• WoodScientist
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    13 days ago

    This doesn’t mean much. You only dream during REM sleep, one phase of your sleep cycle. But there are periods during every night where the lights are off and there’s nobody home.

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        13 days ago

        No it isn’t. You’re only dreaming during REM sleep. This is like, sleep cycle 101 here. The periods of deep sleep where your brain is doing its deep repair work? Your consciousness is not just reduced, but absent entirely. During slow-wave sleep, you have no awareness. The reason you haven’t noticed these while you are sleeping is because you cannot be aware of your own periods where you completely lack awareness.