The subjective experiences of the world around us are different for everyone. These experiences that one is having is part of consciousness. Consciousness has to do with everything we do in our daily lives. Through consciousness we are able to walk and understand the meaning of words without having to think twice about it. Consciousness is responsible for is sleep. Sleep is an altered state of consciousness where the awareness of the outside world is turned off (Gazzaniga, Heatherton, & Halpern). After tracking my sleep for seven consecutive days, I noticed and experienced things that have never happened to me before. Through last year I also have learned how important sleep truly is and how it can affect your entire life. I first noticed
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I can attest to this because I experienced it first hand. My freshman year, here at Marist College, I joined the Crew team. As much fun as being a division 1 athlete can be, it took an incredible toll on my life, my body, and my academics. Being on the Crew team meant that I had to be up every morning at 5:15am for practice. Also, as a Mathematics major I receive a pretty decent amount of work. I would find myself being up to around 3:00am every morning doing homework. This would only allow two to three hours of sleep a night. My first semester of school the not sleeping did not really affect me. I felt like I was on something similar to runners high, or a shift of consciousness, where I just so excited to finally be in college that not getting enough sleep was not what I was worried about. My second semester of college was really when sleep deprivation hit me. When it hit, it was like a hitting a brick wall. All of a sudden I was miserable all the time, I could not focus long enough to do my homework, my grades dropped significantly, and I got extremely sick. To get through my days I needed at least four cups of coffee. That is when I realized how important sleep truly is and how it can affect my entire …show more content…
Without sleep your body cannot function like it is supposed to, your immune system gets weak, and life starts to slip away from you. Before I went to bed every night I would worry about how much sleep I would get and if I was getting enough. Now I do not have to worry because I know I am getting enough sleep. Through this sleep test I noticed how much stress and anxiety actually affects your sleeping patterns. Not only is it important to take notice of our consciousness during the day, we also have to take into consideration our altered consciousness of sleep. How we sleep at night can affect how we take on the rest of our
I can attest to this because I experienced it first hand. My freshman year, here at Marist College, I joined the Crew team. As much fun as being a division 1 athlete can be, it took an incredible toll on my life, my body, and my academics. Being on the Crew team meant that I had to be up every morning at 5:15am for practice. Also, as a Mathematics major I receive a pretty decent amount of work. I would find myself being up to around 3:00am every morning doing homework. This would only allow two to three hours of sleep a night. My first semester of school the not sleeping did not really affect me. I felt like I was on something similar to runners high, or a shift of consciousness, where I just so excited to finally be in college that not getting enough sleep was not what I was worried about. My second semester of college was really when sleep deprivation hit me. When it hit, it was like a hitting a brick wall. All of a sudden I was miserable all the time, I could not focus long enough to do my homework, my grades dropped significantly, and I got extremely sick. To get through my days I needed at least four cups of coffee. That is when I realized how important sleep truly is and how it can affect my entire …show more content…
Without sleep your body cannot function like it is supposed to, your immune system gets weak, and life starts to slip away from you. Before I went to bed every night I would worry about how much sleep I would get and if I was getting enough. Now I do not have to worry because I know I am getting enough sleep. Through this sleep test I noticed how much stress and anxiety actually affects your sleeping patterns. Not only is it important to take notice of our consciousness during the day, we also have to take into consideration our altered consciousness of sleep. How we sleep at night can affect how we take on the rest of our