Understanding your Sleep Cycles

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Your eyes may be closed, your body may be relaxed…but your brain is working busily!

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Female: You spend a third of your life sleeping. So, what goes on while you are snuggling under the covers? Male: During sleep, the body repeatedly cycles through four stages of non-rapid eye movement sleep or NREM and one stage of rapid eye movement sleep or REM. To be properly restored and regenerated, the body must repeatedly cycle through all of these sleep stages, usually for about 7 to 8 hours a night in adults. If you have trouble falling asleep or cannot sleep through the night, if you wake up too early or if you are tired during the day, you may have a sleep disorder. Common sleep disorders include standard insomnia, sleep apnea, narcolepsy, restless leg syndrome, nightmares and sleep walking. Because the body needs sleep to properly restore and repair itself. It is vital to get your uninterrupted eight hours. If you are not sleeping as well as you should, please see your doctor.
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