Being sleep deprived is something people have normalised in today's world. In everyday hustle and the need to multi-task, people often sacrificing their sleep using a commonly popular dialogue, 'Oh you can sleep when you die'. But if you keep on with the same belief for a few years, it truly can be fatal real soon.
Good sleep is essential for your both your mental and physical health. Sleep makes you relax, rested and alert while your body is working hard to perform vital functions that supports your health. Canva How sleep affects your brain? If you are sleep-deprived, you ability to perform regular activities is affected.
You cannot be more creative or productive in the day since your brain is not well rested and neither is your body. Your focus is impaired and it can lead to less productivity at work and increased risk of accidents. If you are chronically sleep-deprived, it can also lead to disturbances in your mood.
You might have noticed mood shifts when you didn't sleep well the past night. Not getting enough sleep can affect your communication with people and you might slip into depression. Sleep's impact on body Sleep affects every tissue int he body let alone the brain.
According to Dr. Michael Twery, a sleep expert at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), sleep influences growth and stress hormones, the immune system, appetite, breathing, blood pressure, and cardiovascular health. Lack of sleep is associated with an increased risk of obesity, heart disease, and i.