Effects of Sleep Deprivation

The feeling of no sleep starts turning the body and the skull into a dried-out husk inside with a sour grease smoke like a tenement fire curdling in the brain pan.

- Tom Wolfe (1930 - )

All of the above mentioned disorders direct to one thing and that is sleep deficiency. Sleep deprivation is not good for our body. We require sleep in order to rejuvenate and to be able to feel refreshed and ready for a new day.

Behavioral Effects

Sleep deprivation has numerous negative effects. It may break our sleep neurons due to long times of sleeplessness causing it to malfunction. This will result to bad conduct or bad interaction or bad speech towards others.

Studies also illustrate that people deprived of sleep experience difficulties in thinking imaginative thoughts or terms. That person also suffers difficulties in delivering his or her declarations well. Without sleep, our brains grow weaker, and our actions and deeds will be affected.

Physical and Other Dangers

Lack of sleep also poses dangers to ones body. As we have learned earlier, lack of sleep damages the brain and causes behavioral damages and because our brain controls the other functions in our body, sleep deprivation may also damage them. Studies also show that people who lack sleep gets sick more often. Also, sleep deprived persons are prone to accidents (particularly car accidents). I have found out in the internet that around 200,000 accidents are caused by sleeping drivers on their sleeping wheels.

The person who experiences sleep deprivation may also suffer financially. Because the brain (again) is affected, the person produces low-quality work. This may cause him to be kicked out of office or fired by his boss.

Sleep deprivation may also affect the person mentally. Studies shows that people who don’t get enough sleep experience difficulties in remembering things and expressing their thoughts creatively.

Researches also suggest that people who lack sleep seem to age quicker than those who get enough sleep.