Article 4 Sleep Deprivation

Sleep Deprivation

            Sleep deprivation is an overall lack of the necessary amount of sleep. A person can be deprived of sleep by their own body and mind, insomnia, or actively deprived by another individual. Lately, studies have been showing that sleep deprivation has been becoming a bigger issue with teenagers but why? Maybe because teenagers go to school, work, and then try to find some time to do homework and make sure they pass school. I personally have noticed that I don’t get enough sleep lately and its mostly because of all the school work I've been getting on top of trying to find time to do other activities like finding a job, and getting my license.

 Every night for the past 5 months I have been getting so much more homework which causes me to miss out on my sleeping time. Studies show that teenagers should be getting up to 8 hours of sleep each night. I know for a fact that only a few teenagers get this much sleep a night and it shows in school. Students tend to be sleeping more in class and doze out more frequently. Due to the lack of sleep grades tend to slip and this puts more stress on a teenager. Sleep deprivation affects about 47 million adults in the United States. Overall, sleep deprivation is something that almost every person lives with and it’s a horrible thing. I for example, have a harder time getting up every morning now and going to bed earlier than 11:00 pm because of all the work that needs to be done during the day.