why do teens need more sleep??
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Growth and change in their bodies
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Dont worry its just a Computer exam and if you cant sleep just stop thinking of your computer exam or you can take some sleeping pills.\n\n\n\nTeenagers require about 9 hours of sleep to eliminate behaviors associated with sleep deprivation, yet teenagers get approximately two hours less than they typically need. Some researchers believe that teenagers bring on the onset of chronic sleep deprivation, but others say we can't help it. Sleep experts refer to the problem as our circadian rhythm \n \n\nThe adolescent's circadian rhythm means he or she will feel awake later in the evening (through midnight) and unable to fall asleep (even if they go to bed at 9:30, they are not likely to fall asleep till after 11:00)” \n“As they enter puberty, teens experience a hormonal shift that affects their sleep patterns.” In other words, it's not us! *cheer*\nWell, try some of these tips to help you if you are a teen suffering from the "Too few Z's disorder"\n\n* Skip naps. Even though that cat nap sounds intriguing, avoid it, because it may cause you to have trouble falling asleep when you really need to. \n* Don't sleep with noise. Avoid stereos or televisions that may disrupt your sleep. \n* Be comfortable. If you're not comfortable where you're sleeping, you're more likely to awaken several times during the evening. \n* Avoid food and exercise before bed. They boost your metabolism, which prevents sleep. \n* Stay away from caffeine. Caffeine stays in your system for about 5 hours, so plan accordingly if your stomach craves a Pepsi. \n* Establish a regular sleeping schedule. This will help your biological clock. To keep it the same, don't sleep in on weekends (even though it's tempting!) \n* Don't force yourself to sleep. Your body will tell you when it's ready to hit the sack. \n* Expose yourself to bright lights for about 30 minutes upon waking. This will simulate sunshine, telling your body it's time to get up. \n* Make schedules and stick to them. Get what you have to get done without distractions and you'll find that you have some more time magically appearing in your day.
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Try getting more sleep.
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It depends on the individual, but most teenagers need 8 or 9 hours of sleep, so I'd say by 10:30 pm.
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Of course we walk more, girls are always sleeping, or sitting or very tired..☺
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Its not needed. Its probably just a custom to sleep when its dark.
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no...children need to have enough sleep so that their brains will be able to develop properly. it will be a bad habit for them to stay up late watching tvs.
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I find it is lack of sleep or stress.  Maybe both.  It can take a long time to get rid of them or reduce them.  More often than not, one good night sleep does not make up for a week of late nights
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Because when you need sleep is when you need more oxygen intake, and by yawning that brings in more oxygen.
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maybe you a. dont get enough sleep b. are anemic c. have a thyroid problem or d. suffer from depression e. many other reasons
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Hi, M.\nLots of reasons; stress, an insufficient amount of exercise during the day, napping during the day, travel, and all of the things that wake us up in the night anyhow so that we can't get back to sleep.\nAnd, as I recall you're not in a relationship right now...\n\nSorry I couldn't get this answer to you before the stupid ones got there first.
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This happens to me all the time!!! For more than 2 years, it took me more than 30 minutes to get to sleep everyday. This shouldn't even happen to teenagers like me but it did.\n\nSo about two month ago, I finally had enough of the wasting time laying in bed thinking about random stuff habit. I started doing a bit of research into how I can  speed up the time it takes for me to get to sleep. I had also asked questions in Yahoo Answers about this problem and found out that some people are even worse than I!!\n\nWhat I found out was that there are several methods for a better sleep:\n1. Try listening to soft music and not thing like hard rock which keeps you awake instead of feeling sleepy (this didn't work for me)\n2. Try getting to bed everyday at the exact same time\n3. If you can, try studying in a different room instead of your bedroom because this way when you enter your bedroom, all you think about is sleep and not other thoughts which can distract you\n4. Take a nice long shower before going to bed and this make you feel better\n\nHope this helps!!
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Probably it's because you aren't getting enough sleep, although your not wasting the day away. It may also be a reaction to make up or something in the air allegeries.
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1)Suicidal side effects from antidepressants for some reason affect teens more than any other age group.\n\n2)Many teenagers don't have nearly as much control over their lives as they would like, because of parents, school, boring jobs, etc., so they think of killing theirselves as a way to show everyone that they control their own lives, even in death.\n\n3)Many teens in our society today are neglected in their homes (usually because of 2 parents working or a single parent working 2 jobs) and don't have any true friends at school, so they think that committing suicide, whether successful or failed, is the only way they can get people to pay them any attention.\n\n4)Lastly, hormones fluctuate more drastically in teens than in any other age group, which combined with bad home life and/or certain antidepressants, can force some teens to make irrational and abnormal decisions, including suicide.
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because we have all of that pent up sexual energy from not getting attention when we were teenagers lol so we have to get it all out!!!!\n\nskinny girls get more attention from guys so they don't feel like they need to work as hard \n\n:P
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COULD BE TO MANY PROBLEMS AND NOT ENOUGH SUPPORT AT HOME FROM THE PARENTS, AND TEENS ARE JUST REACTING ON PAIN INSTEAD OF REACTING THE THE GUIDENCE AND LOVE THEY NEED
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The record is something like 12 days or so by a kid. Everyone will eventually succumb to the need to sleep but when in the question. They cannot figure out why our body needs sleep and one one has ever died from a lack of it. Some theorize that we sleep because back in the day humans needed to stay in at night to avoid getting killed by nocturnal animals.