Not sleeping enough and not sleeping well isn 't OK, as a matter of reality, there 's quite a value to pay. It’s going to surprise you to find out that chronic sleep deprivation, for whatever reason, significantly affects your health, performance, the safety of your well-being and others, and your wallet
There are several causes of sleep deprivation. The stresses of everyday life might intrude upon our ability to sleep well, or maybe we have a tendency to trade sleep for a lot of work or play. We have a tendency to may …show more content…
Now when you’re not dreaming your NREM (non-rem), which is where you’re in any of the three stages of sleep. Electroencephalographs are machines that can determine the stage of sleep that you’re in by measuring your brain waves. The waves consist of Delta, Theta, Alpha, and Beta waves. Usually when you’re awake you are experiencing beta waves, which indicate that you’re awake and alert. After Beta waves you start to get more tired and relaxed of where you are and then your brain waves change to Alpha waves indicating that you are awake but are relaxed. In NREM sleep the first stage of sleep that you encounter is N1= theta waves (R&K Stage 1), which is light sleep and you experience hallucinations or vivid visual events and your body may experience hypnic jerk which is where your knees, legs or even your whole body jerks. Stage two is N2= Spindles (R&K stage 2), which is sleep spindles meaning brief bursts of activity only lasting a second or two. Sleep stage N3= Delta and Theta waves (R&K Stage 3 and 4) is where you are at your deepest stage of sleep but 50 percent or more of the waves are Delta waves. Your body is at its lowest level of functioning and at this time is when growth