... -Rapid Eye Movement sleep. The first stage is a very light sleep with relaxed muscles. The second is characterized by brain waves getting larger. The third and fourth stages are where the sleeper is in a deep sleep in which their brain waves are huge and slow which makes this stage the hardest to wake from. After an hour or so, you shift into ... a highly active stage characterized by rapid eye movements, hence the name REM sleep. Suddenly your brain waves are almost the same as if you were awake. You're in the dreaming stage, which occurs several times across the course of the night (Kr...

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... 's side. The right and left side of the mattress had deep impressions, about three inches, from all the people that have slept on it over the years. It looked like waves in the ocean since both sides had deep impressions. The bed was full size, and it sat up against the west wall under windows since the room was so small ... cold winter nights when I was a child. It was my job to bring in enough firewood to keep the wood stove going all night since it was the only source of heat we had. I remember my dad coming to my room and saying, "Boy you better get-out there and get more wood before...

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