Bad decisions when tired
Many news stories have been regarding people making terrible mistakes and a lot of these mistakes have been due to sleep deprivation. Fortunately, some people are extremely lucky, however, others live with their mistake for the rest of their lives.
Doctors make mistakes because they are tired (working parents, with families, homes, chores).
New mothers and fathers make mistakes because they are tired (like never before!).
Kids make mistakes because they are tired.
One of the major consequences of inefficient sleep is a physiologic form of stress. One way to fix this is to show love, and appreciation to people and help them relax and break the cycle.
Last year a sleep-deprived mother in Australia, went to pick up her school-aged son, from a Melbourne kindergarten, and accidentally left her six-month old baby at home asleep in his cot.
The distraught woman phoned triple-0 when she realised her mistake and she said she would do this again.
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