Sleeping though it all

Art by: vimak

Darkness Comes,
Feelings Fleet.
Alive Again,
At End Of Sleep.
(except from somewhere)

Interesting Facts about Sleep.
From The National Sleepy Heads

- The continuous brain recordings that led to the discovery of REM (rapid eye-movement) sleep were not done until 1953, partly because the scientists involved were concerned about wasting paper. WTH, these people are cool.

- Dreams, once thought to occur only during REM sleep, also occur (but to a lesser extent) in non-REM sleep phases. It's possible there may not be a single moment of our sleep when we are actually dreamless. Mmh we are still clueless after wasting all that paper.

- REM dreams are characterized by bizarre plots, but non-REM dreams are repetitive and thought-like, with little imagery - obsessively returning to a suspicion you left your mobile phone somewhere, for example. I had some very odd ones, really makes me wonder what is going on in my head.

- Dreams may not serve any purpose at all but be merely a meaningless byproduct of two evolutionary adaptations - sleep and consciousness. This statement does not explain anything, it is a byproduct of PHDs and waste paper

- Seventeen hours of sustained wakefulness leads to a decrease in performance equivalent to a blood alcohol-level of 0.05%. There is no need for beer!

- The "natural alarm clock" which enables some people to wake up more or less when they want to is caused by a burst of the stress hormone adrenocorticotropin. Researchers say this reflects an unconscious anticipation of the stress of waking up. Mmmh. Nice to know.

- Experts say one of the most alluring sleep distractions is the 24-hour accessibility of the internet. Yes that is so true for me.