Do you ever wonder how important sleep is for our mental health? Postgraduate Community Assistant, Daniel Magennis, reviews his favourite book, ‘Why We Sleep’ by Matthew Walker.
Sleep is one of the first things we sacrifice when assignments pile up or deadlines approach. Being reasonable people, however, we bargain with ourselves; once this (and that) is done, we will finally rest and catch up on missed sleep. Unfortunately, our time asleep is not a resource that can be managed in this way. As students we should be especially concerned with the damage caused by a lack of sleep. The damage is both mental and physical, short and long term.
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