Ever had a late night bout of emo-ness?

The connection between sleep deprivation and crazy emotions have been found!

Emotions Run Amok in Sleep-Deprived Brains

Without sleep, the emotional centers of our brains dramatically overreact to bad experiences, research now reveals.

“When we’re sleep deprived, it’s really as if the brain is reverting to more primitive behavior, regressing in terms of the control humans normally have over their emotions,” researcher Matthew Walker, a neuroscientist at the University of California, Berkeley, told LiveScience.

Anyone who has ever gone without a good night’s sleep is aware that doing so can make a person emotionally irrational. While past studies have revealed that sleep loss can impair the immune system and brain processes such as learning and memory, there has been surprisingly little research into why sleep deprivation affects emotions, Walker said.

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A good story.

Right now I’m a little bit sick, so I plugged my left nostril with a neatly-folded pellet of tissue. I like to use 1 perforated sheet of toilet paper, folded in fourths and rolled into a cylinder. Since I’m not that sick, I don’t push it up very far so there’s about 3-4cm of protrusion to just above my lower lip.

Anyway, so I’m up late studying, and have a can of Coke zero (thanks Benny) that I am drinking. Forgetting about the plug in my nose as well as the capillary effect of water, as I take a large swig of Coke, the soda runs up the tissue plug into my nose and proceeds to burn my sinuses. The next few minutes are spent cleaning foam off of my notes.

Hope the quarter is treating you all well!

Lord, thank You for saving me in my youth.

“How can a young man keep his way pure? By keeping it according to Your word. With all my heart I have sought You; Do not let me wander from Your commandments. “
Psa 119:9-10

The one thing I walk away from Fall BBQ thinking is “Lord, thank You for saving me in my youth.” Justin was talking about his grandmother (who is not yet saved – please pray for her), and I was imagining the joy of her turning to the Lord on her deathbed. God could have had it so that I would be saved when I am on the brink of life, and that salvation would undoubtedly be equally as sweet and undeserved.

But God, You decided to let me experience the entirety of my life-to-come walking in Your light and Your path. Thank You SOOOOO much for not allowing me to waste my life. Thank You. Father, You really are a loving God. Thank You.

Please do not let me wander from Your commandments – hold my rebellious and utterly black heart in Your hands, and never let me go.

Yahoo!

The feeling of being set for the future feels really good. I wonder if it’s a biblical joy though.