When we turn off the light and surrender to the dream a hidden festival of involuntary and curious actions begins, the human being spends a lot of time of his life sleeping. It is a vital necessity for the body and mind to rest and regain strength for the next day. During this time of unconsciousness, our body does the most curious things, that the experts who study the dream have moved us.

You and know Sleeping is one of the most pleasurable and delicious activities that exist. Without forgetting also what it represents for our physical and emotional health. If you’re like me, then you can snuggle up easily with a couple of giant pillows, warm pajamas and lose yourself in Morpheus’ arms.

In this cold season, what better to know more about this curious activity, in which we close our eyes and-literally-disconnect ourselves from the world. Here we list some strange things that happen while you sleep.

Number1. Hypnotic Impulse

At least 70% of people suffer spasms or hypnotic impulses when they are sleeping. Surely you’ve ever been aware that your leg was moving involuntarily. Many of these muscle spasms are related to a dream in which you fall into a vacuum.

Some scientific theories point out that this effect is a vestige of our ancestors who slept in the trees and that when they felt the spasms they woke up and repositioned themselves again among the branches, to avoid a fall.

Number2. Bruxism

Grinding our teeth while we sleep is very common in a large part of the population. The causes of bruxism are not sufficiently known, although it is considered that the most important trigger is stress. There are other causes that can contribute to its appearance as food, posture at bedtime, inadequate alignment of the teeth.

Bruxism can trigger tooth wear, jaw pain, ear pain, and insomnia. Traditionally, dentists have recommended to their patients a discharge splint to relieve pressure on the teeth, as well as massages in the affected area or relaxation exercises.

Number3. Sleep Paralysis

Our body has mechanisms to block our muscles while we sleep and thus prevent them from moving according to what we are dreaming of. However, sometimes failures occur and, although we are half-awake, we are unable to move a single muscle. It is what is known as sleep paralysis, and creates a very distressing sensation in those who suffer it.

Number4. Speak Or Sing Aloud

Somnilochia or sleeping talk is a Parasomnia referred to when speaking aloud during sleep. It can be quite strong, vary from simple sounds to long speeches, and occur once or several times during sleep.

Normally, we forget what we have said and although the person who has heard us repeat it the next day, it seems incredible and surreal to have said something.

Number5. Sexual Excitement

It is very common for men to have nocturnal erections during sleep since the blood tends to oxygenate at rest causing this type of reaction, three to five times during the night. It also happens in women, who notice impulses in their genitals and may even have orgasms, usually produced by a high-pitched dream. And during sleep are hormones secreted that excite both sexes equally.

Number6. We Move Our Eyes More

The movements of the eyes in the REM phase are worthy of study since it is one of the pending subjects of neuroscience. During this stage of the dream, the eyes converge and rotate downwards, originating fast movements. The REM sleep phase is a phase of light sleep, our body is not deeply asleep, Scientists do not have the answer as to why this movement originates.

Number7. We Are Taller

During our sleep, the spine hydrates and stretches, allowing the space of the discs between vertebrae to be distanced a little. However, in the morning the discs shrink again and we recover our height again.

Number8. Sleeping Slim

During the night the body spends energy, so adults are recommended to sleep between 7 and 9 hours a day and children about ten hours. The organism spends 10 percent of the total energy daily when it digests, absorbs and stores food; between 10 percent and 30 percent in physical activity; and up to 70 percent in breathing, thinking or sleeping.

Number9. You Have Recurring Dreams

Have you dreamed several times that you submit to an exam without having studied? Any recurrent and strange dream is due to psychological situations that your brain has not been able to assimilate, since the dream is for the brain to archive everything in memories, but not what it has not been able to interpret.

Number10. We Produce More Gases

During the night, it is more complicated to control the farts, which flow naturally. As the body is in a maximum state of muscle relaxation, our intestine releases gases without any type of repression! Ideally to avoid it is to take a light dinner and at least three hours before sleeping.

Also, in addition to these 10 strange things that does happen while we sleep, After 5 minutes of waking up, you can only remember 50% of the dreams. At 10 minutes, 90% of what we dream has been forgotten. People who dream nothing, or never remember any part of their dreams, often have personality problems.

In addition to being a necessary and common activity, the dream contains a whole series of mysteries that science has tried to uncover little by little. While this is happening, let’s continue enjoying it and doing it properly, at least 7 hours a day.

Lastly, we tend to think that when we sleep, our body is still and that the most it does would be to turn around or perhaps do a lot of movement because of what we dream. When we sleep, the body still has many tasks to accomplish and also has some reactions that are really strange and curious such as we have shown in this post, thanks for reading.