I’ve always been one to sleep in rather than go to school. I just feel like I’m exhausted 24/7. It may be the PCOS or the fact I stay up until midnight with my friends. But why?! Why is it that we are recommended to have at least 8 hours of sleep and when I have 9 I’m exhausted still? When I have more or less, I still am, regardless. THE POINT IS… I never feel not exhausted. When I grew up my favorite time of the year was always the fall and I feel like it is for everybody else as well. I used to think it was because of the holiday season but now I understand as a student taking 17 credits with two jobs. Daylight savings ends November 2nd. How perfect is it that just when it’s getting cold outside and you don’t want to get up in the morning and the days feel super-short you gain an extra hour of sleep. That extra hour saves my life. It’s so hard to go to classes and labs all day and work between classes, then work after classes and then do assignments until 1 am. The worst thing is repeating it the next day. I feel like I can’t do it half of the time, but I have to push myself. This extra hour of sleep makes me feel so less stress than before its weird. It, in a way, rests my stress and gives me a break. When the days seem longer and the sun goes down later it feels like I have more time to do things and to actually have a life.
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Here are some facts about sleeping that every college student should keep in mind, provided by the University of Georgia Health Center https://www.uhs.uga.edu/sleep :
-If you are frequently tired or irritable during the day and find yourself sleeping more than an extra 2 hours per night on weekends, then you are probably not getting enough sleep during the week.
-Sleep loss can cause:
Lower immune system
Increased depression and anxiety
Lower GPA and academic performance
-1 in 4 UGA students indicates that lack of sleep has impacted their academic performance in a negative way. They have made lower grades, missed a paper or project deadline, or had to withdraw from a class
FOR COMMUNTERS -18- 24-year-old drivers have a significantly higher rate of risk of late-night crashes and fatigue and drowsiness are often to blame.