How does our body know not to roll out of bed when we sleep?
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two main reasons.
First, in most stages of sleep our brain does not send “movement” signals to our body. Without your brain telling it to move the body remains still.
Second, in REM sleep the brain does send movement signals to the body, but the body is in a “paralyzed” state. This paralyzed state is only during REM sleep.
Most people who “toss and turn” when they sleep are actually waking up briefly to move, and just do not remember this because they were awake for such a short time. Your body does not know “not to fall out of bed” during these short awakenings, and it is during these movements that people can fall out of bed
I fell off the top bunk when I was a kid, really hurt my lower back, that feeling if falling when going to sleep panics me everytime
It doesn’t. I have rolled off my bed at least 3 times and knocked my face into so many diff furniture afterwards
Your body paralyzes itself when asleep. That’s why sleep paralysis happens to some people, bc their brain wakes up before their body does.
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