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After working for long hours, your body demands rest. And, if you continuously ignore its request to slow down and sleep for some hours, it begins behaving weirdly. <br>
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After working for long hours, your body demands rest. And, if you continuously ignore its request to slow down and sleep for some hours, it begins behaving weirdly. The short-term effects of sleeplessness include feeling tired, moody, impatient, and depressed. However, if it continues for a long time, the consequences can be much worse. In order to know in detail about the after-effects of sleeplessness for a stretched period of time, read further! Here you go! Psychiatric disorders: Not resting well through the night can impact the performance of your brain. Some long-term patients of sleeplessness have reported feeling disturbed. They experienced the symptoms of paranoia, hallucinations, and disorientation. Besides, these signs are also be linked to schizophrenia, which is another major disorder.
2. Decreased fertility If you fail to get seven to eight hours of rest night after night, it can affect your sex drive. Not only does it lower your libido, but it can also have a devastating impact on anyone trying to conceive, irrespective of gender. It is so because the part of the brain that maintains the circadian rhythm also oversees the release of reproductive hormones. Thus, not getting enough sleep lowers the testosterone levels and hormones responsible for triggering ovulation. 3. Memory Loss: Because of some reason, if you have ever missed one night of sleep, you might already know how sleeplessness can make you disoriented. It can prevent you from remembering little things and make you forgetful. Scientists believe that it is so because sleep gives your brain some time to organize information, especially to commit things to long-term memory. Thus, not catching adequate hours of rest causes memory loss.
4. Immune deficiency: Sleeping adequately boosts your immune system and enhances its performance. So, lack of rest is not good as it can have a similar effect on your body as high-stress levels. If that happens, you may find yourself falling sick quite quickly as your body won't be in a situation to fight against viruses or bacteria adequately. 5. Faulty brain functioning: Resting peacefully through the night recharges and rejuvenates your brain. So, if you have missed a few days of sleep, then your mental faculties can degrade, and you may experience mental fog, fatigue, lack of focus, and a short temper. As a result, you may find it hard to concentrate and make decisions. Moreover, sleep deprivation also causes problems with your reflex, balance, and motor skills, making things difficult.
6. Heart attack: Another side effect of not resting well is linked to an elevated instance of hypertension. It happens because sleep helps in regulating your hormones that lead to stress. So, lack of proper rest amplifies the effects of stress and causes anxiety. The condition triggers high BP, increased heart rate, and inflammation. All this affects your heart health negatively. Sleep is essential for the excellent health of your mind and body. Not getting enough rest for days on a continual basis can degrade your well-being and create problems.
