If you have been deprived of sleep and food, would you still be happy?

I'm not sure, but I often miss out on sleep due to getting a back ache and waking far too early, and it leaves me walking around like a zombie all day. Because of this, I often complain of being tired which leaves my friends annoyed with me as I complain about it too much apparently. So I guess so. I complain like mad when I'm hungry too so I guess that backs it up too.

Enough sleep and food are very basic in our existence and if I am deprived any one of those, I don't think I can breath and live properly. I can never concentrate in my work if I don't have enough rest and if my stomach is empty. In fact I make it a point that I have plenty of sleep and I never escape meal to have a more vigorous day and I can be able to work properly.

all I need is a good film or a great hockey game and I am fine.I only get 5 hours of sleep each night anyway. I have stayed upi for more than 24 hours at least twice. both were to see a royal wedding if I am remembering correctly. As for food. I fast each Yom Kippur. i have nothing to eat or drink for a full 24 hours.it isn't hard for me at all. The longest I have gone without food was 36 hours but that time was really upset and I don't eat if I am upset.

Depends because eating too much can make you feel bloated and ill. Over sleeping can make you groggy. You wake up and you just feel like being lazy. Over sleeping always gives me a really bad headache. I don't think any of it makes you happy. You need to find that fine line and stick with it.

inkyuboz- I do get a bit cranky if my blood sugar falls, but it's because I feel disoriented and I typically just don't want anyone in my space. It never lasts long though, because I keep stuff around to bring it back up and then I'm fine. I've lived on so little sleep for so long that I can't say it makes me cranky. I have just become accustomed to my sleep schedule. Namaste-Anora

I would try to be but I know myself well enough to know that I would just be grumpy and depressed. Sleep I could maybe do with out but not food.

No I won't be feeling happy if I'm deprived of sleep and food. Especially lack of sleep, where I'll feel as if I am going to die. The feeling is terrible. The body just shut itself off automatically. I can go without food for a day or two, but definitely not more than that, and I don't think my body will have the energy or even bother to do something like a smile. I think the brain will naturally orientate itself to look for food as the most critical priority.

i average 3 hours a day if i'm lucky. i've always been that way though,so i'm quite used to it. chronic insomnia? you betcha i don't eat that much either..i have no idea where the energy comes from.

I can't do that. The most important thing for me is to get good sleep at night, and eat well. If I was deprived from these two, I am devastated. I might even get crankier like you say. I just want to eat good food from all around the world. But for some people, they rather be on diet, and not to eat normally. They will feel happier if they get thinner.

Ohh my, speaking of sleeping and eating, my husband will be very happy to sleep more than to eat more . For me, well those two are important to help us live normal, healthy and energized. But to be happy, well i guess happiness depends on expectations and with what you get. Although eating your favorite food will make you feel content and happy but it does not mean that all your worries and fears or problems would disappear right? But for me, i personally noticed that when i lack sleep, i really am feeling so irritated easily and if i am hungry, i can't think much and be less creative. So both are considered important.

with me if i didn't have enough sleep i tend to eat is a lot to keep me wide awake and that makes me in a happy mood. but if i'm hungry, well that's a different story, i get cranky and in a bad mood and can't focus on what i'm doing until i have something to satisfy my tummy.

I get very grumpy when I am hungry. And I need at least 4 hours of sleep. So deprived of sleep won't be as bad as deprived of food for me. I must eat =)

no food and sleep cannot keep a person happy . other than food and sleep ther is another thing called love

I don't know that sleep and food could make me happy, but the lack of either of them could make me fairly unhappy! Many people will turn to food as a response to stress, although this is not a healthy method of coping. The lack of sleep and food, or either of them, would definitely make me irritable and my patience would be drastically decreased. Although studies have shown that some people are able to deal with less sleep, a startlingly small amount of the population can truly cope with it. Just being able to stay awake is not coping with lack of sleep. Your body feels the effects of it and behavior follows!

This is a very funny question.How can anyone be happy with sleep and food deprivation.These are absolutely essential things that one must have else one can't carry out day to day activities.I have been deprived of sleep and even food on some occassions and believe me I have had a harrowing time.When I didn't have food my energy is sapped and without sleep on days before exam have made me feel very drowsy.

Hi Inkyuboz, if I don't have enough sleep, I would be very irritable. I think it is quite difficult to , at anyone. If I'm deprived of food, then I would most probably be too tired (no energy) to even do anything, much less smile. I would want to crawl into my bed and sleep. So with the combination of no food & sleep, I would be .

I think lack of sleep really doesn't affect my personality alot. I am really nice and like to be nice. But if I dont eat then yes i get cranky.

No way!!! Sleeping and Eating are the two activities I love the most!! :) If deprived of them, I would surely be irritated and also irritate people around me!!

It basically depends on what I'm doing. There are some activities that would preoccupy my body so completely that I'd forget about my appetite and energy levels. These activities would include playing piano, composing music, playing computer games, watching sci-fi movies and TV series and even writing an engrossing research paper. I feel as if I've been transported to another plane of dimension where the trivial matters as sustenance and rest were totally irrelevant and that all that mattered was pursuing a hobby or passion like, for me, music (which as an ethereal component that many have failed to explain) and fiction (taking us to another world or parallel existences of what might have been). If I given the choice to sleep and eat for 70 years and do little else rather than seven days of starvation and deprivation engaging in some engaging activity, I would choose the latter as I would attain some fulfillment in life.

I'm sn insomniac. I'm still grumpy if I don't get at least five hours of sleep though. Take away my food on top of that and I definately won't be a happy camper. I don't know about everybody else, but I'd be pretty grumpy.