Does anybody here know why we sleep?
The only commonality we can all agree on, is that getting enough sleep we feel like Sméagol and not getting enough sleep we feel and look like golem.
Not getting enough sleep is known as sleep deprivation. Sleep deprivation is a medical term for a sufficient lack of restorative sleep over a cumulative period so as to cause physical or psychiatric symptoms and affect routine performances of tasks.
I am a victim of sleep deprivation and I don’t like the effects caused by not getting enough sleep. Sleep deprivation can be scary, changing you as a person and over time causing physical and emotional damage to your mind, body and heart.
Like me, almost 90% of the students in this room is sleep deprived according to HRF. In the modern world opportunities are very slim and not getting ahead or keeping with the pace of society, you fall behind and it’s hard to keep up. The thought of slacking off alone, and falling behind is more painful than living day to day on low energy because the certainty of your life becomes smaller. In the modern world it seems that sleep is more of a luxury.
Sleep Deprivation is very harmful and today …show more content…
The reason is because the brain works best when it gets rest. During sleep the brain organizes information learned throughout the day and strengthen memories, forms new memories or build on memories. The process of good sleep makes it easy to recall information learned because of how neatly your brained organized information. Whereas when you don’t get sufficient sleep your brain just puts information somewhere like putting paper on a messy desk. When trying to find or recall certain information, it’s difficult to recall like finding a specific paper on a messy desk, which is why forgetfulness is an effect in the short