The Emotional, Physical and Mental Effects of Sleep...

Is sleep important? The answer is yes, more important than imaginable. However, not everyone needs the same amount. The amount of sleep needed depends on the age of the person. Infants typically need approximately 16 hours a day while teenagers need approximately nine hours on average. Most adults need about seven to eight hours (â€Å"Brain Basics: Understanding Sleep†). How much sleep someone gets is very important. Not getting enough sleep can result in many dysfunctions throughout the day. Loss of sleep causes mental, emotional, and physical affects but there are ways to prevent these affects. Even though the number of hours differs for different people, the mental and emotional affects damage all. Lack of sleep effects the brain’s†¦show more content†¦Not enough sleep causes physical issues. Remaining healthy is hard when sleep is not a priority. Sleep is a determining factor to weight gain. Sleep is just as important as exercise and eating healthy. Peopl e are more prone to gain weight with little sleep. The hormone, leptin, alerts the brain when it is full and the leptin levels will be lower when there is sleep deprivation (â€Å"Sleep Disease Risk†). In other words, overeating is more likely to happen and the outcome will be weight gain. Obesity is not the only health risk associated with lack of sleep. The immune system also gets attacked. The immune system will not be as strong when the rest of the body does not have enough rest (â€Å"Brain Basics: Understanding Sleep†). Other health risks result from a low immune system. â€Å"People who have irregular sleep patterns or schedules that do not allow for adequate rest on a regular basis have a higher mortality rate than those who get enough sleep on a regular basis† (â€Å"10 Dangerous Side Effects†). This means that not getting enough sleep causes grave effects on the body. More health risks are diabetes, stroke, heart disease, heart failure, heart attack, irregular heartbeat, and high blood pressure (â€Å"10 Dangerous Side Effects). The physical effects are just as important as the mental and emotional affects, but there are ways to prevent these terrible consequences. Since sleep is key to one’s health,Show MoreRelatedRunning Head:Sleep Deprivation1329 Words   |  6 PagesRunning head: SLEEP DEPRIVATION ​ 1 Sleep Deprivation Adolescent Development St. Joeseph’s College Professor McCambley 05/08/2017 Stephanie Lino  Sleep Deprivation ​Sleep deprivation can effect development in a multitude of ways; it could be mental, emotional, or even physical. In some ways sleep deprivation is a very dangerous issue that can cause adolescents to have decreasedRead MoreHart on the World of Anxiety775 Words   |  3 PagesHart (2001) starts his theory of connecting to the world of anxiety in the field of counseling by stating that anxiety is the number one emotional problem of our day — that anxiety should always be considered and its role and significance on the body (p. v). He postulated this back in 1999 and now fifteen years later this is truer today than back then. Our society is faster paced and demanding than in years past too. Hart (2001) reminds us that researchers have discovered that stress is the majorRead MoreChild Development 0-19 Yrs6074 Words   |  25 PagesTime line of physical and language development of children from 0-19yrs age: The table presents an overview of child development from birth to nineteen years of age. The time frames are averages and children may achieve the developmental milestones earlier or later but still be what is considered ‘normal’. Age ranges: (LO 1.1) |Age range |Physical Development |Language | |0-1 year |Vision