“So when you go to sleep at night, if you're someone who hasn't had any sleep deprivation, you have a very normal sleep pattern, what we tend to see is that, in adults, they go to bed and they start off by going into the deeper stages sleep.” IfsNightSleepStageBedNormalAdultsPatternsDeeperGoing To SleepDeprivationSleep Deprivation Author:Shelby Harris
“So the deeper stages of sleep are really those times of quiescence, you're really restoring your body and we have a few different stages of sleep.” DifferentBodySleepStageDeeperYour BodyRestoring Author:Shelby Harris
“So you have Sleep Stage One, Two, and then Three/Four. One is a little bit lighter stage of the quiet, non-REM sleep and then Three/Four is really deep, deep sleep. And what you want is, you actually want a number of - you want to go through all of these stages throughout the night.” WantLittlesTwoNightThreeBitsSleepNumbersFourStageQuietLittle BitWhat You WantLightersReally DeepDeep Sleep Author:Shelby Harris
“So people only focus on getting the really deep sleep, but in reality, we spend almost 60% of the night in the stage two sleep.” PeopleTwoRealityNightSleepFocusStageReally DeepDeep Sleep Author:Shelby Harris
“So we go through in the beginning of the night, we go into the really deep stages of sleep and we actually cycle through. So, when you go down to the deep stage, then you go back up and you actually come into something called REM sleep, which is after about 90 minutes.” NightSleepMinutesStageCyclesReally Deep Author:Shelby Harris
“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
“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
“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
“There's confusional arousals, there are states in deeper sleep that can happen where people will go and they'll disappear and they'll take on some other persona. They'll commit some crime, but it's all when they are in a very deep stage of sleep. So you really need to have a very thorough evaluation.” PeopleNeedsStatesHappensSleepStageCrimeDeeperDisappearCommitPersonaThoroughVery DeepEvaluationArousal Author:Shelby Harris