An Open-Eyed Look at Sleep

average person who reaches the age 0 as spent around 20 years of his life sleeping. statement is only a somewhat dramatic way o ^minding us that we spend about 8 hours in eve y ~4 in the comfortable state of suspended animati VVe call sleep. Indeed, if we could eliminate the r'eed for sleep, we would all add many years o Active life. Unfortunately, as any parent wi s,eepless infant will testify, loss of sleep leaves u sadly lacking in activity and patience the following day. Sleep loss over long periods may not only lower our efficiency, but in extreme cases, reduce us to the functioning level of a mentally disturbed psychotic patient.