These days, a lot of people sleep less than eight hours nightly, some people may require more and some less, and many of them have difficulties in getting asleep. One reason why many people experience sleep deprivation is their busy lifestyle. People spend a considerable amount of time driving because of a long commute, to pick their children up and so on. The more time you spend in your car, the less time you have for your sleep. People keep accumulating sleep debt because they don’t have time or slack to repay it. Sleep deprivation can result in various physical and mental health problems. A short-term fix for insomnia and sleep deprivation is usually taking a sleeping pill, but it can cause other problems. According to Susan Brink,
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“Rest: It’s Required.” Los Angeles Times. 9 Oct. 2006). Without adequate sleeping, you may experience difficulties in concentrating and learning, reduced memory ability, and slow reaction time. Sleep deprivation can actually damage your body, too. In my case, when I get out of bed without enough sleep, I tend to eat more foods than usual. Moreover, I learned from a television news that, if adolescents do not have enough sleep, they will get an abdominal obesity and lower levels of growth hormone. This is the reason why adolescents need to have sufficient quantity and high quality of sleep. Sleep is important also for your heart because adequate sleep decreases the possibility of hypertension. Brink also said in a study published in the Aug. 2, 2006 issue of the journal that according to Sleep researcher Dr. Daniel J. Gottlieb of Boston University School of Medicine adequate sleep should be considered as a nonpharmacologic cure in handling high blood pressure (Brink, Susan. “Rest: It’s Required.” Los Angeles Times. 9 Oct. 2006). Also sleep and the immune system are closely related. Brink states that adequate sleep can help not only to …show more content…
Maybe it is a byproduct of sleep, a part of memory unification or an emotional manager. The fact is that sleep affects your psychological state. Everyone experiences various dreams when they sleep. Sometimes you can vividly remember your dream and other times you can’t at all. Dreams occur during REM (Rapid Eye Movement) phases of sleep. According to Natalie Angier, Dr. Levin said that when you are entering into REM, your whole brain converts as cortical precincts change colors in scanning images to signify awakening or calm. In addition, the limbic system becomes more active than when you are awake, which is the reason why you are easily excited in your dreams (Angier, Natalie. “In The Dreamscape of Nightmares, Clues to Why We Dream at All.” New York Times. 23 Oct. 2007). Angier says that in REM, your sensory and motor system go on actively, which makes you think that your dream is a reality(Angier, Natalie. “In The Dreamscape of Nightmares, Clues to Why We Dream at All.” New York Times. 23 Oct. 2007). However, Angier goes on saying, a small part of your brainstem makes most of your body stationary to avert you from physically carrying on your dream. Therefore most cases of sleepingwalking appear in non-REM sleep, when your body is not deactivated (Angier, Natalie. “In The Dreamscape of Nightmares, Clues to Why We Dream at All.” New York Times. 23 Oct. 2007). According to Angier, Robert Stickgold, a sleep
“Rest: It’s Required.” Los Angeles Times. 9 Oct. 2006). Without adequate sleeping, you may experience difficulties in concentrating and learning, reduced memory ability, and slow reaction time. Sleep deprivation can actually damage your body, too. In my case, when I get out of bed without enough sleep, I tend to eat more foods than usual. Moreover, I learned from a television news that, if adolescents do not have enough sleep, they will get an abdominal obesity and lower levels of growth hormone. This is the reason why adolescents need to have sufficient quantity and high quality of sleep. Sleep is important also for your heart because adequate sleep decreases the possibility of hypertension. Brink also said in a study published in the Aug. 2, 2006 issue of the journal that according to Sleep researcher Dr. Daniel J. Gottlieb of Boston University School of Medicine adequate sleep should be considered as a nonpharmacologic cure in handling high blood pressure (Brink, Susan. “Rest: It’s Required.” Los Angeles Times. 9 Oct. 2006). Also sleep and the immune system are closely related. Brink states that adequate sleep can help not only to …show more content…
Maybe it is a byproduct of sleep, a part of memory unification or an emotional manager. The fact is that sleep affects your psychological state. Everyone experiences various dreams when they sleep. Sometimes you can vividly remember your dream and other times you can’t at all. Dreams occur during REM (Rapid Eye Movement) phases of sleep. According to Natalie Angier, Dr. Levin said that when you are entering into REM, your whole brain converts as cortical precincts change colors in scanning images to signify awakening or calm. In addition, the limbic system becomes more active than when you are awake, which is the reason why you are easily excited in your dreams (Angier, Natalie. “In The Dreamscape of Nightmares, Clues to Why We Dream at All.” New York Times. 23 Oct. 2007). Angier says that in REM, your sensory and motor system go on actively, which makes you think that your dream is a reality(Angier, Natalie. “In The Dreamscape of Nightmares, Clues to Why We Dream at All.” New York Times. 23 Oct. 2007). However, Angier goes on saying, a small part of your brainstem makes most of your body stationary to avert you from physically carrying on your dream. Therefore most cases of sleepingwalking appear in non-REM sleep, when your body is not deactivated (Angier, Natalie. “In The Dreamscape of Nightmares, Clues to Why We Dream at All.” New York Times. 23 Oct. 2007). According to Angier, Robert Stickgold, a sleep