A new study done on sleep deprived college students and presented last week at SLEEP 2011 has found that sleepy people are not only irritable and moody, they also tend to blame others for their problems and sometimes even seek revenge with an axe.
Sherri Williams, a first-year mass communications Ph.D. student at Syracuse University, says she realized her thinking was stinking last week after she stayed up overnight to complete class work. She found herself mad at the world.
“I was extra aggravated by everything people did,” acknowledges Williams, 38. “I was mad at the phone company for charging me $120 to talk and text, and for having to pay $100 to watch TV each month. Then I remembered I had been awake for 27 hours.”
I’m not entirely sure why a new study was needed to establish this (everyone knew sleepy people are cranky in a million ways), but I’m going to make good use of the information and go take a nap – even though I just woke up.
via msnbc
