Yawns!. Good morning, Guessing you clicked this because you couldn't sleep last night right?.
Ok this would surely orientate you but I advice you don't do this often, like everyday!.
Everyone knows what sleep deprivation can lead to:
- Heart attack and failure.
- High blood pressure.
- Headache.
-Tremor of limbs.
- Nausea.
- Dizziness.
- Mania.
- Intestinal upset.
- Hallucinations.
- Visual and motor skills’.deterioration.
- Early aging of internal organs.
- Inability to judge reasonably.
- Memory and cognitive impairment.
- Rambling speech and fogged thoughts.
Obesity.
Different sleeping disorders:
- Insomnia
- Sleep paralysis
- Sleepwalking
- A lethargic sleep
- Hypersomnia
- Narcolepsy Etc.
After looking through such a long list of certain problem or ailment not sleeping could cause you. I don't see why we shouldn't sleep, because just like a car engine, Electricity generator needs rest to function well. If you work a Generator too much. It spoils in no days, so the human body.However there are some other reasons why we may be deprived of sleep Sometimes we do not have a choice. A project, report and preparation for an exam couldn’t
care less about our daily routine.
When a person does not sleep at night, circadian rhythm of a man’s organism is broken with his/her own hand. Circadian rhythm is each person’s body clock which
mostly depends on the availability of natural light (day-night cycles) and establishes the time when it is necessary for a particular organism to have a rest and for how long.
Also, circadian rhythms are responsible for hormones, body temperature, etc. Each person
has his/her own Circadian rhythm due to the organism’s sustainability.
It is rather hard to resist circadian rhythm patterns: if a person dies from drowsiness, he/she has to go through a really difficult period of time. That is why it is extremely dangerous
and not recommended to drive in such a state! A man’s condition when he/she is deprived of sufficient amount of sleep equals to the one when he/she is drunk. There can be
periods of energy surge when you might think that the devil is not as dark as it is painted,
but they are temporary. A little bit later, you will inevitably feel even more fatigued, depressed, your reaction will become slower,
thoughts and speech rambling, movements uncoordinated.
However, there is a chance that your brain will work almost as effectively as if you are not experiencing sleep deprivation. 16 adults who did not sleep for 35 hours were asked to try to cope with a pretty complicated task, and they succeeded. The thing is that a human brain possesses an unbelievable ability to pull itself
up and set in motion different areas it would not use without necessity; it begins to involve its resources left for the case of emergency.
But it won’t be able to do it forever; with time, the results will become worse and worse if a man does not provide his/her organism with a
needed amount of sleep.
There are some ways that may help to distract your organism from an insurmountable desire to sleep when you really have to finish something important.
1. Do not grudge a few minutes and take a nap.
15-25 minutes will be enough for you to feel refreshed and be ready to get down to work again. During this period of time, a man enters the first and sometimes the second sleep stages:
muscles become totally relaxed, a heart rate and body temperature starts to drop, all organism’s processes (including metabolism) slow down considerably; organism begins to compensate energy losses. Pay attention that it is not recommended to have a nap longer than 40-45 minutes because then it is extremely difficult to wake up. Why? Because some people
can manage to enter a deep sleep stage during this time. After awakening from it, sleep inertia follows (a man wants to sleep even more; he/she does not feel rested; alertness and concentration are
on a too low level for a descent work).
2. Caffeinated drinks.
This method of staying awake longer
must be known to everyone. A man can consume such beverages as coffee, tea, energy drinks, drinks that contain guarana (berries from South America that contain twice as much caffeine as coffee beans). Also, caffeine containing pills are on offer at drug stores.
100-200 mg of this energizing
substance is enough to keep a man
wakeful for about 3-4 hours. As a rule, a man feels its effect in 15-30 minutes.
But you should realize that it does not eliminate fatigue from your organism; it just disguises it. As soon as its effect vanishes, you will be ruined.
3. Do physical exercises (directly when you feel exhausted because of sleep deprivation and during waking hours).
They say that when a man’s muscles
are loosened up, brain takes it as an
example and also begins to work
quicker. That’s why a person becomes more attentive and cheerful.
There was conducted an experiment.
Specialists investigated an awakening effect produced by a bar of chocolate and walking. They came to a conclusion that chocolate energizes a man for approximately an hour and walking – for at least 2 hours. They state that oxygen plays a key role here.
4. Switch a kind of activity.
From time to time, when you are feeling bored to death, try to distract yourself doing something else for some time.
Then, go back to your main task. You’ll see that it will be much easier to continue working on it.
5. Turn up the lights.
A human organism reacts to the
alternation of day and night. When it is dark in a room or outside, we have a strong desire to fall into sweet dreams.
That is why keep bright lights in the
place where you are working. It is a
proved fact that a man tends to make
lights dimmer or turn them off when he/she gets more and more tired. Mind and resist it.
6. Drink water.
Scientists found out that if a man is
well hydrated, he/she has chances to
stay cheerful longer.
7. Let your eyes rest.
If your work is connected with
computers or it requires viewing
something in the smallest details, you subject your eyes to the state of
constant tension. It can lead to fatigue and drowsiness. Choose some time for them to relax: focus your look at something else, switch activities or simply close your eyes for a few minutes.
8. Breathing technique.
When you are feeling deadly tired and
sleepy, try to breathe deeply. It will
involve more oxygen into your organism that, in its turn, will slow your heart rate down, decrease blood pressure and improve blood circulation. It is better to practice abdomen, not chest breathing.
Also, you can try to alternate short
breaths with normal ones. Do this
exercise for about 1 minute. This
method is used in yoga.
9. Let fresh cool air into a room.
An organism will be more saturated
with oxygen. Consequently, a brain will work more actively and repress the feeling of sleepiness.
10. Take cold shower or wash your face with cold water.
11. It is recommended to eat hard-boiled eggs, almonds, cashews, pecans, apples, bananas, carrots, toasts with peanut butter, brown rice, turkey, yoghurt. They will give you some energy.
Do not rely on your memory much after a sleepless night. An experiment was carried out in which 40 adults who did not sleep for 42 hours took part. After having run a few tests, it was noticed that their memory’s
capacity decreased by 38 per cent.
Sometimes, we do not have another choice but to deprive ourselves of a sufficient night sleep due to some circumstances. But it is important to realize that it is not normal, and
practicing it every single night can do much harm to your health and life achievements.
*stretchs*
Ps: Do not do this often!.
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