Did you know that you have four to six dreams at night?
Which is about two thousand dreams per year, two thousand! what an incredible number!
Unfortunately, we forget 80 percent of all of our dreams
At least we can understand what happens to our bodies when we are in the arms of morpheus
Here are 9 fascinating things that happen to your body while you sleep.
Number 9: your muscles are paralyzed
When you enter rapid eye movement sleep
Which is the deepest sleep of all, the muscles of your limbs become paralyzed completely
It's temporarily impossible anew
There is a sleep disorder in which this paralysis is maintained for a few seconds or minutes after waking up
people with narcolepsy often experience this frightening sense of paralysis
Number 8: your eyes move at full speed
All phases of sleep serve a purpose of keeping your body and brain healthy and last
There are five stages of sleep and each one is deeper than the previous
When we pass through all five phases, the cycle starts over again the last one rapid eye movement sleep is the most active
It starts about 60 or 90 minutes after you fall asleep. At this stage your eyes move
At full speed back and forth without you being aware of it because your mind focuses on your dreams
Number seven: a growth Hormone is released
Human Growth Hormone known as HGH hormone is responsible for the regeneration of your bones,
muscles and tissues, when you sleep this hormone is produced all over your body
It helps with the healing of wounds and [Inaudible (sorry)] Newell
When you're young this hormone contributes to growth and affects your body in many other ways
Now you know what I say you grow taller when you sleep.
Number six: your throat narrows
When you sleep, the muscles of [your] throat relax.
Therefore its size decreases. This is one of the reasons you snore
Although there are other contributing factors, for example nasal obstruction.
Throat tightening has a lot to do with the annoying noises that some people make when they sleep
Number five: you grind your teeth
This phenomenon is called bruxism
It doesn't happen to everyone, but some people wake up with a strong jaw pain after grinding their teeth at night.
Bruxism might occur as a result of a [???]. It can also be
psychological. It's a way to relieve emotional tension and stress accumulated during the day
However, studies haven't yet identified why some people never experience it, and others end up with cracked teeth and sore jaws.
Number four: Spontaneous sexual arousal
both men and women experience sexual arousal during sleep
This phenomenon is due to peak brain activity during a rapid eye movement phase of sleep
Your brain needs more oxygen, and therefore a faster flow of blood.
This boost affects each organ of your body, including the most intimate ones and activate sexual hormones
Number three: your brain releases memories and makes up stories
Our dreams are still a huge scientific mystery, your brain constructs dreamscapes from your memories and deep subconscious
here's how it works:
Your recent experiences combined with the information you've stored for years.
Memories, traumas, emotions and feelings
This combination creates mysterious and sometimes absurd dreams, however:
Scientists still can't determine why our mind travels to a certain place at night, and chooses specific memories, colours, voices, scenes or people.
Number two: you might hear sudden explosions
Exploding head syndrome is a rare phenomenon, but it can occur. If it ever happens to you
you'll feel like a loud explosion if you wake up. You might experience high levels of fear and distress
But in reality: nothing has happened.
Those who suffer from this syndrome feel that their heads have exploded or they think they've heard a loud sound like a gunshot.
It causes no physical pain, but can have serious psychological implications.
Number one: your brain restores and detoxifies itself.
Researchers at the University of Rochester
found that while you sleep, your brain flushes out the waste that builds up during the day, this mechanism is called the glymphatic system.
When it turns on, your brain discards useless information and accumulates the stuff that it considers vital and really their connections.
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