We all know that getting a good night’s sleep is important, but just how
important is it? Well, according to Dr. David F. Dinges of the Division
of Sleep and Chronobiology and Department of Psychiatry at the
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, the first signs of lack
of sleep are irritability and moodiness. If the person continues to not
get enough rest, they will eventually start to experience apathy, slowed
speech and flattened emotional responses, impaired memory, and an
inability to be novel or to multitask. If you still do not take notice
and get some shut eye, then what comes next can be physically
disastrous. As you near the point of falling asleep on your feet, you
will experience micro-sleeps of approximately 5 to 10 seconds. Those
seconds mean that you can nod off while driving or doing other dangerous
activities and drastically increase the risk of getting into an
accident and harming yourself or another person.
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