Who needs SLEEP?? 🙌 😀
Everyday we have lots of things to do. Sometimes we cannot cope with today's fast changing world. We tend to sleep late and had to wake up early.
What is with sleep that we have to do it everyday? Why can't we just work non stop and will just sleep when we reach our deadlines?
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How Much Sleep do we Need?
An average sleeping hours for humans is 8 hours. But it will also vary depending on age:
(Source: sleepfoundation.org)
But do you know that for some animals, average sleep will be as lesser as 1.9 hours for giraffes and could go as longer as 19.9 hours for brown bats. How I wish our sleeping hours could be adjustable depending on the need. 🤘🏼
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Why do we sleep?
1. Restoration
The human organism physically restores itself during sleep, healing itself and removing waste which builds up during periods of activity.
2. Memory processing
Scientists demonstrated in various ways that sleep enhances memory.
3. Dreaming
People have proposed many hypothesesabout the functions of dreaming. Sigmund Freud postulated that dreams are the symbolic expression of frustrated desires that have been relegated to the unconscious mind, and he used dream interpretation in the form of psychoanalysis in attempting to uncover these desires.
(Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep)
What happens to you if you lack sleep?
Sleep deprivation can cause a lot of effects to our body. Obvious signs are:
- excessive sleepiness
- yawning
- irritability
- daytime fatigue
(Source: https://www.healthline.com/health/sleep-deprivation/effects-on-body)
(Source: The Sleep Blog)
Here is a nice infographic from sleepfoundation.org which summarizes everything about sleep:
So what would be the best way to avoid cramming and sleepless nights during deadlines? I think it would be to PLAN ahead!!
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Hi wandergirl! :) kumusta? i learned something from your post. Thanks for putting it out. k, I'm sleepy now.. I think I'm more of a tiger than an elephant. :P