No Sleep = Bad Mood

Not getting enough sleep is a drag. Ever wondered what others think of your behavior after pulling an all nighter to finish that project, study for that big test, etc. I'm sure most of noticed that we're usually a little cranky and the whole world seems to be against us.

I did some research on the person who holds the record for staying awake the longest period of time, 264.4 hours (11 days 24 minutes). This risky man, Randy Gardner, did it to prove that lacking sleep isn't bad for you, but he ended up disproving his purpose. Gardner found ten things during his experiment that affected him emotionally.

These ten things found included:

1. Sleepy Brains Work Harder
2. Short-Term Memory is Shot
3. Long-Term Memory is Shot
4. Attention is Shot
5. Planning is Shot
6. Habits Take Over
7. Risky Business
8. Dying Brain Cells
9. Mania
10. Car Crash

Some of these things seem logical now and can be noticeably seen while doing our everyday routine.

On Gardner's 11th day without sleep, he was asked to continuously subtract 7 from 100. However, he stopped on number 65 saying he had no clue what he is doing. Researchers also experimented on mice to find out that 25% of their brain cells were dead from prolonged sleep. Also after spending 36 hours of no sleep, your ability to plan and coordinate go haywire; knowing when and how to start or stop tasks has been tested to prove this is effected from lack of sleep.

"Lack of Sleep: The 10 Most Profound Psychological Effects - PsyBlog."PsyBlog RSS. N.p., 23 Mar. 2014. Web. 03 May 2016. http://www.spring.org.uk/2014/03/sleep-deprivation-the-10-most-profound-psychological-effects.php.