Sleep deprivation

think otherwise. Stress causes a lot of problems in my life when it comes to work, school, family and friends because all of those I just named off, are the cause of my stress, severe anxiety and severe depression. It causes me to have major sleep deprivation, emotional breakdowns, panic attacks, and just crying all the time to where I’m too physically exhausted to get out of bed and hang out with my friends from time to time. I smoke to help cope with my stress and everything else. I barely see…

excessive tiredness due to poor quality of sleep pose as the top two health threats of my floor. Also, given that there is an interconnectedness regarding alcohol consumption and sleep, my partner and I decided that focusing on these two health topics will not only help reinforce each other when it comes to policy implementation, but also garner the greatest benefit onto my community. Since I’ve taken an active role in making sure I received enough sleep since the beginning of this semester and…

The state of sleep occurs in a pattern in which the brain and body are able to recuperate to function normally the following day, this forms a physiological program (Porkka-Heiskanen et al., 2013). It is conducted by circadian rhythm, duration, and intensity of brain activity throughout the day (Porkka-Heiskanen et al., 2013). If an individual’s body does not perform this physiological program it results in tiredness or feeling drowsy (Porkka-Heiskanen et al., 2013). Without sleep, performance,…

Sleep deprivation is a condition that occurs if one does not get enough sleep. Examples would be sleeping at the wrong time of day, not getting the right kind of sleep that a human body needs, or having a sleep disorder that gets in the way of getting enough sleep or a good equality of sleep. The recommended amount of sleep a person should get depends on age. For newborns, it is 16-18 hours a day, for preschool-aged children it is 11-12 hours a day, for school-aged children it is at least 10…

The Effect of Sleep Deprivation on Driving Performance Sleep deprivation is caused by having insufficient sleep and results in reduced alertness, decreased performance and deterioration of health (Abrams, 2015). The effects of sleep deprivation on driving performance has been researched by many psychologists to observe the potential effects sleep deprivation could have on driving performance (Jung et al., 2010). This essay will argue that the effects of sleep deprivation decrease driving…

Rapid eye movement sleep is a unique phase of mammalian sleep characterized by random movement of the eyes, low muscle tone throughout the body, and the propensity of the sleeper to dream vividly. This phase is also known as paradoxical sleep and sometimes desynchronized sleep because of physiological similarities to waking states, including rapid, low-voltage desynchronized brain waves. Electrical and chemical activity regulating this phase seems to originate in the brain stem and is…

Sleep is known as one of the most important factors for human life. According to the researchers Galambos, Lascano, Howard, and Maggs (2002) irregular sleep is common in postsecondary students. One of the most common causes of daytime sleepiness among college students is sleep deprivation. Students get inadequate sleep because they go to bed late and wake up early. This can occur for many reasons; two being physiologic and behavioral (Hershner & Chervin, 2014). Sleep deprivation has many…

Sleep Deprivation as Enabled by High Schools Have you ever had that nightmare where you’re sitting in class and the teacher is passing out a test, and you look down at it, only to discover that you have no idea what anything on that test means? Thanks to an epidemic of sleep deprivation among teenagers, that nightmare is becoming more and more a reality. As the homework and academic demands grow higher, teenagers are spending less time sleeping than they should be, leading to a myriad of…

Sleep deprivation is one of the key factors that caused some of the biggest disasters such as the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill, Three Mile Island nuclear accident, and the Chernobyl explosion (Wells and Vaughn 235). Sleep is very important to our overall health; it helps us power throughout the activities of the day, week, month, etc. It is a key factor to our mental, emotional, social, and physical health. However, in our highly active society that moves almost 24 hours a day and 7 days a week, sleep…

Sleep deprivation in shift workers is becoming increasingly more common as the prevalence of shortened sleep has increased from 7.6 percent in 1975 to 9.3 percent in 2006 (Abrams, 2015). Statistics show that 20 percent of the adult population suffers from sleep deprivation and its effects (Abrams, 2015). Along with these statistics the CDC has reported that 40 percent of night shift workers sleep less than 6 hours of sleep each night in comparison to the 28.8 percent of day shift workers who…