“So when you're in REM sleep, your brain is very active, our body is quiet, but your brain is really processing a lot of things, a lot of emotions; we dream the most in REM sleep. And then you go back down in the deep stages, and so on and so forth.” DreamBodySleepEmotionBrainStageQuietActiveProcessing Author:Shelby Harris
“We actually don't know the function of sleep all that well yet, but sleep is a time of quiescence in the brain.” KnowsWellsSleepBrainFunction Author:Shelby Harris
“When you're in the more deeper stages of sleep - REM sleep, your body is quiet, but your mind is actually very active. So it's a time when your body and your brain is restoring itself. It's repairing any cell damage that happened during the day, it's really repairing, like I said, repairing your body, but also helps with digestion, helps with memory.” MindSaidHelpingBodyMemoriesSleepBrainHappenedStageQuietDeeperActiveYour BodyCellsDamageRestoringDigestionRepairing Author:Shelby Harris
“Well, the actual function of the brain, not so sure yet. There's a lot of different theories about it, but when you talk about psychologically in your brain, a lot of people with insomnia, though not all, report that they can't turn their minds off.” PeopleMindWellsDifferentTurnsBrainTheoryFunctionReportsInsomnia Author:Shelby Harris
“There are some people who believe that dreams really are just kind of a throwaway thing. They are just a way of your brain processing what's happening during the day, but there's really no meaning to them; a lot of imagery of just flashes of what happened.” PeopleWayBelieveKindDreamBrainHappenedHappeningsFlashImageryProcessing Author:Shelby Harris
“So it's like your brain has a large filing cabinet and it's opening up each drawer and it's taking in various images and memories from the day, consolidating what it needs to and puts in whatever file. And then if there's something that doesn't fit in any of the files and doesn't really belong, you'll forget about it. So it's a way of really getting a succinct way of storing things in your brain.” IfsWayNeedsMemoriesForgetBrainLike YouFitVariousOpeningFilesCabinetsDrawersOpening UpFilingFiling Cabinet Author:Shelby Harris
“When it comes to the reason why we have nightmares, we're still debating that. It's a new area of research, nightmares. And the way I like to think about it is, our brain - we have stress during the day and our brain needs to learn to process this stress.” ThinkingWayNeedsStillsReasonProcessBrainResearchAreasStressReason WhyNightmare Author:Shelby Harris
“There are people who have repetitive nightmares. And what happens is their brain is trying to process the stress and help their brain actually deal with what happens if this stress happens again, so their brain's preparing them to deal with it in case the stress happens again, but it's so scary that they awaken from it.” PeopleIfsTryingHelpingHappensProcessDealsBrainCasesStressScaryNightmarePreparingRepetitive Author:Shelby Harris
“Night terrors are in deep sleep, and they're more common in kids, as are nightmares, but what happens in a night terror is like a flash - we think a flash of some image or something happens in the brain. We don't really quite know what. And it usually ends up with the child screaming almost like screaming bloody murder. It's very scary for the parents or whoever else is around.” ThinkingKnowsChildrenEndsHappensKidsNightParentSleepCommonBrainMurderTerrorScaryThings HappenNightmareFlashBloodyDeep SleepNight Terrors Author:Shelby Harris
“We think is happening in the brain, the way I like to think about it is, it's almost like, you're brain is going through all these stages of sleep and it's developing in children so fast that it's almost like you're shifting gears in a car. And at some point, you actually stall out a little bit, and that's kind of what happens during a night terror.” ThinkingWayKindChildrenLittlesHappensNightBitsSleepBrainStageCarLike YouLittle BitHappeningsTerrorDevelopingShiftingGearsNight Terrors Author:Shelby Harris
“Sleep paralysis is something that is actually very common. Many people have it, I've had it myself. And what happens is, when you're in that REM stage of sleep, your brain is very active. You're dreaming your most during that stage, you're mind, your eyes are moving, there's a lot going on. It's like fireworks going on in your brain.” PeopleMindDreamHappensEyeMovingSleepCommonBrainStageActiveCommon ManParalysisFireworks Author:Shelby Harris
