
"Go to sleep little victim"
Me: Oh nvm this is a perfectly safe sleep environment

Sleep Deprivation is a whole other level. I have had experiences with psychedelics and nothing of that came close to what I experienced under sleep deprivation. I don't sleep well, and I got phases where I cannot sleep more then a few minutes for days. Nowdays I go it under control, but a few years back it could be very bad. And at one point I did not sleep for the better part of a week. And about at day four he real hallucinations set in. Before it was flashes of colors, a smell or my name being called. But when it really stared? At one point I was at the postal office, and while waiting I suddenly fund myself standing on a lush clearing, the sun shining warmly down on me and birds chirping. I even had the smell of wet earth and greenery in my nose. Only to be ripped right back when asked if I was okey. The sheer realness of that hallucination was the scary part. For a moment I actually was in that clearing.

Well, the fact that BANGUGOT is actually a real thing is _lovely_

It's been a year since this was first uploaded and I literally jumped up from my chair the MOMENT you mentioned "Bangungut". Bangungut is a tagalog word meaning "Nightmare". As a Filipino myself, Bangunguts or Nightmares actually give me the frights. Bangunguts are no joke. They seem so real, and the moment you have one, you can never fall asleep the same the entire night. 😬

You: *Having Nightmares
Your sleep paralysis demon: "I'm gonna do a pro gamer move."

Every student pulling multiple all nighters in a row cramming for exams. Watching this video while getting paranoid delusions

Matpat: **Trying to unsettle me with him singing a creepy song**
Me: "You're flat."

At 5:40 when I heard the words "I couldn't move" I imidiatly thought "hmm, sounds like sleep paralysis"

This game’s soundtrack is just a heart monitor going ballistic.

I like how the shadow creature with a big :) on his face in the intro is just MatPat.

Tbh the intro was much scarier than the actual game

"You lose here, then you flatline in real life."
This is why you should never ever fall asleep near demonic babies.

That second story, the one from Wes Craven, sounds like a textbook case of sleep paralysis, where basically you're 'awake' and aware of your surroundings, but your subconscious is still very active which results in visual and auditory hallucinations as well as the sensations of being unable to move and having a weight upon you.
Also, killer nightmares? No problem for me as I'm an active lucid dreamer.

The way Mat just pronounced "bangungot" is so funny lmfaooooo

Thanks mat really needed this at 10:55 while I’m alone in the house

So the game is practically “sleep paralysis demon” the game
Please get me to 4.2k likes