You don't have sufficient sleep and you're tired.
Ask yourself this: "Do I purposely deprive myself of sleep?"
Sleep Deprivation - What Do You Get?
Ok, you're busy, busy, busy......
So you stinge on your sleep, thinking that sleep isn't prominent and is a waste of time since you've way too much to do.....
Maybe you're one who thrive on the fact that you can function superbly with as little as 1-2 hour of sleep.
Or worse still, you've no qualm at all trading-in sleep for extra hours of fun (computer games, watching movie on Tv, chit-chatting on cell phones, etc.).
And if you're a new Mum or Dad, you precisely don't have much say in how much sleep you can get, do you?
That and you who suffer from sleep disorder, same fate.
So it might seem we've valid reasons to deprive ourselves of sleep and each one has various sleep needs?
We pull-in all the quick fixes we can lay our hands on - drinking cups after cups of coffee, taking cat naps, going for a burst of fresh air to boost our energy.........to what? To keep awake!
All these go to show our excellent ways of treating sleep - not important.
Come on, let's face it - have you ever thought of sleep as important and prominent to your health?
More like you don't, right?
Maybe you would think: "What's the big deal if I don't sleep enough? I still perform and in fact can do more things because I sleep less" etc.,etc.,etc.,...........
But sleep experts enumerate that insufficient sleep or sleep deprivation can affect many aspects of your life, such as:
Decreased job performance Decreased rehearsal performance Decreased thinking alertness Decreased memory and cognitive function Increased moodiness and irritable emotions Heightened stress and tension Increased incidents of road accidents - Ah.... Because you sleep at your wheels Increased risk of occupational injury due to workers nodding off while doing work
Many explore studies relating to sleep deprivation and its result on our condition have found these findings:
Increased risk of breast and colon cancers, diabetes and heart diseases. This connects to the yield of Melatonin, a hormone secreted by your pineal gland, which controls and regulates your sleep as well as protects you against cancer by affecting yield of other hormones (e.g. Estrogen). As you're exposed to light (when not sleeping), your secretion of Melatonin is less, hence increasing your risk of cancers Causes weight gain and obesity - if you sleep less than 7 hours per night, you might have a higher body mass index (Bmi) and probably obese compared to one who sleeps 7 hours or more. This traces back to the fact that sleep deprivation upsets endocrine, metabolic and immune function Brings higher mortality risk than high blood pressure, heart disease and smoking
Sleep Deprivation - What Do You Get?
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