Sleep Deprivation

This might be one of the biggest threats to public health and it’s barely talked about. Modern lifestyle keeps us overstimulated, we are seeing screens and pixels all the time, and that keeps our minds alert and exhausted for long periods of time.

This overstimulation deeply affects our circadian rhythm, which is the biological process that regulates our sleeps patterns and let us to fall asleep. This can lead to insomnia or excessive daytime sleepiness, which deeply affects our productivity.

But beyond the poor performance in our daily tasks, sleep deprivation causes serious conditions like dementia, cardiac problems, diabetes or even death.

Insider Tech summarized all the short and long term consequences of not having enough sleep and how many hours human body is designed to stay awake.