 How much sleep do you think you get every night? Nine hours? Seven? Two? Sleep is very important in order to stay healthy and alert. Teens tend to sleep the least every night and children sleep the most. Adolescents are said to need 8-10 hours of sleep every night while adults and children need less. Sometimes you sleep and dream, right? Well what are dreams really, and why do we have them? These topics I will cover throughout the article but more in-depth. The very basics of sleep most people aren’t too familiar with come to perform every time they drift off.
I’m sure you’ve heard of Rapid Eye Movement (REM) sleep and Non-Rem sleep (NREM), sometime in your life. NREM sleep consists of four stages. The first stage is when your eyes are closed, this stage may last up to 10 minutes. The second stage is when your muscles start to relax, your body temperature starts to drop, and your heart rate slows. Stage three and four are all deep sleep, with four being stronger, this stage is also known as slow-wave or delta sleep. Rem sleep occurs 90 minutes after you fall asleep. The first period of REM sleep usually lasts 10 minutes and the last one up to an hour. When you are in the REM stages, your body will have increased brain activity, eye movement, muscle relaxation, and accelerated respiration. Dreams are also very common in REM sleep, and lots of people tend to have them every few nights. Dreams. Why do we have dreams? What are dreams? Can we control them? What do they mean? Dreams are stories and images that our minds create while we are asleep. Here are some facts about dreams: We may not remember dreaming but everyone is thought to dream between 3 and 6 times per night. It is thought that each dream lasts 5-20 minutes, 95% of people forget their dreams when they wake up. Blind people dream more with other sensory components compared with sighted people. Some theories for causes of dreams include representing unconscious desires and wishes, interpreting random signals from the brain and body during sleep, and consolidating and processing information gathered during the day working as a form of psychotherapy. Story by Lily Severance Sources: 25 Facts about Sleep Dreams: Causes, types, meaning, what they are, and more 68 (Surprising) Sleep Facts: Scary, Important, Interesting, Fun! Comments are closed.
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