When you go to sleep you go through what is called a sleep cycle. There is different parts of your sleep cycle. Basically this cycle is you hitting rem(Rapid Eye Movement) sleep multiple times.
After so many times of hitting rem sleep you are woken up. Rem cycle is also when most people experience dreams. Since your brain is active even when you are asleep you experience Activity.
So to prevent you from doing things like run, walk around and do that stuff in your sleep your brain releases a chemical. This chemical temporary paralyzes your body when you are asleep. When you do not finish your sleep cycle sometimes your body does not wake up fully. So your brain will be vaguely aware of whats going on but your body wont move.
Now people that do not have enough of the chemical released when they are sleeping it results in things like sleepwalking. If you do things like sleep walk and other sort of actions like this in your sleep than your brain is not releasing the paralyzing chemicals.
Paralyzed when trying to sleep
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When you go to sleep you go through what is called a sleep cycle. There is different parts of your sleep cycle. Basically this cycle is you hitting rem(Rapid Eye Movement) sleep multiple times.
After so many times of hitting rem sleep you are woken up. Rem cycle is also when most people experience dreams. Since your brain is active even when you are asleep you experience Activity.
So to prevent you from doing things like run, walk around and do that stuff in your sleep your brain releases a chemical. This chemical temporary paralyzes your body when you are asleep. When you do not finish your sleep cycle sometimes your body does not wake up fully. So your brain will be vaguely aware of whats going on but your body wont move.
Now people that do not have enough of the chemical released when they are sleeping it results in things like sleepwalking. If you do things like sleep walk and other sort of actions like this in your sleep than your brain is not releasing the paralyzing chemicals.