I need to flesh out a paper. I'm currently at 338 words and I need to be at 500 minimum.
here is what I have so far.

Every night I go to bed, lie there and try all my tricks to get to sleep. I think of sheep, play music, think of math, and even try to find valid reasons for stupid ideas. The longer I try to sleep, the more my body fights it, the more I stay awake. It ends up being 3 am by the time I can finally get some rest. Even though I can finally sleep, I have to get up at 6 am the next day. That leaves me with only 3 hours. Sleep deprivation can have detrimental effects on physical, mental, and academic health.

Sleep deprivation is known to influence attention and vigilance. Sleep is essential to help cognitive performance stay at acceptable levels. Sleep loss activates the sympathetic nervous system, which can result in higher blood pressure, cortisol secretion, and insulin resistance. It can also result in mood changes.

In 2019 a study was conducted to compare the quality of sleep against medical students' grades. The majority of the failed students had poor or detrimental sleep reports. Compromised sleep can lead to several problems, including but not limited to; the inability to process information in both the short and long term, depression, agitation, and poor academic performance.

Sleep for athletes is just as important as a good diet and training. Sleep deprivation affects athletes causing their reaction time to slow and their ability to think quickly to lessen. They exhaust quicker and their decision making becomes more difficult. If sleep deprivation continues for an extended period of time it can suppress the immune system and their risk for illness rises.

Sleep affects a lot of different aspects of a person's life. From mental health to acidemic health, and even physical health, sleep has more to do with your life than any other action you take. A third of a person's life is spent sleeping. If not taken seriously, it can mess up the other two-thirds. The average amount of sleep for an average person is 8 hours.

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I need to flesh out a paper. I'm currently at 338 words and I need to be at 500 minimum.
here is what I have so far.

Every night I go to bed, lie there and try all my tricks to get to sleep. I think of sheep, play music, think of math, and even try to find valid reasons for stupid ideas. The longer I try to sleep, the more my body fights it, the more I stay awake. It ends up being 3 am by the time I can finally get some rest. Even though I can finally sleep, I have to get up at 6 am the next day. That leaves me with only 3 hours. Sleep deprivation can have detrimental effects on physical, mental, and academic health.
	
Sleep deprivation is known to influence attention and vigilance. Sleep is essential to help cognitive performance stay at acceptable levels. Sleep loss activates the sympathetic nervous system, which can result in higher blood pressure, cortisol secretion, and insulin resistance. It can also result in mood changes.

In 2019 a study was conducted to compare the quality of sleep against medical students' grades. The majority of the failed students had poor or detrimental sleep reports. Compromised sleep can lead to several problems, including but not limited to; the inability to process information in both the short and long term, depression, agitation, and poor academic performance.

Sleep for athletes is just as important as a good diet and training. Sleep deprivation affects athletes causing their reaction time to slow and their ability to think quickly to lessen. They exhaust quicker and their decision making becomes more difficult. If sleep deprivation continues for an extended period of time it can suppress the immune system and their risk for illness rises.

Sleep affects a lot of different aspects of a person's life. From mental health to acidemic health, and even physical health, sleep has more to do with your life than any other action you take. A third of a person's life is spent sleeping. If not taken seriously, it can mess up the other two-thirds. The average amount of sleep for an average person is 8 hours.

JamesTDG · Answer

You could try to take a few quotes from the study and any other sources you happen to locate and include them in your work. It's generally what I attempt to do when I run out of ideas to extend my essay.