REM Sleep

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GillyG12
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by GillyG12 on Wed Jan 27, 2021 6:03 pm

REM Sleep

How much deep/REM sleep should you ideally be getting each night? Does this effect how tired you feel the next day?

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by lisaartis on Thu Jan 28, 2021 10:34 am

Re: REM Sleep

Hi Gilly
Thanks for your message.
When we sleep, we sleep in cycles and each cycle lasts around 90mins. In each cycle we experience four stages of sleep:
Non-REM Stage 1
Non-REM Stage 2
Non-REM Stage 3
REM

Stage 3 is our deep or slow wave sleep and it accounts for around 25% of our sleep. It is vital for memory, forgetting, learning and growth.

REM sleep is our dream sleep and also accounts for around 20-25% of our sleep. It is where we dream, have emotional memories and have low muscle tone so we don't act out our dreams.

We need Stage 3 deep sleep as it's the most restorative sleep we have - so we wake feeling refreshed and that we've had a good night's sleep.
Lisa Artis
Head of The Sleep Council

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