Why aren’t we snoring all the time? Are we actively regulating are breathing so we don’t when we’re awake? How and why?
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If you were 5 years old I’d say… Most of your body is completely still while you’re asleep. You’re actually unable to move. That means that when you have a really exciting dream, slaying dragons or whatever you dream about, your body doesn’t get up and act it out. So, you don’t move when you sleep. But all the important parts of your body are hard at work doing important things. You continue to inhale and exhale. Well… the sleepy parts of your body can start flopping around in annoying ways, and that’ll make funny sounds.
When you’re awake, you’re AWAKE. If you even sensed the possibility that something funny is going to happen, you’d change the way you inhale, or you’d change your body’s position. Maybe you’ll even use muscles you didn’t even know you could use. But… sleep doesn’t mean you’re not doing anything.
Sleep is when your brain tells your body that its work is more important, and your brain starts cleaning out all the junk that’s created when you think. Your brain looks at everything you thought about that day, and starts to flag things. Your brain gets rid of information like, “how far apart were my feet during recess.” But if you thought about something long and hard, your brain marks that as important and starts building around it, so that you won’t forget.
Sometimes, your body makes funny sounds while your brain does this, because you keep inhaling and exhaling, but the rest of your body isn’t moving.
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