Importance of Sleep

This topic fascinates me because I don’t understand why the body needs sleep or how it helps us operate as human beings. This also majorly affects me as a student because I’m always being told how important sleep is for me, but no one ever describes why it’s so important. That is why I searched the web for answers and I came across the website sleepfoundation.org which states that “sleep is an active period in which a lot of important processing, restoration, and strengthening occurs.” The website further describes how sleep is important for the body to ‘reset’ itself and restore all the functions of the body, and is extremely important for students who are learning. What is extremely fascinating to me is that even for scientists, exactly why the body becomes sleepy and requires sleep is still a mystery. However, scientists do know that getting enough sleep is one of the most important things you can do for both your physical and mental health.