The average person needs a minimum of seven hours of sleep a night. It is said that there are many conseqences of not getting enough sleep that most of us are not aware about. These consequences can led to not living a healthy life.
Most teens don’t recognize how not getting enough sleep can cause a major effect in their life. The consequences of not getting enough sleep are eating more which will led to more calories in your body, living a shorter life, weight gain, brain shrinking, higher blood pressure, increasing the risk of getting sick, worsen your memory, skiping your workouts, being cranky and not being on your game. These are all serious probelms that people should know about. Teens are effected by this everday which has impacts on their school work. Usually, it is seen in schools that most students complain about their tiredness. Could it also be a problem with a lot of school work?
“ I don’t get enough sleep because I can’t fall asleep at night, I am always tired so I fall asleep in class, the fact that I am involved in a sport and have practice everyday it effects my sleeping rutine as well as paying attention in school. The most sleep I get is 4 to 5 hours.” said by New Dorp student Monica River. “ I feel that I do get enough sleep, but if I do not get enough sleep I will end up sleeping during class time and that makes me wish school started later. The amount of homework and projects given to me does effect my sleeping rutine at times, I usually get 8 hours of sleep a night and to help me get enough sleep I would stop watching televsion.” said by another New Dorp student Kathleen Braunstein.
Clearly, many people do not realize the importance of having enough sleep. Sleep effects may aspects of your everyday life. If people start getting the right amount of sleep they need a night it will change their life style for the better.
*Mary Pantaleon contributed to this articleTweet