Is it okay to not sleep?

Sleep is necessary for our bodies and minds to function properly. Not only after a few sleepless nights you can experience some disturbing and alarming side-effects, even hallucinations; but lack of sleep can also affect your mood. You shouldn't try to experiment with not sleeping if you feel like you need more time or just want to put your body to a test. However, if you have problems with insomnia, there are ways to treat it. Not only medication can help you get some sleep, there are some other techniques that you can research and try. For me practising meditation and mindfulness solved the problem, because my sleep was affected by racing thoughts. When I learned to control them I realised I am able to fall asleep a lot more easier.

No it is not okay to stay awake. Sleep is very much important. Sleep is like the recharge in one's person's life.

No, because the body needs time to heal, rest, and decompress. It also helps you store memories of the day, and keeps you more alert the next day!

Absolutely no. As a living human, our body needs to rest. If we force our body to work non-stop, it will affect our mind -the way we're thinking- and soon enough affect our heart the way we're feeling. And I'm sure, those thoughts and feelings wont't be positive ones. We need our beauty sleep in order to maintain our beautiful mind and heart (:

I'd like to say do what you feel comfortable with, but in reality, the body does need it's sleep, I stay up late (4am) on the weekends, and I'm okay with that! However, if I didn't sleep at all, that's when it may become a problem for me. Have you had a look at the sleeping well guide, here? https://www.7cups.com/sleeping-well/

It is never okay not to sleep. It's a dangerous thing. Sleep helps your brain re-energize itself. Just remember to sleep at least 8 hours a night or somewhere around there.

I thought that it was ok not to sleep at all a long time ago, but I stopped sleeping for about 1 or 2 days and it's not healthy at all. Once I knew that I really needed to get some rest I still tried to fight my sleep. I had to be somewhere that next morning and I still stayed awake till I got home. When I finally went to sleep I slept for the rest of that day over into that next night. My eyes ended up being red and baggy. I could barely blink. At times I felt like I couldn't see. Not sleeping can affect a lot and it can also kill you from what I have been told and from research that I did a long time ago. I wasn't really even not sleeping on intentionally. I just couldn't sleep, because I had a lot going on at that point in time in my life and I had trouble falling asleep because I couldn't ever shut off my thoughts about someone and my family issues and just everything going on around me so I ended up not sleeping at all. Insomnia can also be the outcome of not sleeping. Be sure that you get some sleep. At least 8 out of the 24 hours a day. If not at least get an hour or two in.

If you don't feel like sleeping then yes, but if you're tired you need to find a way to sleep. or it'll affect you.

Sleep or the lack thereof has various physiological effects. It is quite important to get the right amount of sleep for your age in order to function properly.

no it isnt, you're body needs the rest! as soon as you can't sleep anymore try running before you go to sleep, and after the run take some warm milk with honey

People can function on very little sleep, like 3 hours a night, but then you'd be really tired and unfocused throughout the day, and you'll be prone to accidents and that's dangerous :O sleep is also important because it lets your mind process properly what you've learned during the day as well as do 'maintenance' like boosting up your immune system. It's really, really important that you sleep enough so you can function properly and don't get sick easily.

no, you can't even survive nor be happy without sleep. It helps me escape reality and wake up refreshed, how cannot anyone like it? XD

It's okay to not sleep because you may not be tired to go to sleep momentarily and you still have a lot of energy that you don't know where to use it on.

No it is not okay, sleep is something you need for energy. If you stop sleeping you will be tired all the time.

Your body needs sleep to function. During sleep your body and mind reset for the next day. It can be difficult to sleep, but it's not okay to not sleep. If your body is deprived of sleep, you cannot function properly

Nope, you need a specific amount of sleep every night to maintain your heath and to keep your functioning properly.

Sometimes no matter how hard you try to fall asleep you just can't....this has happened to most of us at some point in our life for whatever reason. Losing a nights worth a sleep isn't that bad but when this becomes a regular pattern it is very unhealthy to your emotional,mental,and physical well being. Sleep deprivation has an ill effect on the body as a whole. It throws the internal click off making it hard to think clearly,eat properly, or do daily tasks which leads to an unhealthy lifestyle . So inadequate sleep is not okay to your well being!

It depends, mybe someone need more or less time to sleep to feel good and awake. So doctors say usually better sleeping more ore less 7/8 hours for night. But if you sleep less and you feel good, don't worry.

No it is not. When you don't sleep it is very unhealthy. You cannot function properly. And it can cause you to make some serious I mistakes. Depending on how much of a lack of sleep it can cause you to hallucinate, more of a temper, have trouble finishing sentences, and many other things

No. You need 8-12 hours of sleep a night, over 12 causes your body clock to reset and think you've only slept however long past twelve hours. not sleeping causes headaches, getting sick, and it can seriously affect you