Sleep is an essential element to help the body recharge its batteries. Gabriel Attal who is content with “four hours a night” is not an example to follow. Here’s why it’s a really bad idea to skip getting enough sleep.
Since the appointment of Gabriel Attal as Prime Minister on Tuesday January 9, 2024, the attitude of the youngest tenant of Matignon under the Fifth Republic has been scrutinized by observers. At 34, Gabriel Attal is described as an anxious young man prey to addictions. This ambitious man, who joined the ranks of Emmanuel Macron’s party from day one, does not seem to count the hours, which has undoubtedly earned him this meteoric rise within the government.
The thirty-year-old already shows a graying complexion, revealing a few white locks on the square in front of the Elysée. Genetic inheritance or overwork? In any case, the Prime Minister, very invested in his new position, travels without counting the working hours sometimes to the detriment of a good night’s sleep. “No more than four hours of sleep per night”details The Parisian. An attitude that can be seen as a sign of involvement but which is actually a very bad idea.
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Sleep: why it should not be neglected
As doctor Jonathan Taieb explains on BFMTV : “Sleep allows you to rebuild yourself physically”. While it plays a role in recharging the body’s batteries, sleep also has an effect on our psychological state. “Sleep allows physical but also psychological reconstruction”assures Jonathan Taieb in the columns of BFMTV. Information that seems to be confirmed by the words of the National Institute of Health and Medical Research (Inserm) highlighting a link between the quality of sleep and the emotional state of individuals.
“Poor quality/quantity of sleep increases the risk of irritability and depressive symptoms”can we read on the website of theInserm. As a result, lack of sleep can have a detrimental impact on daily work: “complex, monotonous, long-term tasks involving a significant workload, requiring sustained attention or tasks that are insufficiently learned”.
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And if Gabriel Attal claims to make up for the hours of sleep lost during the weekend, this does not seem sufficient to ensure the proper functioning of his cognitive functions. “Catching up over the weekend for a lack of sleep that occurred at the beginning of the week will not help you memorize things that should have been remembered at that time”assures Léonie Kirszenblat, neuroscientist in the columns of The Conversation.
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