This article explains how sleep is critical for basic survival. Good sleep, as explained in the article, helps to balance hormones and other vital brain and body chemicals and is critical in converting the day’s experiences into usable permanent memory and allowing the brain to cleanse itself of toxins that accumulate during waking hours. And whether an unhoused person is sleeping in a shelter or on the streets, it is difficult for those experiencing homelessness to get uninterrupted, restful, and sufficient sleep.
