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Sleep is one form in which our body can regain strength. However, there are times in which we can't get enough sleep due to certain reasons. Sleep loss has more effects than our body rather than just making us sleepy. Here are the 8 effects of sleep loss that our body may encounter.

Sleep Loss decreases your Thinking Ability

Sleep is needed in order for us to think and learn properly. Our brain functions including memory, decision-making, reasoning, and problem-solving will be worsened, along with reaction time and alertness. This makes it hard for us to function normally.

Sleep Loss can lead to Serious Health Problems

Sleep loss lowers our immune system. If we have low immunity system, virus that causes problems in the body can easily enter. Sleep loss also makes our body weak and prone to different health problems like heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, diabetes and much more.

Sleep Loss can make you Gain Weight

Sleep affects the levels of two hormones, leptin and ghrelin, which control feelings of hunger and fullness. Sleep loss appears to be related in stimulating one's appetite.  If we are deprived of sleep, we might have the feeling of wanting to eat more.

Sleep Loss makes you Unhappy and Irritable
Sleep loss can make people depressed and uneasy. Not being able to have the rest we wanted makes us feeling exhausted and our body will normally ask for that rest. We would be occupied of wanting to have rest and the more we do things while being sleepy, the more we tend to be irritated.

Sleep Loss lowers Pain Threshold

Recent studies shows that if a person is kept awake, it's pain threshold will be lowered. The amount of pain a person can endure lowers as he keeps losing sleep. This may be related to a person lacking sleep having a weaker body than that of a well rested person.

Sleep Loss causes Depleted Sex Drive and Function

Sleep increases testosterone levels and it decreases while being awake. Sleeping for five of fewer hours can reduce sex hormone levels by 10 to 15 percent. Sleep deprivation or being disturbed in your sleep can cause a lower libido and interest in sex.

Sleep Loss makes you Look Much Older

Lack of sleep causes a person to have sallow skin, fine lines, eye bags, wrinkles and uneven skin color. When we get enough sleep, our body releases more stress hormones and this can break down skin collagen which keeps the skin smooth and elastic. It also causes our body to release little amount of growth hormones. These hormones help our body increase muscle mass, thicken skin and strengthen bones as we age.

Sleep Loss may Increase Risk of Death

Everyone have their own reasons as to why they get angry. Maybe when someone or something annoys us, when things don't go our way or when we're just all stressed out. It may be just an emotion now but depending on how we react, it could be worse. Here are the 6 tips on how to deal with anger.

Identify the things that angered you

One can easily say he/she is angry because of that. This may seem easy but if you let your anger stay longer, things get different. If you're angry and someone asked you a simple question, you might probably yell at that person, right? A person can be more easily irritated if he/she is already angry. Be sure to specify what really triggered you at the first place and not those things that just added up to your anger.

Do not act impulsively

If you're angry, the first thing you want to do is release that anger. One of the most common ways is to direct it to someone else which is really a bad thing. You should always take a pause if you are about to do something especially when you're angry.

Focus on a solution

This is easier said than done because if you are angry, it will be hard to think accordingly. If you focus on getting even or just by venting out your anger to others, will the outcome be favorable to you? The answer is clearly no. Rather than doing than, gather yourself and focus on the right solution. What should I do to fix the thing that angered me?

Face it

If you don't try to deal with it then it will all just stack up until you erupt. You may not acted harshly now but if all these little things all adds up, you will eventually reach your limits. If that happens, then you might act harshly and impulsively. We are trying to avoid that so if you're angry at someone or something, try to deal with it with a solution that you came up with.

Stay open to other perspectives

While you're consumed by your anger, you will have the tendency to not listen to others. Though this is a hard thing to do, you must still try to listen to them. They are the ones who aren't angry so the chances are they are the one's who can think straight. It would be much better to have a calm person do the thinking rather than the hot-headed one.

