Emotional Health In long-term deprivation of sleep drains your mental abilities and puts your physical health at risk. Here are 3 surprsing and serious impacts of sleep deprivation... <br />1. You become more emotionally reactive. When you are sleep deprived you become more impulsive and less thoughtful in your emotional responses. <br />2. Sleep deprivation causes to have a negative outlook. Sleep deprived people find it hard to turn their minds away from ruminating on negative thoughts. <br />3. You brood more about your future. Lack of sleep aggravates the brain’s worry response, making us anxious.