Originally Posted by Hyde
That explanation is incorrect. Dreams last milliseconds-a few seconds at max, no matter how long they actually seem. Your body would not be able to physically act out those dreams, because there is a ~150 millisecond delay between what you think/want to do/do before it actually happens. We have over 1000 dreams a night, each at roughly 100ms-3 minutes, although we only remember the ones we wake up during. If that was true, the body would be spasming in a seizure like state due to the fact that so many actions go through to it in that small window. Sleep paralysis is kind of like a woman's PMS. There is no true, solid evidence to back it up, but hey, it happens to people.
Where the fuck do you get your information? Inception? I hate discussion because of people like you, blurting out whatever comes into their heads. REM sleep lasts about 5-45 minutes, and thats when you dream. Dreams last 5-45 minutes, therefore. An average person with an average sleep cycle gets about 2 hours of REM sleep a night, 2 hours worth of dreaming, usually different dreams for each stage of REM sleep. Sleep paralysis occurs every time we go into REM sleep, but it's only considered a problem when we're conscious of it. From Wikipedia:
"Physiologically, sleep paralysis is closely related to REM atonia, the paralysis that occurs as a natural part of REM (rapid eye movement) sleep. Sleep paralysis occurs either when falling asleep, or when awakening. When it occurs upon falling asleep, the person remains aware while the body shuts down for REM sleep, and it is called hypnagogic or predormital sleep paralysis. When it occurs upon awakening, the person becomes aware before the REM cycle is complete, and it is called hypnopompic or postdormital."
Basically, it happens when one part of you becomes awake and the other part of you is not. However, you are right with one point, that it is still unknown what causes it. It's most commonly linked to stress, but so is cancer, so that really means fuck all.
Originally Posted by Cretor
Where the fuck do you get your information? Inception? I hate discussion because of people like you, blurting out whatever comes into their heads. REM sleep lasts about 5-45 minutes, and thats when you dream. Dreams last 5-45 minutes, therefore. An average person with an average sleep cycle gets about 2 hours of REM sleep a night, 2 hours worth of dreaming, usually different dreams for each stage of REM sleep. Sleep paralysis occurs every time we go into REM sleep, but it's only considered a problem when we're conscious of it. From Wikipedia:
"Physiologically, sleep paralysis is closely related to REM atonia, the paralysis that occurs as a natural part of REM (rapid eye movement) sleep. Sleep paralysis occurs either when falling asleep, or when awakening. When it occurs upon falling asleep, the person remains aware while the body shuts down for REM sleep, and it is called hypnagogic or predormital sleep paralysis. When it occurs upon awakening, the person becomes aware before the REM cycle is complete, and it is called hypnopompic or postdormital."
Basically, it happens when one part of you becomes awake and the other part of you is not. However, you are right with one point, that it is still unknown what causes it. It's most commonly linked to stress, but so is cancer, so that really means fuck all.
Actually got my information from the David Myers/D.S. Dunn/Zechmeister textbooks, all of which are written by studied and acknowledged psychologists/neuroscientists. It does indeed occur during REM, I'm not disputing that, but you must understand how short each dream is. In that stage of REM, you have hundreds, if not thousands of dreams. It is wrongly assumed that dreams last 5-10 minutes, which would limit it to 4-8 dreams per REM night. I don't think you entirely understood my post. REM Atonia does occur, but there is no evidence in neurology to suggest that it is/should happen, there is no reason for it happening. If you wake up while a dream is occuring, you have the greatest chance of remembering it. If you would like me to cite what I say, you can always ask :P
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