Why Sleep?
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Sleep needs no definition, especially for most people who have longed for the sweet experience of deep slumber. Sleep may be defined as that stage in which a person is supposed to experience total relaxation of body and mind. During sleep, a person is less conscious and less active but his brain is at work.
Proper sleep is important if a person is to keep to his normal duties the next working day. A person who gets little sleep will be more irritable, less focused and more fatigued the next day. Getting less sleep for one night can be an irritant to most people; getting less sleep for weeks can be extremely detrimental to health.
People who lack sleep can wake up troubled the next morning. And, while a person who lacks sleep can still do his normal tasks, he could be doing it in a robotic way and he can start acting like a zombie.
While lack of sleep can cause minor disturbances and changes in a person’s behavior and working patterns, it can cause a major catastrophe when a sleep deprived person attempts to drive and subsequently causes an accident. Sleepy drivers have caused deadly accidents on the highways. This is no joke when you consider that almost fifty one percent of drivers feel sleepy behind the wheel. This has led to 100,000 annual crash incidents and the numbers are still increasing.
Why do people get poor sleep?
Most people are deprived of a good sleep for several reasons like a heavy workload which requires them to work late nights, too much television and a very active social life which means too many late-night parties. There are people who experience sleep deprivation because of jet lag or changes in time zones, neighborhood noise or it may be the effect of a medication they are taking.
Other people may stay home doing nothing but they could not sleep properly because of some sleep disorders like insomnia or sleep apnea. Insomnia can be mild or severe, with mild insomnia lasting for a few days and sever insomnia causing lack of sleep for months. A person who has insomnia can try everything but still fails to go to sleep. This can cause fatigue, poor concentration and depression the next day.
Another cause of lack of sleep is sleep apnea or that disorder more popularly known as snoring. Snoring is not only harmful to the person who experiences sleep apnea but also to the companion who is also deprived of sleep due to his or her bed mate’s snoring.
