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Are you suffering from sleep deprivation? Sleep expert reveals signs - Daily Mail

Are you suffering from sleep deprivation? Sleep expert reveals signs - Daily Mail

Are you suffering from sleep deprivation? Sleep expert reveals signs - Daily Mail
Aug 15, 2022 2 mins, 22 secs

A sleep expert has revealed five signs you may be suffering from sleep deprivation - including craving takeaways and weight gain.

Sleep deprivation happens when you don’t get enough sleep consistently over time, for example, because you go to bed too late.

New York-based Jasmine Lee from EachNight Mattresses has revealed the five signs you might experience if you are suffering from sleep deprivation (stock image) .

Short term effects of not getting enough sleep include feeling moody and struggling to concentrate throughout the day. .

During Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep, the brain is active, processing information and storing memories from the previous day.

Less sleep disrupts this process because the body spends less time in this REM cycle. .

Long-term effects of sleep deprivation have been linked to health problems such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and heart disease, therefore, sleep is critical to a healthier lifestyle.

Less sleep triggers changes in hormone levels that regulate your hunger.

Little sleep produces less leptin and more ghrelin, meaning you’ll feel hungrier, but your body will be slower to react when you’re full, and you are likely to end up eating more than you need to.

Studies show that sleep loss is tied to making risky decisions.

You become more impulsive and are less likely to consider loss, only focusing on the reward.

Studies have shown that sleep loss can be tied to making riskier decisions, finding that people can become more impulsive when sleep deprived.

Scientists have used gambling tasks to assess how 24 hours of sleep deprivation may affect decision making, when making poor decisions could result in a losing outcome

Researchers have discovered that during these tasks, sleep deprived people are more likely to pick higher risk decks and show less concern for potential negative consequences when compared to well-rested individuals, who learn to avoid high risk decks as the game progresses

A 2007 study published in the journal SLEEP used fMRI imaging technology to observe what is happening in the brain when sleep deprived people make these high risk decisions under experimental conditions

The scientists found that an area of the brain involved with the anticipation of reward, called the nucleus accumbens, 'became more active when high risk-high payoff choices were made under conditions of sleep deprivation'

This built on previous findings that when sleep deprived, people are more likely to overestimate the potential rewards of risky behaviour, while underestimating the potential negative consequences.      

A set sleep and wake time makes it easier to fall asleep at night and wake in the morning.  

It may be tempting to sleep in for a few hours, but this can throw off your body

Plus, if you’re getting the right amount of sleep, you likely do not need that extra time. 

A set sleep and wake time makes it easier to fall asleep at night and wake in the morning

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