Definition
REM sleep
The dreaming stage. The brain is highly active while the body is effectively paralyzed, a safety mechanism that stops you from acting out dreams. Breathing becomes irregular as the emotional content of the dream shifts.
From the episode “Chronic Insomnia: Almost None Get Treated — Colin Lawlor on the Sleep Data Gap”Hear it on the podcast1 episode
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