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The secrets of good sleep

ZOE Science & Nutrition

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REM Sleep and Dreaming

When we're asleep, sleep is the most idiotic of all inventions. We reactivate emotional experiences and events that we've had during the day or even in past years or months. It's almost as though REM sleep is a nocturnal soothing balm that takes the sharp edges off those difficult, painful experiences. So you wake up the next day and you feel better about them.

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