If we are unconscious while we sleep, how do we still react to certain things while sleeping?

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So ive been wondering about this a while. I always wake up a fair bit before my GF wakes up. and i’ve noticed that even while she’s asleep she still responds to thing like me giving her a kiss on the cheek while she sleeps. and when I get out of bed she always IMMEDIATELY turns over to my side of the bed.

a quick google search tells me that no, we are not aware of our surroundings while sleeping. but i’ve seen a lot of things that seem to contradict that.

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You are not dead. Your brain is still functioning. Its why you don’t roll out of bed. You are aware of the edge, you are just not consciously processing where you are, but you are still mindful of your location.

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