A messed up sleep cycle majorly disrupts your life in more ways than one. Be it workload or mindless scrolling on the phone, nothing is worth sacrificing your sleep for. It becomes more difficult to fix it when you don’t even realise you are sleep deprived. 

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You may think you are sleeping just enough because you aren’t tired or sleepy all day, but there are some subtle signs that your body tells you that you, in fact, need more rest. It can do more damage than you think and affect a lot from your mood to your memory.

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Here are some common tell-tale signs that are often overlooked but you shouldn’t ignore and head to bed right away to catch some relaxing sleep.  

1. You Feel Moody & Easily Irritable

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The most common sign of sleep deprivation is when you feel depressed, get annoyed too easily and feel crummy especially in the morning time. You may not realise it but the people around you will tell you straight up. While you think it may be just some work stress, it’s actually deeper which is sleep.

2. You Start Gaining Weight

There is a relation between your weight and sleep. When you get ample sleep, you feel more refreshed and healthier. However, when you don't, your hormones signal hunger and thus you crave more caffeine and  junk food and automatically gain a few extra kilos. It is also recommended to sleep enough to lose weight.

3. Affects Your *** Drive

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When you aren't well rested, you become tired and stressed which means you don’t feel like getting frisky in the sack. However, it has more biological reasons too. Sleep directly impacts your testosterone levels, stress levels and even how you feel about yourself. You feel sexier when you’ve had a good night's rest.

4. You Cannot Focus Or Remember Things

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If you find yourself feeling perplexed in the office or can’t remember minor details or things that happened a few days ago, you are becoming ‘Ghajini’ but you just need some good sleep to reset and restore. Your body repairs while you sleep and when you don’t get the ZZZ’s, your body and mind feels too tired to do the extra work. 

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