Walking Zombies
Sign #2: You hallucinate
Do you swear you just saw a goat dressed in Victorian-era garb sitting at your kitchen table? Before you compliment him on his waistcoat, maybe you should go get some sleep first. The most likely explanation for your “post-college” hallucinations is severe sleep deprivation. Your mind and your peripheral vision will play tricks on you when you aren’t getting ample snooze time. So to avoid seeing things that aren’t really there, get more sleep. Unless you just saw Chris Hemsworth in your bathtub. Then, well, who needs sleep?
Sign #3: You just cried during RHOBH
And just yesterday, you broke down at the counter at Yogurtland in front of 14 middle-schoolers when you were told they were out of dulce de leche. If you are weepier than normal and feeling emotionally fragile, you are probably not getting enough sleep. Sleep gives your mind, body and emotions time to recharge. "Sleep appears to restore our emotional brain circuits, and in doing so prepares us for the next day's challenges and social interactions," Matthew Walker, director of the University of California – Berkeley's Sleep and Neuroimaging Laboratory, said in a news release.
Sign #4: You just fell asleep on the toilet
One minute, you are running to the bathroom to quickly take care of business; the next, you find yourself hunched over, snoring with your head against that fluffy pillow, I mean, toilet paper roll. If you can fall asleep anywhere, it’s pretty clear you need more sleep. A lot more sleep.
Sign #5: You’re a bi***
When you aren’t getting enough sleep, you don’t have the normal capacity to deal with challenges or even minor annoyances that are part of your daily life. You aren’t able to tolerate dumb questions. Or any questions. And your fuse is short. Your road rage is completely out of control. And you snap at everyone, even that nice old lady at the checkout who talks waaaay too much about her gout. What is totally manageable when you are rested seems overwhelming when you lack sleep. So before you lose your friends and permanently scar your kids and husband, maybe go lie down and sleep, honey.
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When you aren’t getting enough sleep, you don’t have the normal capacity to deal with challenges or even minor annoyances that are part of your daily life. You aren’t able to tolerate dumb questions. Or any questions. And your fuse is short. Your road rage is completely out of control. And you snap at everyone, even that nice old lady at the checkout who talks waaaay too much about her gout. What is totally manageable when you are rested seems overwhelming when you lack sleep. So before you lose your friends and permanently scar your kids and husband, maybe go lie down and sleep, honey.
Sign #6: You’re fighting with your spouse more|Sign #6: You’re fighting with your spouse more
When you are sleep-deprived, you tend to fight with your spouse more. You are moody, more easily irritated and less able to handle conflict. And he’s chewing SO loudly and keeps quoting lines from “The Office.” Plus, when you are not sleeping as much as you should, you’re likely staying up late at night or snoozing at weird times during the day. This gives you less bonding time with your spouse. Yes, you are supposed to want bonding time with your spouse.
Sign #7: You have really bad judgment
You are impulsive and prone to making bad decisions when you haven’t been getting enough sleep. Your brain is strained and so is your judgment. You just spent the money you’d started putting away for that sweet minivan on three pairs of ankle boots, two dresses, four jumpsuits, a Jack LaLanne juicer and a stupidly expensive bag during a 3 a.m. online shopping binge. Yep, it’s clear your sleep deprivation is leading you to have poor judgment. You so didn’t need that juicer.
