Sleep Deprivation negatively impacts your health.

           It's near impossible to go through a day of school without hearing someone say "I'm tired" or "I didn't get enough sleep last night." Unfortunately, this is becoming a trend, with less and less high schoolers managing to get a good night's sleep every night. If sleep deprivation was only a bit of drowsiness in the morning, it wouldn't be an issue, but it can cause a whole slew of negatively health problems that nobody wants to deal with. All of this information have come from the online Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine.

          If you're in high school, chances are you suffer from at least minor sleep deprivation. Only 20% of teenagers actually get a full night sleep, which is considered by health professionals to be 9 hours for teens and young adults. If you're someone who barely manages any more than 7 hours a night, you likely suffer from some of the symptoms of sleep deprivation, symptoms like daytime drowsiness, poor judgement, impaired reaction speeds, and issues concentrating and retaining information. Chronic sleep deprivation can also lead to slowed cognitive development, which is especially problematic to younger people, who's brains are still growing. All of these problems combined pose a threat to your health, and also negatively affect schoolwork.

        Sleep deprivation is especially common among teenagers because one of its main causes is stress. Constantly burdened by hours of homework a night, the necessity to study for tests, and projects across multiple difficult classes, high schoolers  are often suffering from a lot of stress, which in turn leads to sleep deprivation. Lack of sleep itself can result is elevated stress levels, creating a sort of vicious cycle which can be tough to escape from. One of the ways to get rid of sleep deprivation is obviously to try and sleep more, but that can be difficult for high schoolers who have to do homework until late at night and then wake up early in the morning to go to school. Those who suffer from sleep deprivation may also have an underlying condition that can interfere with their healthy sleep, like insomnia or sleep apnea.