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10 Bizarre Things Your Body Does While You Sleep

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  • 10 Bizarre Things Your Body Does While You Sleep

    We tend to think of sleep as restful, inactive and quiet. By while you're zoning out, your body is tuned in, doing everything from piecing together dreams to slowing down your kidneys--and much more that you might not expect!


    1. Paralyzes You
    REM, which stands for "rapid eye movement" is the deepest phase of sleep. When you vividly recall a dream, it likely occurred during a REM cycle. In REM stages, muscles in our arms and legs are temporarily paralyzed while we sleep. This paralysis is normal, and it's not same as sleep paralysis, which occurs for a few seconds or minutes after you awaken (or, rarely, just before you fall asleep). In this disorder, the normal paralysis that happens during sleep holds on for a few scary moments after you wake up. If you experience this, check with your physician; it could be a symptom of narcolepsy.

    2. Jerks You Awake
    It may feel like you're falling or it may feel like you've been jolted awake, but hypnic jerks (sometimes called hypnagogic jerks) are a natural and common part of falling asleep. This phenomenon causes your limbs to jerk, perhaps because your body is preparing for the changes that take place during sleep, or perhaps because your body misinterprets the signs of impending sleep as falling--and thus jerks you in a misguided effort to stay upright. Scientists don't agree on what exactly causes hypnic jerks, but they're typically harmless.

    3. Moves Your Eyes
    As you sleep, you experience five phases of sleep, with REM as the last and most active phase. Once you complete a REM cycle, you'll start the first phase anew. Seventy to 90 minutes after you fall asleep, you should be in REM sleep, and you'll spend about 20 percent of your time sleeping in this stage. During REM sleep, our eyes dart quickly back and forth, but we typically have no memory of this (other than memories of dreams that often happen in this phase).

    4. Produces Human Growth Hormone
    Human growth hormone, or hgH, helps muscles, bone and other tissues regenerate. The helpful hormone is released during sleep, especially its deepest stages, and is thought to be prompted by low blood glucose levels present during sleep, among other factors. So, there is some science behind the concept of beauty sleep!

    5. Narrows Your Throat
    As you sleep, your breathing changes and your throat naturally narrows a bit as your muscles relax. If you've experienced a partner who snores noisily, you know what it sounds like when the throat becomes a bit too narrow. (Of course, snoring can have many causes, including a stuffy nose or tonsil issues.) Worse, the airway can close completely, causing sleep apnea.

    6. Grinds Your Teeth
    Bruxism (teeth clenching or grinding) happens to many people during sleep. It may be exacerbated by stress or a misaligned jaw, but research hasn't pinpointed the reason that some people grind only rarely (or never), while others end up with cracked or worn teeth and sore jaw muscles.

    7. Slows Down Your Kidneys
    Kidneys normally function to filter toxins out of the bloodstream and to produce urine. As you sleep, the filtering action of these organs slows, so that less urine is produced. (That's the reason your urine is usually so dark the first time you pee in the morning.)

    8. Makes Up Stories
    If you've awoken after a vivid dream, you know the vague unease of wondering if it was real--or why your mind produced that crazy mishmash of a story to begin with. Despite much research into dreaming and many hypotheses about why we dream and what dreams mean, the nuts and bolts of this everyday happening are still a mystery. Scientists have not yet figured out why we dream as we do, or found a proven process that would explain the content of our dreams.

    9. Creates an Explosion
    It's rare, but some people who experience exploding head syndrome hear a loud crash or bang, almost like a gunshot, just as they're drifting off to sleep. It's usually painless, but frightening, and tends to occur in adults over 50.

    10. Turns You into a Chatterbox
    It's more common in children than adults and in men than women, but talking in your sleep happens to about 5 percent of us. Dubbed "somniloquy," sleep talking is technically a sleep disorder, but may not bother you at all. In fact, you may not even realize you're doing it. Like dreaming, somniloquy has yet to be explained, and can occur in any stage of sleep. When you're sleeping lightly, your words will be easier to hear, and vice versa. Talking in your sleep can be sparked by episodes of stress, depression and illness, or occur alongside other sleep issues, such as sleep apnea.

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    Re: 10 Bizarre Things Your Body Does While You Sleep

    YUP!! THE HUMAN BODY IS AMAZING!! THATS WHY IM SO INTERESTED IN THE FEMALE VERSION IF IT!!

    O2
    ..“Your desire to change must be greater than your desire to stay the same.”





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    • #3
      Re: 10 Bizarre Things Your Body Does While You Sleep

      lol 02

      I twitch alot when im about to fall asleep, i do experience the explosion thing every now and then. my GF twitches so much when laying down it is so funny to watch.

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      • #4
        Re: 10 Bizarre Things Your Body Does While You Sleep

        Dreams have always fascinated me. I've dreamed about things I've seen, places I've never been, things that don't make any sense, funny things, scary things, and everything in between. The mind is so amazing.
        Train Till Your Eyes Bleed!






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        • #5
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          im very fascinated about dreams too. Ive googled dreams and explanations of them before and never really found much. Im sure everyone has had the typical, naked at school dream, shooting someone, getting shot, falling, trying to run fast but youre moving extremely slow, and sexual stuff. Some of our dreams that relate to our current mental state use dreams to maybe release stress? I dont know but its a cool subject.

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          • #6
            Re: 10 Bizarre Things Your Body Does While You Sleep

            I have found answers in my dreams
            Veritas Vos Liberabit

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            • #7
              Re: 10 Bizarre Things Your Body Does While You Sleep

              i wonder why it does all that. some i can figure but others there must be a reason
              "SHIAT BIOTCH, thats a big ass!"

              A clear concience is a sign of a bad memory.

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              • #8
                Re: 10 Bizarre Things Your Body Does While You Sleep

                I dream about my goat !!! I love that ***** !!!

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                • #9
                  Re: 10 Bizarre Things Your Body Does While You Sleep

                  The talking in your slep is weird. I've asked someone a question before not relieving they were asleep and they answer me and start snoreing lol.
                  Animal the manimal

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