What exactly is Rapid Eye Movement sleep?

[austinbooth]

[SueShe]

It is that phase of your sleep where you dream and yes, it is a very important part of the entire sleep pattern.

The phase of sleep in which most dreams occur. During REM sleep, a person’s brain activity, breathing, heart rate, and blood pressure increase, and the eyes move rapidly while closed. The muscles in the arms and legs become temporarily unable to move. REM sleep is thought to play an important role in memory and learning. During normal sleep, a person goes through four to five sleep cycles that last about 90 minutes each and include both REM sleep and non-REM sleep (light to deep sleep). Also called rapid eye movement sleep.

source: https://www.cancer.gov

[SueShe]

@ravagesavage It may be odd but here is the entire link

www.cancer.gov/.../rem-sleep

[thundercloud]

For my opinion the rapid eye movement sleep is I looked it up on Google a stage of sleep characterized by eye movement behind closed eyelids, increased brain activity, and dreaming. and I hope that is an ok option

[Stevepro68]

It one of multiple stages of sleep that you should cycle through every night. Typically it's the stage where you dream. Your body paralyzes your voluntary muscles slightly. So you won't act out what you're doing in the dream. But you ocular nerves and muscles are exempt from that I immobility so they move behind closed lids. That is just a simplistic overview but that is what it means.

[sage2021]

I believe it's REM sleep which is deep sleep according to my doctor.

[Pearl222]

REM ( Rapid eye movement behind closed eyes) sleep is the deepest state of sleep cycle after 4 stages of NREM. It is also a state of paradoxical brain activity. This is the phase of sleep where you are most likely to have vivid dreams, night mares, decreased muscle tone so you don’t physically act out your dream and even erections.
It generally lasts for around 10 min in each sleep cycle and for a total of 90-100 min over a 7-8 hours duration of sleep.

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

REM sleep is when you dream and also receive everything necessary to give your brain the “refresh” it needs.

[jahaims]

Google it