Today, prolonged wakefulness is a widespread phenomenon and most people who don’t get enough sleep don’t recognise the toll that it takes on their cognitive and mental health.

Lack of sleep can alter your mood significantly. It causes irritability and anger and may lessen your ability to cope with stress. 

 fatigued person is accident prone, judgement impaired and more likely to make mistakes and bad decisions. Staying awake for 24 hours leads to a reduced hand-to-eye coordination that is similar to having a blood alcohol content of 0.1. 

Constant sleep deprivation can result:

• Reduced alertness
• Shortened attention span
• Slower than normal reaction time
• Poorer judgement
• Reduced awareness of the environment and situation
• Reduced decision-making skills
• Poorer memory
• Reduced concentration
• Increased likelihood of mentally ‘stalling’ or fixating on one thought
• Increased likelihood of moodiness and bad temper
• Reduced work efficiency
• Loss of motivation
• Errors of omission – making a mistake by forgetting to do something
• Errors of commission – making a mistake by doing something, but choosing the wrong option
• Microsleep – brief periods of involuntary sleeping that range from a few seconds to a few minutes in duration.

Sleep is as important to the human body as food and water, it is time to prioritise sleep and sleeping environment the same way we do hydration and nutriotion.

Clean and supporting sleeping environment for better sleep

Pillow is one of the few things that you use each and every night. Still, many of us to not pay attention to it. Even when they wake up with each ears, red eyes, cough or running nose - all allergy symptoms.

Keeping your pillow allergen-free can be a challenge. But only if you do not use SleepAngel pillows.

If you upgrade to SleepAngel, you can be sure to have 100% allergen free pillow with minimum care:

• SleepAngel® pillow with PneumaPure® Filter Technology is a clinically proven barrier to allergens, microbes, and mould.
• Hermetically sealed cushioning device is a barrier to microbial contamination, yet well ventilated, breathable and comfortable.

What does it mean? Pillow does not allow any allergens to enter and you only have to wipe it clean and change the bedlinen regularly for clean and comfortable sleeping. Find your own: SleepAngel pillows with a carry bag

Read here how much sleep you should get: How much sleep do you need?

Sources

• Sleep deprivation: Impact on cognitive performance, by Paula Alhola and Päivi Polo-Kantola.
• What Lack of Sleep Does to Your Mind, by Camille Peri
• Sleep deprivation at BetterHealth Channel