Remember what you have learned

After you have calmed down and your anger subsides, you will be able to comprehend the things that just happened. Don't forget to not repeat what you have done wrong while you are angry and what are the ways you have done in order to avoid it. If you don't control you anger, your anger will control you. After everything has happened, will you be alright with the things you have done while you're angry or will you regret those things? Always keep yourself in check and more especially when your angry.

People will lie for various reasons. It may be by different situations or intentions, a person always has a tendency to lie. Here are 6 reasons why people lie.

They want to believe in it

One of the reason why people will lie is because they reject the truth and wanted another reality that is more fitting for them. People always had thought what they believe is right. So when the things that they believe in seems to be wrong, they have the urge to prove it is right. The easiest solution to make a point about something that is not true, of course, lying.

They are used to doing it

People will always have the tendency to lie. Whether they think about it thoroughly or just by impulse. Lying is just like any other skills, if you do it repetitively, you get used to it. When a person get used to lying, that person will be able to do it impulsively. When a situation that doesn't favor him and is coming, that person is most likely to lie.

To protect other people

Although the intentions are good but still, lying is lying. People lie not just for themselves but also for other people. May it be to protect someone from an unfavorable situation that may come to them or to not hurt other people from the truth that they should be hearing from you.

To avoid consequence

If a person can lie for other people then that person can surely lie for himself. The most common reason of lying is to evade a consequence. Most people will not take blame or be accountable to a wrong doing whether he caused it or not. A person will try to avoid the consequence by avoiding the truth.

To retain control

People wanted things to happen their way. If these things go out of way, you lose control. In order to avoid that from happening, people often alter the truth so they won't have to deal with certain problems that may occur.

Lie that leads to another lie

Most of the biggest lies are came from a simple lie you decided to make. In order to preserve the lie you have made, you will create another lie, then another one and so on. Your lies will soon pile up and you will be forced to continue lying just to keep the simple lie you created from the start.
There you have it - 6 Reasons why people lie. No matter how you want to change it, reality is reality. You don't need to daydream or fantasize about something not real and try to convince it to yourself. You don't want to be the one known for lying. If you really wanted to change the things as it is, then stop lying to other and to yourself. Take action.

People of my beloved country, I am about to rant. I am not going to criticize the government, nor will I fight the doings of the opposition. I am not going to question the ongoing war on drugs nor will I support the battle against it. This has happened in every change in our government leadership, not just now. There will be fighting on different sides which seems endless. We were watching these things as it happens that we came to a point where we ask ourselves, "Is change really coming?".

People of the my beloved country, please hear me out. This rant that I am to tell is the rant many of us try to evade. This is the rant directed to my fellow countrymen, to my fellow Filipino. To each and those who rants and just continued to rant. To those who rant to prove they believe in what is right. To those who rant to trigger others. To those who rant to ignite others with fighting. Lastly, to those who rant but never gave a solution.

People of my beloved country, please spare me some time. The change we wanted may not be the change everyone else wanted. We neglect or threw things to the ones we dislike while we support and appreciate the ones we like, we are human beings. We all know we wanted change but why are we still acting the same as before? Why do we only see the bad things? Why is it that when someone opposes us, they are the ones who is wrong? We may see that they have a point but none of those points were taken. Aren't we supposed to learn from mistakes? Why are we so willing to take the same wounds again?

People of my beloved country, may this offend you in the process. May you be willing to see this rant of mine for you to be triggered deeply. For many years now we are changing the leadership within the government with great hope for change. We have seen changes among many things over and over again. The rules, the process and the system has been constantly changing. These were evident, except for us, the Filipino people. Don't you think this time, we are the ones who has to change? Would our country be much better if we tried to stop talking and actually listen? Would it be possible for us to stop ranting and actually think and give proper solutions? To stop saying who's right or wrong but cooperate with one another? This will be really hard, but is it really that impossible?

People of my beloved country, I do not wish you harm. I hope and pray that our leaders may be given wisdom as they may guide us to a better country. We should not stop striving for something better. We, the Filipino people were already left by the changes we made ourselves. We should be the ones who are more aware of this. We see this everyday and still ask why isn't anything changing.

People of my beloved country, I too, want change.