Stages of sleep:
- Awake - a natural break in sleep
- Light - guides you into deeper stages of sleep
- Deep - focuses on restoring your body
- REM - Re-energizes your mind
The REM stage is key - It helps to restore the functioning of our brains including how we store memories, learn new skills, regulate mood, and more. It's also when we DREAM!
Commons dream themes:
- Being chased or pursued
- Falling
- Arriving too late
- School, teachers, studying
- Living person being dead, or dead person being alive
- Failing an examination
- Dreams about losing our teeth
- Losing control of the vehicle
- Snakes
- Finding money
- Seeing a face very close to you
- Seeing yourself in the mirror
Struggling with sleep? Here are a few tips from the CDC:
- Go to bed at the same time each night.
- Make sure your bedroom is quiet, dark, and relaxing.
- Keep TVs, computers, and smart phones OUT of the room.
- Avoid large meals, caffeine, and alcohol right before bed.
- Get exercise during the day.
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