Sleep deprivation is a major problem in today’s fast paced society. A person’s lifestyle and his or her environment have a big impact on just how much this deprivation impairs him or her. Sleep deprivation can have several possible causes and its effects are different in each case; however, there are several types of sleep disorders that cause sleep deprivation that have consequential effects.
There are several types of sleep disorders that cause one to experience sleep deprivation such as insomnia, restless leg syndrome (RLS), and sleep apnea. Insomnia can be caused by stress, jet lag, and diet, tending to increase with age; nevertheless there are several factors that contribute to insomnia in a person. One such factor that may lead one to …show more content…
Many issues can arise that would cause somebody to merely not sleep such as personal obligations, work schedules, medical problems, and even voluntarily not sleeping (“Sleep Deprivation” 1). Personal responsibilities such as caring for a child when he or she is sick may contribute to a lack of sleep if that child needs constant care, night and day. Jobs can even lead to a lack of sleep depending on the hours and the days one must work for. If a person must work long hours for multiple consecutive days the or she may began to lose sleep since work is taking up most of their day and he or she obviously still has commitments even out of work, so time for sleep most likely is limited and not adequate enough for a person. However, in the case of adolescents or even grade school children, homework and procrastination can lead to severe sleep deprivation. For example, if a child was to leave off an extensive research project till the day before it is due he or she would have to stay up to an unsightly hour in order to find information, organize and create the project. Often times the child could homework assigned for other classes, adding to the workload, resulting in an extremely long night that could have easily been avoided. This extreme lack of sleep even for one night would be greatly detrimental, and if …show more content…
Researchers have found that the average person requires 8.16 hours of sleep in a night to fight against the negative effects sleep deprivation begins to have on a person. This was determined by studies consisting of forty-eight healthy persons between the age spectrum of twenty-one and thirty-eight split into four groups. The test consisted of allowing one group to sleep eight hours, another group allowed 6 hours, another four hours in two weeks, and the last was not allowed to sleep for three days at a time. Through this experiment the subjects experienced lack of motor skills and overall their performance was not up to par (“Sustained Reduced Sleep…” 1). This shows that by being deprived of sleep one is likely to perform very poorly which can be dangerous, especially in todays society as it is so fast paced being able to keep up would be near to
There are several types of sleep disorders that cause one to experience sleep deprivation such as insomnia, restless leg syndrome (RLS), and sleep apnea. Insomnia can be caused by stress, jet lag, and diet, tending to increase with age; nevertheless there are several factors that contribute to insomnia in a person. One such factor that may lead one to …show more content…
Many issues can arise that would cause somebody to merely not sleep such as personal obligations, work schedules, medical problems, and even voluntarily not sleeping (“Sleep Deprivation” 1). Personal responsibilities such as caring for a child when he or she is sick may contribute to a lack of sleep if that child needs constant care, night and day. Jobs can even lead to a lack of sleep depending on the hours and the days one must work for. If a person must work long hours for multiple consecutive days the or she may began to lose sleep since work is taking up most of their day and he or she obviously still has commitments even out of work, so time for sleep most likely is limited and not adequate enough for a person. However, in the case of adolescents or even grade school children, homework and procrastination can lead to severe sleep deprivation. For example, if a child was to leave off an extensive research project till the day before it is due he or she would have to stay up to an unsightly hour in order to find information, organize and create the project. Often times the child could homework assigned for other classes, adding to the workload, resulting in an extremely long night that could have easily been avoided. This extreme lack of sleep even for one night would be greatly detrimental, and if …show more content…
Researchers have found that the average person requires 8.16 hours of sleep in a night to fight against the negative effects sleep deprivation begins to have on a person. This was determined by studies consisting of forty-eight healthy persons between the age spectrum of twenty-one and thirty-eight split into four groups. The test consisted of allowing one group to sleep eight hours, another group allowed 6 hours, another four hours in two weeks, and the last was not allowed to sleep for three days at a time. Through this experiment the subjects experienced lack of motor skills and overall their performance was not up to par (“Sustained Reduced Sleep…” 1). This shows that by being deprived of sleep one is likely to perform very poorly which can be dangerous, especially in todays society as it is so fast paced being able to keep up would be near to