Question

In what ways sleep influences the body's response to stress

Answer 1

A lack of sleep can cause the body to react as if it's in distress, releasing more of the stress hormone, cortisol. Cortisol is responsible for your fight or flight reaction to danger, increasing your heart rate in anticipation of a fight.

Answer 2

Answer: each of us should be getting between 6-8 hours of rest every night, in order to remain fully awake and alert. Sleep is required for us to "reset" our programming. When we get the correct amount of sleep this makes us less likely to become aggravated or aggitated by life's probelms because we are tired.