Sleep Deprivation caused by sleep disorders is a real issue and can have both short and long term psychological effects.
It is of no suprise that for this reason it is used through history as a torture method in wars and conflicts.
Sleep for the human body is as important even possibly more so than water or food.
Without a regular top of of good sleep to allow the body to rebuild the human body simply begins to shut down and eventually stop working.
While alot of people that have sleep disorders feel that they achieve a minimal amount of sleep each night because their focus is on the time spent awake. Studies have found they do manage to get more sleep than first thought.
