Sleep deprivation fires up your amygdala (fear and anger hub) while dampening rational thought. Micro-sleeps mean your emotional regulation tank is empty. You snap at meetings, overreact to feedback, spiral into anxiety. Depression risk climbs sharply. Your emotional resilience, the glue holding workplace harmony, dissolves into irritability and mood swings.
Micro-sleeps behind the wheel are deadly. You drift lanes, miss signals, react slowly to obstacles. Machinery operators face similar peril. One lapse costs lives. Workplace accidents spike with sleep-deprived crews. Your reaction time slows fivefold; alertness crashes harder. Insurance claims, lawsuits, trauma. The risk is quantifiable and brutal. Non-negotiable: 7-9 hours nightly. No screens after 10 PM. Dark, cool bedroom. Caffeine cutoff at 2 PM.