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Problems arising from lack of sleep

By lack of sleep, I mean < 8 hours.

Body

  • Heart disease
  • Cancer
  • Diabetes
  • weight gain
  • immune system
  • infection
  • recovery
  • shortened life span
  • everything else imaginable, basically

Mind

Going short of sleep is like forgetting to save a document you've worked on all day.
—Caroline Webb (How to have a good day)

  • Poor memory
  • Poor creativity
  • Lowered alertness
  • Alzheimer's
  • Many other neurological conditions
  • Everything else imaginable, basically

Source

As seen in the book "Why We Sleep" by Matthew Walker. (I can't recommend this book highly enough)