Things you might didn't know about sleep

Sleep, sleep & sleep...

Me? Hell yeah! I like it damn much... (*^_^*) 

I would like to share with you things about sleep.

Sleep is absolutely essential for every human being.

Despite scientists still not figuring out the process entirely, we still know a lot about this daily activity.

1. What goes on when you sleep?

    ~ Your brain recharges

    ~ Your cells repair themselves

    Your body releases important hormones

2. You need different amounts of sleep depending on your age:

     * Babies - 16 hours

     * 3-12 years old - 10 hours

     * 13-8 years old - 10 hours

     *19-55 years old - 8 hours

     * Over 65 - 6 hours

3. Men have dreams about other men 70% of the time, but women dream about women and men equally.

4. We can only dream about faces we have already seen, whether we actively remember them or not.

5. 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.

6. Dreaming is normal. People who do not dream generally have personality disorders.

7. 1 in 4 married couples sleep in separate beds.

8. The record for the longest period without sleep is 18 days, 21 hours, 40 minutes during a rocking chair marathon. The record holder reported hallucinations, paranoia, blurred vision, slurred speech and memory and concentration lapses.

9. It’s impossible to tell if someone is really awake without close medical supervision. People can take cat naps with their eyes open without even being aware of it.

10.  Dreams, once thought to occur only during REM (Rapid Eye Movement) 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.

Have a nice dream, Melody is going to bed.
Yawn..Morning!