Stage three, extremely slow brain waves called delta waves are interspersed with smaller, faster waves. Stages 3 and 4 are referred to as deep sleep or delta sleep, and it is very difficult to wake someone from them. Also in deep sleep, there is no eye movement or muscle activity. In the REM stage, breathing becomes more rapid, eyes jerk rapidly, and limb muscles are temporarily paralyzed. Also, heart rate increases, blood pressure rises, the body loses some of the ability to regulate its temperature. This is the time when most dreams occur, and, if awoken during REM sleep, a person can remember the dreams. Now that I’ve educated you about sleep let’s go back to the example. When you eventually go to sleep after watching a scary movie and some cartoons your mind and body will immediately enter the REM stage of sleep. During this time you begin to dream, when you’re dreaming your mind creates a copy of the movie, but this time you’re in the movie re-living every moment that has happened in the scary movie. At this point, you become very frighten and want it to end, knowing at this stage you can’t wake up on your
Stage three, extremely slow brain waves called delta waves are interspersed with smaller, faster waves. Stages 3 and 4 are referred to as deep sleep or delta sleep, and it is very difficult to wake someone from them. Also in deep sleep, there is no eye movement or muscle activity. In the REM stage, breathing becomes more rapid, eyes jerk rapidly, and limb muscles are temporarily paralyzed. Also, heart rate increases, blood pressure rises, the body loses some of the ability to regulate its temperature. This is the time when most dreams occur, and, if awoken during REM sleep, a person can remember the dreams. Now that I’ve educated you about sleep let’s go back to the example. When you eventually go to sleep after watching a scary movie and some cartoons your mind and body will immediately enter the REM stage of sleep. During this time you begin to dream, when you’re dreaming your mind creates a copy of the movie, but this time you’re in the movie re-living every moment that has happened in the scary movie. At this point, you become very frighten and want it to end, knowing at this stage you can’t wake up on your