For my GCSE english presentation, i’ve decided to talk about dreams.

My research has led me into finding out about the 5 stages of sleep and, of course, REM- where most dreams occur.

I’ve tried to go into more detail about exatly what it is, but all i can find are legnthy jargony essays that MUST have been written by oxbridge professors. Being a 15 year old with a relatively short attention span, i just cant be bothered trying to pick apart exactly what it is they’re saying and sifting through all the confusing junk i don’t actually need to know…

Can any of you guys help me? Here is what i have so far in my initial notes:

Most dreaming occurs during this final stage of sleep known as rapid eye movement ‘REM’. REM sleep is characterized by eye movement, increased respiration rate, increased brain activity. The brain and other body systems become more active whilst muscles become more relaxed. Dreaming occurs because of increased brain activity, but voluntary muscles become paralyzed.

Anything else i should know? Can you point me inthe direction of anything else that might be relevant to my presentation?

Thankyou!
To A A:
Who the hell is Michael Stipe?
And, funny as it was, what the hell does that have to do with my question??
XD
To JanStolz:
Yep, thanks. ^_^

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Since I transferred out of community college into a four year, I’ve had trouble adjusting to work amounts, competition, and grade deflation. I went from star student to C student in two semesters and have only recently gotten my grades up. More interestingly however, I’ve become more and more neurotic. I absolutely, positively, cannot fall asleep the night before exams, important meetings, presentations, dates with girls, big events, etc. Anything where I have some level of uncertainty of the outcome.

My study habits are worse, I am obsessive and concentrated to a T when I read chapters and study, but it takes me HOURS to finish studying what usually should take 1 hour or so. I take notes more than the textbook itself. When it comes to studying, I must have everything covered, or I will be worried through the roof for my grades. I usually end up not being able to studying all of the material for the test, because im so busy thoroughly studying the first half. What the hell is wrong with me… I could be doing so much better, but I’m wrecked by anxiety. I talk myself out of difficult things, I talk myself out of relationships, I talk myself out of opportunities, out of socializing, out of friends, all because I’m worried. Worst of it all is that I CANNOT SLEEP!!! I keep having to wake up to use the bathroom. What the hell is wrong with me!
Good call on the GAD. I am seeing a psychiatrist currently, and she’s given me an antidepressant/stimulant (Buproprion) for concentration and antidepressant effects, and she’s thinking about giving me an anxiolytic for anxiety. I don’t know… I have a big meeting tomorrow and I can’t fucking sleep.

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My son is almost 9 months old and fights like hell during nap time. It just started two days ago. He has been sleeping better at night for about a week now. Now that he’s sleeping more at night, he doesn’t want to nap. Without his naps though he is VERY crabby. Should I keep making him lay in his bed until he takes his nap?

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Ok this is kind of long but can someone please give me some advice. I honestly need help and im very aware of that. Ive asked my mother my father my older sister and my grandmother. Ive struggled with anxiety when i was younger around 17-18 yrs old,i never got help for it.it kind of jus went away.ive also been struggling anorexia\bulimia on and of since ive been about 14. Ive never told anybody i have a eating disorder.im actually slightly over weight but i look healthy and pretty and happy around people. Ive recently moved to FL from Chicago to become a caregiver for my 81 yr old grandma.ive been here exactly 1 year july 7 2011. Its just me and her here all our fam lives in chicago..so that means i get absolutely NO help. She doesnt walk or even dress herself,she crys all the time and complains about every single thing..shes very protective needs to kno wher im goin my license plate number and the # to wher im goin to be. I am 26 yrs old ..she suffers dimenca or however you spell that so shes constanley asking the same questions..i love her so much … But i have a feeling taking care of her is causing all these problems with me..i have recently been loosing my temper badley…ill snap at the smallest thing my heart beats like crazy i cant breath and cant control my actions after that…so ill break thing and throw things ..then after ill have an anxiety attack and cry and hate myself. Ive never been a angry person. My mom keeps telling me go to a doctor but i have no insurance or anything..i feel stuck. Ive recently flew 2 of my friends out to FL from chicago they said i act dif now i have a attitude and i need help.my sister visited me last week and said the same thing. And one last thing 2 months ago i was going threw insomnia (hell) …. Whats goin on with mi? Whats causing me to have these problems? I just want to be normal and happy…pls help thx

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I took a new Blood pressure pill last night and today I cant even keep my head up. Drowsiness isn’t the word to describe this it’s so bad. My eyes are have closed and its hard for me to even type. Will anything help get this the hell out of my system? Lots of water or something?

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i understand the whole thing except the death notebooks….how many were use in the story?? 1st was ryuk’s notebook (but really, its shidoh’s) ….this notebook was the first one to use in the story…then from ryuk to light, then to higuichi, then to the task force , then back to shidoh.
my question IS: did the task force knew about the notebook being taken back to shidoh?? how the hell did they know or see ryuk?? (this was the time where L’s dead)

…the 2nd notebook is from gealous, given to mikami, then taken by near…..

the 3rd notebook is rem’s which is taken by task force (again) ??

i dont get it…..

CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME THE CYCLE OF THE NOTEBOOKS?….i dont want to read or watch the whole thing again…..its just, confusing…

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I have Thanatophobia (Fear of death). At night, when i try to fall asleep, i think about death and all that.
What is the best way I should keep my mind off of it or best way to fall asleep? Should I get some professional help?

