How Lack of Sleep Is Wrecking Your Life

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Sleep Deprivation Silently Damages Your Brain

If you sleep less than the recommended 7–9 Hrs you brain will not be able to perform certain functions properly. As a result you memory consolidation becomes weaker, your ability to learn declines exponentially, your reaction time slows and your decision making worsens.

Your brain treats sleep like a cleaning cycle. When you skip it the trash stays.

Lack Of Sleep Destroys Productivity

Most people think sacrificing sleep will give them extra working hours but it leads to reduced concentration and slow thinking.

A sleepless brain will need three times the time to do the work a well rested brain can do.

Your Hormones Go Out Of Control

Sleep helps regulate hormones responsible for hunger energy and mood . If you deprive yourself of sleep Ghrelin-the hunger hormone increases and Leptin-the fullness hormone decreases. As a result you will fell hungry more often and likely gain weight due to over eating.

Your Mental Health Will Suffer

Chronic sleep deprivation is strongly linked to anxiety, irritability, depression and unpredictable mood swings.

Sleep is not just rest for the body, it is emotional therapy for the brain.

Your Physical Health Will Deteriorate

Long term sleep deprivation increases the risk of heart disease, weakened immune system, diabetes and obesity because your body repairs itself during sleep.

Sleep is treated as optional in modern life, but the truth is that you can ignore sleep for a while, but your body will eventually collect the debt-with interest.