How harmful is staying up late, Zhihu?

First, long-term insomnia will shorten life expectancy. The survey shows that people's sleep time is closely related to their life span, and those who can sleep for 7-8 hours at night have the longest life span; The average loss of people who sleep less than 4 hours 18 years of life.

Second, people who suffer from insomnia for a long time are prone to cancer. A study shows that female breast cancer is also indirectly related to sleep. During sleep, the human brain will produce a substance called "melatonin", which can delay the production of estrogen in women (high estrogen level is more likely to lead to breast cancer), but if you can't sleep, the brain will have no chance to secrete this substance, so the estrogen level will rise, thus increasing the risk of breast cancer.

Third, not being able to sleep can lead to other diseases, the most direct impact of which is mental, and in severe cases it can lead to schizophrenia. Insomnia sometimes coexists with many chronic diseases, which may also lead to the emergence of some chronic diseases. For example, people who suffer from insomnia for a long time will have dizziness, headache, tinnitus and other symptoms, and their mood will be more irritable, bored or depressed than the average person. More serious flowers can also lead to mental illness such as neurasthenia and schizophrenia. In addition, insomnia may also cause blood pressure and heart disease.

In a word, sleep is as important as diet, and it is a basic need of people. Don't despise him because he doesn't feel anything when he sleeps. If there is a problem with sleep, normal life can't continue. Therefore, experts from Mental Health Network remind you to solve the sleep problem as soon as possible so that normal life can continue.