What Happens When You Don’t Get Enough Sleep

Scientists peer inside the sleep-deprived mind and body

Robert Roy Britt
Elemental
Published in
6 min readMay 31, 2019

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AA lack of sleep is linked to an incredibly wide range of ailments, from heart disease and Type 2 diabetes to obesity, depression, poor cognitive function, and even Alzheimer’s disease.

Less is known about why exactly poor sleep is so detrimental to physical and mental…

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Robert Roy Britt
Elemental

Editor of Aha! and Wise & Well on Medium + the Writer's Guide at writersguide.substack.com. Author of Make Sleep Your Superpower: amazon.com/dp/B0BJBYFQCB