.....Offenhauser now believes this foundation
helped her achieve in academics and extracurricular activities — and
gave her a strong sense of emotional balance — but when she was growing
up she took it for granted. “I didn’t really realize how important
getting enough sleep was to my mental health or my overall health,” she
said. “It was just how things worked when I was growing up.” .....
.....“My sleep was always inconsistent,”
she said. “For me, that was a problem. I learned that I need more
consistent sleep in order to feel healthy.” And when she took a closer
look at her friends and classmates, Offenhauser realized that she wasn’t
alone.
“I noticed that a lot of people who
don’t get enough sleep are emotional,” she said. Living in sleep deficit
can take a toll on a person’s mental health. She saw it in her friends
and classmates: “They were taking things a lot harder than they usually
would because they didn’t have that routine and consistency in their
sleep.” .....
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Bethany`s Notes: This article has nothing to do specifically with athletics BUT everything to do with mental health! Sleep, sleep, sleep! It is so critical to our daily functioning. We need it and don`t get enough of it. Continue to hammer this home with all student athletes.
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