Convince me that sleeping late at night is bad with all your cards đ I'll resist with everything I have (I really believe I should sleep earlier but I don't have a really good reason to, like something that puts me fear)
-đŚ (shrimp is out of questions atm, I need to go back to school to have some ideas to disturb your peace)
You want fear? Alright.
Chronic sleep deprivationâespecially from staying up late while forcing your circadian rhythm out of syncâdisrupts the glymphatic system, the brainâs literal cleaning network.
That system? It clears out metabolic waste like Beta-amyloid plaques aka the stuff linked to Alzheimerâs.
So every time you skip sleep or delay it past when your internal clock expects rest, youâre lowering your brainâs ability to scrub out neurological trash. Over time, that gunk builds up and slows cognition, memory, and executive function.
You know that foggy, irritable, âwhat was I doing again?â feeling after a late night? Thatâs your prefrontal cortex lagging behind because its fuel reserves are torched and its synaptic pruning is off schedule.
Your immune system gets sluggish. Your hormones misfire. Youâre more likely to develop insulin resistance. Your risk of heart disease spikes.
And worst of all?
Your brain adapts.
You stop noticing how impaired you are. You think youâre functioning normally, but the lights are flickering upstairs and nobodyâs doing maintenance.
The body can handle the occasional late night. But make it a habit? Youâre not rebelling. Youâre slowly corrupting your own code.
You asked for fear. There it is.