modes of sleep
When are we half asleep, pretending we are asleep, wishing we were asleep, never wanting to sleep, physically too excited to sleep, too anxious to sleep, have nowhere sleep, don’t feel safe to sleep, or we are asleep!
Sleeping is happening constantly..there is people sleeping every milli-second….there will never be a moment in the world where nobody is sleeping. And we will never have the same type of sleep twice. Like sleeping, eating, running and thinking are all things happening constantly and uniquely.
So, possibly the unique feature is the human brain and not the phenomenon sleep. We are so amazing when you think about it. We can achieve amazing things on little sleep, little food, little common-sense… if we have to. But how well can we describe it…..
If we had to describe it to an alien..just imagine what people would say….I would say…sleep is a rest time for the brain. Some people like to sleep a lot and some have trouble falling to sleep. Meanwhile the alien is looking puzzled. So it is best achieved by taking your body and lying down on a flat, soft surface. It is best if you are not lying next to an edge with some sort of drop! It is better if you can sleep uninterrupted for about 6-8 hours. So while lying on a flat, safe surface close your eye-lids and think of nice, happy and calm thoughts. Now when you wake up you have to sit up and give yourself a few minutes to regain a clear head. I think if I could test this on an alien he would be trying to process what I am talking about and be so confused he would probably ask someone what to do if an alien can’t sleep!!! Mmmm so it is hard to describe sleeping, or eating, or thinking, or anything we humans do!!!! And maybe aliens really don’t sleep!?
Caz says
How would we ever know whether an alien sleeps or not,maybe one day in the not too distant future!
Shaz says
Well yes good point…Aliens here we come!!