Why Getting Enough Sleep Is Important
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Sleep is an essential function that allows your body and mind to recharge, leaving you refreshed and alert when you wake up. Healthy sleep also helps the body remain healthy and stave off diseases. Without enough sleep, the brain cannot function properly, impairing your abilities to concentrate, think clearly, and process memories.
Sleep serves a variety of important physical and psychological functions, including:
Learning and memory consolidation: Sleep helps with focus and concentration—and it allows the brain to register and organize memories—all of which are vital to learning.
Emotional regulation: Sleep helps people regulate their emotions
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and better manage the physical and psychological effects of stress.
Judgment and decision making: Sleep influences a person’s ability to recognize danger and threats.
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Healthy sleep supports sound judgment, good decision making, and other executive functions.
Problem solving: Research shows that “sleeping on” a complex problem improves a person’s chance of solving it.
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Energy conservation: Sleep allows people to conserve energy through an extended period of reduced activity.
Growth and healing: Sleep provides the release of growth hormone necessary for the body’s tissues to grow and repair damage.
Immunity: Sleep supports immune function, allowing the body to fight off diseases and infections.
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