Brain
Preview: The effect not getting enough sleep has on the brain’s processes and emotions.
-Mood swings, such as depression, irritability and loss of sense of humor
-Stress, anxiety and loss of coping skills
-Less cognitive ability and ability to retain information.
Health
Preview: The consequences a lack of sleep has on the body’s functions
-Lack of sleep leads to increase in body fat, especially if the person takes
-Feelings of being chilled as body temperature drops
-Lowered immune system and more susceptibility to disesase
-Possibility of diabetes
Sleep
Preview: How not getting enough sleep impacts the ability to sleep.
-Possibility of sleep seizures, unintended periods of longer sleep (49)
-Microsleeps: Sleeping a few seconds at a time, can cause death (49)
-Daytime drowsiness result of lack of sleep
Work
Preview: The costs inadequate sleep has on worker productivity.
-Inability to perform tasks at optimal competence due to reduced brain activity.
-51% indicates that lack of sleep interferes with amount of work done (communications.fulerton.edu/facilities/tvfilm_studios/content/safety/sleep.htm
-68% says that sleepiness interferes with concentration, 66% ay stress more difficult to
handle.
-68% of shift workers report problems sleeing.
Social
Preview: How a lack of sleep can affect relationships with others.
-Lowered desire to socialize
-Falling asleep at inappropriate times has potentially problematic consequences for social life
-More volatile emotions that can potentially imperil marriages and friendships, including:
*Irritability
*Anxiety
*Depression