Sleeping your way skinnier? Jolting yourself awake? It's not yet clear why some people are more prone to sexsomnia—it might be more likely to happen when you go to bed feeling frisky but fall asleep before making love, or when you are dreaming about sex and your body starts to act it out while your mind is still asleep. This feeling can trigger your limbs to jolt yourself awake. It's just as critical, because sleep deprivation has been linked to heart disease, depression, and diabetes.
10 Scary Facts About What Sleep Deprivation Does to You - Eventbrite
Doing ridiculous things while tired is essentially a rite of passage for parents. Ladies and gentlemen, the responses did not disappoint! I nearly peed my pants reading some of their answers. This is actually not that surprising. Here are some lessons we can all learn from the suffering of our fellow parents and their rather exceptional achievements in the Exhausted Parents Hall of Fame. Katie actually did a little better than poor Niki, a mom of three.
Funniest Sleep Deprivation Stories From HuffPost Readers
If you haven't noticed, our writers and contributors have come up with just about every possible story related to sleep, and for good reason. Over 90 million Americans suffer some sort of sleep deprivation or insomnia symptom every single night. That is a sobering statistic, with huge implications in how our reaction time, clarity and focus is affected in everything we do -- from work productivity to driving.
On top of this, you might be suffering from jetlag, if your event is being hosted in a different timezone, which can completely mess with your internal clock. But what effect does missing out on our usual seven or eight-hour shuteye have? We take a look at the impact of sleep deprivation on the body and brain and how that manifests in our behaviour. Related: 6 Surprising facts about what coffee does to you.