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| dreams enable people to master their environments. In dreams, people integrate new experiences and solve conflicts from their waking lives. Another function of sleep and dreaming is that both assist in the processing and storage of memories. |
| What Happens When You Don't Get Enough Sleep? |
| According to a recent Gallup Poll, one in three Americans experiences occasional or frequent insomnia. Similar studies show that 2030 percent of people in other countries also suffer from sleep-related problems. Common sleep complaints reported include: |
| Difficulty falling asleep |
| Difficulty staying asleep |
| Difficulty going back to sleep after waking up at night |
| Feeling drowsy or tired on awakening in the morning |
| Feeling excessively tired or sleepy during the day |
| Far from being a benign, harmless condition, insomnia causes thousands of deaths every year. Its total cost in terms of illness, injuries and decreased quality of life is staggering. |
| Missing one night's sleep is not that bad for your body. The main effect of a poor night's sleep, or even two or three, is that you just get very sleepy. You also lose motivation for doing work or anything |
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