How to Fall Asleep and Stay Asleep by Dr Art Ulene

stage one:

sleep cannot be willed

or forced

It is controlled

by a primitive part

of the brain

similiar to the one

that regulates

other uncontrollable urges

such as hunger,

and thirst

stage two:

the eyes

are moving very rapidly behind

the closed eyelids

all of the skeletal

muscles

of the body

are paralyzed

(paralysis keeps you

from thrashing about and

harming yourself or others

during

the intense dreams)

stage 1 1/2:

transition state

between

wakefulness & sleep

most people feel

that they are

still awake,

although

their

thoughts

are drifting

and

they

do

not

re

-member

th

-e

things

that are

happening

stage 2: True sleep

In which aDULTS spend most of their sleep time

Little mental activity going on during

stage two and very little

sexual activity, although

aDULTS have been known to hold hands.

(belize 2008)