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Originally posted by StephenS:
But isn't most of the fun in dreaming not being able to control it and being swept up along with the events...
I know somebody with similar opinions... ain't that funny?
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Actually, does anyone know how much time a night is spent (on average) in REM sleep?I'm curious because i would like to know if it's possible to reduce my sleep time and yet still retain the quality of a good night's sleep by distilling the hours to just merely the time it takes for REM sleep and to cut out the padding.
Are you kidding??? REM sleep deprivation is one of the worst possible things you could do to yourself!! Your subconcious needs that time to express itself and communicate with your concious mind metaphorically. Long-term REM sleep deprivation could land you in the ha-ha house. Besides, even if you do "cut it out" for just a short time, you'll have what is known as a "REM rebound" and have for one or two nights an insane amount of REM sleep. But still, it's not healthy to eliminate REM during the week and then just have a REM rebound over the weekend.
