consequences of lack of sleep in human beings lives

8/10/2019 Consequences of Lack of Sleep in Human Beings Lives

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Juliana da Silva Ferreira

Consequences of Lack of Sleep in Human Beings Lives

It is commonly known that human beings need approximately 8 hours of sleep per night.

However many people have seen this recommendation like something not applicable for daily

life. !eople have deprived themselves of a whole eight hours of sleep because of many reasons

such as "ob and college assignments insomnia fast pace life and unlimited access to social

media. #he obvious conse$uence is being sleepy the whole day after a shorter time of sleep.

However according to %pstein the deprivation of sleep might have greater conse$uences in

human beings lives. Some important areas that are affected are learning ability mood and even

diet.

&ne good reason to stay awake late is college assignments. It's not uncommon that

college students have many assignments papers lab reports and many other responsibilities

during their college years. Students "ust affirm that it is impossible having eight hours of sleep

per night due to their daily responsibilities most of them will be glad with only six hours of

sleep per night. (lthough students might think that having less than eight hours of sleep is

acceptable according to Stickgold lack of sleep can cause problems in learning ability.

(ccording to this author when people are sleep deprived they have a lack of attention they lose

focus easily which make harder receiving information and keep it. (ll these symptoms occur

because the neurons are fatigued and they are not receiving processing or accessing information

correctly. )ecause of those facts people are no longer able to make good decisions or asses

situations which can disturb the learning process. *ue to those inconvenient effects it is an

intelligent idea schedule at least eight hours of sleep in order to better use the awaking time.


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(nother area that can be affected by lack of sleep is people+s mood and mood might

affect people's sleep as well. !eople who are sleep deprived have different behavior if compared

to their common behavior. #hey become stressful sad irritable and more likely to lose control

when they have to handle hard situations. ,esearch has shown that insomnia is one of the first

symptoms of depression. However lack of sleep might be not only an effect but also a cause of

depression. (ccording to %pstein, not only does sleep affect mood, but mood and mental states

can also affect sleep.- %pstein //80. #he sleep deprivation and all of its conse$uences may

develop or at least contribute to the development of psychological disorder such as anxiety panic

disorder and depression.

&ne of the conse$uences of lack of sleep that people might not know is that it may affect

people+s diet. (ccording to research not only exercising genetics or food affects diet but also the

amount of time that people sleep. It is commonly known that go shopping when you are hungry

increases the possibility of buying high calorie food. &n the other hand according to 1e2ine

buying food when you are sleep deprived has the same effect. (lso deprived sleep may influence

on diet throughout other ways such as slowing the metabolism transforming carbohydrate in fat

instead of burn it and making cells not responding correctly to insulin causing weight gain.

In addition based on different sources it is possible notice that lack of sleep has different

conse$uences in human lives. 1ike it was shown the sleep deprivation can occur because of

insomnia anxiety or like a conse$uence of depression. However some people choose deprive

themselves because skipping some hours of sleep might seem the best way to gain time to finish

a "ob or a college assignment but this sleep deprivation may bring countless conse$uences

against physical and psychological health of people. So in order to use the awaking time in the


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best way possible people should make some effort to keep an 8 hours+ sleep scheduled for each

night.


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