15- Megan U: Does lack of sleep affect our emotions?

 

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As a student myself, i tend to lose sleep due to school and other extracurricular activities. I’m fully aware that it isn’t healthy at all and that i should always get a good night sleep but hey, whatever it takes for that grade right? Anyone reading this could most likely agree to this and those who don’t, just how? 

The answer to the title is completely obvious, of course it does affect our emotions and our ability to make decisions as well as reactions. In a room full of students, you could always tell who’s well rested and who’s not. There are those that use their time to sleep in class and those that are fully focused. Personally I think it’s important for us, especially students to always try to get at least 8+ hours of sleep. We don’t really know at all how to handle our emotions, so getting a good amount of sleep would help us lessen the possibilities of potentially lashing out on someone. Emotions could always take over us, if you think about it, really its unpredictable. We can’t always run on caffeine and energy drinks( though it does kind of work sometimes) taking care of our body especially during sleep is the only healthy way to fully refresh our mind and keep us awake. 

You could also try to take it from me; I myself don’t even sleep for a good amount of time to keep me awake. If i’m lucky, the best i can do is sleep for 7 hours max. In all honesty high school really changed my sleep schedule. Constant homework being handed to me and on top of that having to juggle sports. Sometimes when I want a little time to myself i let off by staying up and playing games all night. I do wish i had the ability to balance everything and be able to get a good nights sleep after, it would solve at least half of my problems. It’s understandable for teachers to get mad at us for sleeping in class but most of the times we have a reason to. So please try to cut some slack for us students, we do  try