Importance of REM Sleep

WHY IS REM SLEEP IMPORTANT?
⁃ Important for cognition, learning, memory consolidation, and mental health!
⁃ Acts as emotional “first aid”: Important for processing traumatic events
⁃ If deep sleep is when the body primarily repairs itself, REM sleep is when the BRAIN repairs itself/consolidates information.
⁃ Happens mostly in the second half of the night. Most (but not all!) of dreaming, and what we remember from dreams occurs in REM
Episode: • Sleep is Hard Work for...
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Ok…how do we get more REM?

[@vlmdrounds]

Basically you have to sleep 7-8 hours. Your REM sleep is at the end of the night and if you cut shrt your sleep you will not get to most of your REM phases. Check our my full episode on sleep for details: ua-cam.com/video/qdDyR8CAs40/v-deo.htmlsi=02OlOOYJUPLHK6tA
Also alcohol and sleeping pills interfere with REM sleep so best to avoid them.