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During deep sleep the human body enters a death-like state for 4 hours.

Brain waves flatline, heart rate drops to 40, and you become paralyzed.

You wake up 20 times but never remember.

Source: National Sleep Foundation, 2023
#Science #HumanBody #Sleep #Health #Biology #Neuroscience #Medical #Facts #Education #Brain
Transcript
00:00You are legally dead for 4 hours every single night.
00:03During deep sleep your brain waves flatline like clinical death.
00:06Your body temperature drops and breathing slows to 8 breaths per minute.
00:10You become completely paralyzed so you do not act out dreams.
00:14Your heart rate drops to 40 beats making you clinically bradycardic.
00:18You wake up 20 times per night but never remember it.
00:21Every morning your body literally resurrects itself from this state.
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