WHY YOUR BODY LOVES SLEEP
Posted by TTN Palawan on
Stage 1:
- Easily awakened
- muscles relax, may twitch
- slow eye movements
Stage 2:
- breathing, heart rate regular
- body temp drops
- lose the sense of place
- slower brain waves
- eye movement stops
- blood pressure drops
- muscles relax
- tissue grows & repairs
Stage 3:
- energy is restored
- hormones are released
- even slower brain waves
- brain is active, dreaming
Rem:
- eyes dart rapidly
- muscles are paralyzed
- irregular breathing/heart rate
