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The 5 Stage of Sleep

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I think its very interesting that we have stages of sleep. I mean before reading up on the 5 stages, I knew there were points in my slumber when I knew I was dreaming or I knew I was sleeping but not all the way there yet. And then on the other hand I sometimes don't remember falling asleep! And these points are broken up into two main types of sleep called REM. Known as Rapid Eye Movement. There is also Non Rapid Eye Movement. And these two types of slumbers brain waves of different speeds are being produced. Different types of brain waves like theta and beta occur at various times in the sleeping stages. And what I've come to find out Psychologically is that these stages arent occuring consecutively. Which makes since because no two persons have the same work ethic or schedule throughout the day. So a person who still has a lot of enerygy throughout the night could be sleeping really lightly at night. But being in that stage is a lot different than being in the stage where you feel refreshed waking up cause you slept so hard because your body needed rest.
But I wonder when will we invent a machine to help us see what we were dreaming. How can we tap into our reconstructed memories that play while we sleep and project it for ourselves to see the next day.Seems like a great idea, not harmless right? But somehow, things intended for good turn out used for the worst when put in the wrong hands.And the person who creates this will it be something like a museum? And public for everyone who is around to watch as well as you? Or will it be a personal device, private and only for your consern? Seems like Privacy and freedom of social things has been up for debate lately anyway....

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