When I think about death at night, I think death is just darkness. That there is no heaven nor hell. Just in plain darkness for thousands of years
I have chest pain right now. I didn’t do a thing. It feels like its inside. It started on monday. All i did was what i usually do on weekends. Sleep in, watch TV, internet. But I had a lot of AMP that day. Could anyone tell me why that is?
BTW, im only 13. I know, AMP for kids? bad idea…

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I took them over 4 hours ago, and I am wide awake. I usually don’t go to sleep until 5am. I take them every once and awhile, but they put me right to sleep. What the hell is going on here? I haven’t done anything out of the norm, I don’t understand.

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When it comes to having a premonition does it normally come in dreams? Can it happen when you are awake? And can it be reoccurring?

This is going to sound really weird and please don’t think I’m crazy. Sometimes when I am right about to fall asleep I get this vision that I am holding a hand gun and pointing it at someone or something. I never see who it is or what I am pointing it at but I know somehow that I’m doing it for my own protection or to save my life. When this happens I instantly come wide awake. It only has happened right when I am about to fall asleep. It doesn’t happen all the time. It has only happened a few times.

Could this be a premonition? I know it couldn’t be a dream because I’ve read up on sleeping cycles and I wouldn’t have yet reached REM sleep when dreams normally happen.
Out of all the things a person can vision, why the hell would I see something like that?

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This isn’t really a question but I am going to put it on here anyways. With the recent publicity that bipolar disorder has had it seems everyone and their dog has it. It really is a rare disorder that goes undiagnosed however is misdiagnosed to millions of people. If you think you are or some one you love has bipolar (not is bipolar) has bipolar disorder, you can’t be a disorder, you suffer from it, then please just talk to a doctor or therapist and don’t come on here and ask about it. Most of these people aren’t and don’t really know someone who is, no matter what they say or think. It is sad that it has become "cool" to have this serious disorder. All those people who aren’t but pretent to be and all that really have made it hard for those that really are get the right treatment and have it actually treated as a serious issues and not just the flavor of the week.
I understand that people are looking for opinions but it doesn’t mean you are crazy to talk to a doctor or such about concerns about your mental health.

I live with this disorder and went misdiagnosed for many years, I never use it as an excuse for anything, which is what people are doing…it pisses me off…
I agree with you, I wish was able to spread this to others who want to be this way, bet they change their mind fast. I also bet they would stop running around bragging about having it. It’s not fun, cool are anything else…it is hell…pure hell.
Lamical is a great medication…wasn’t for me but I know others it is. I thank you for your story. I am considering building website "community" for this same topic. I know there are a lot out there but most fall short.

I am open to emails from others who truely want to talk about this.
Sadly the military was one organization who "misdiagonosed" me on "accident" and discharged me for misconduct instead.

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my sleeping has been messed up all week.

I try to lay in bed but I stayed awake all night every night until 2 am.

I caught a fever and now I’m trying to sleep but I’m staying up again.

what the hell?

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I have been taking it for about 3 weeks. I began taking the 5mg and started taking the 10mg last week. I feel like more sleep would help, it is hell getting up in the morning!!! HELP!

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anything non drug or surgery related please. something natural. anything that you know of or think is helpful to help an insomniac sleep. something to ingest or a technique. i really want to sleep again. my grades are slipping, i cant focus or think straight and im tired as hell and feel like i cant accomplish anything anymore. i dont wanna take sleeping pills cause they’re bad for you- i’ve taken them before. i feel so desperate for help.

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For a long time I have had the feeling that no matter what attempts I make in life to lead me to a happier existence, that its not worth searching because im so lost, but I had a very vivid dream during the rem cycle just befor waking….

In the dream, I was in a sort of walled courtyard with Aztec style constructs, but in a dry, arid, arabian terrain and desert climate….there was a sountrack in my head from a band i like called ”Sublime”….I thought ”well this musics not very appropriate for my ugly surroundings”….I decided to jump over the courtyard walls to see the surrounding landscape, which of course was dry and arid desert, but I decided to wander into the desert, but not expecting to find anything beautiful or fruitful, but thought ”well what the hell ill keep walking anyway.

After a while, to my surprise I eventually found something beautiful, it was a wall of different coloured blocks, like on those puzzel computer games where you hit a block and it falls….I started pushing these multicoloured blocks and like on the games they disapeared or dropped to replace the previous one, there was a feeling of joy while doing it, like it was a kind of Oasis of sorts, I then woke up.

I have my ideas of what the dream meant, but would like to hear your take to see if its similar to my take on it….would really appreciate your input here guys, thanks.

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This is a very weird and bad case of insomnia. My problem isn’t getting to sleep, and it never has been. But for some reason, I’m only sleeping 4 hours now.. its been happening for over two weeks. No matter what home remedy I try, after EXACTLY four hours (It’s very spooky how exact this is, folks…) I will wake up, feeling wide awake and physically impossible to fall back asleep.

What is going on in that brain of mine? Am I skipping out on one of sleep’s stages, or are all my stages of sleep being condensed itno a "micro session", I do crash hard so I know the 4 hours a night is not enough, but what the hell is wrong with me?

When I wake up, my mouth is completly dry and I have a very strong need to urinate. Even though I don’t drink anything before bed. I’ve been thinking.. possibly diabetes, I hope not, but at this point, just figuring out the cause of this would be a relief anyway. BTW, I have seen a doctor for this, and got Lunesta, and it didn’t work

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