This weekend I attended a speech and debate tournament in Tulsa, we left Friday morning and returned Monday morning around 2. Throughout the weekend I was up late hours, and rose early to get to the competition. When we returned Monday morning I was tired and irritable I proceeded to crash into bed to be later awakened by my 5:30 alarm, it was time to get up and get moving. I dressed and got ready for the day ahead of me, then I was off to Lubbock to judge a debate tournament. Throughout the past weekend I noticed that my irritability was the least of my problems, much darker thoughts started to cloud my horizon of thought. I knew it was because of my lack of sleep and large amounts of stress but it was still disturbing. This is why I will not be conducting a sleep deprivation experiment, my mental health is worth much more to me.