Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Sleeping
In class today, we learned about sleeping and conditions associated with it like narcalepsy and insomnia. One of the subjects was sleep apnea, and when we were discussing it and the symptoms that go along with it, what people were saying described my dad almost exactly when he is sleeping. He would snore really loud for a while, and then he would almost choke and then stop snoring a little bit, but then start snoring really loud once again. He would do this all throughout the night, and you can here him all over the first floor in my house which is so annoying. I thought it was interesting though to learn abouty how this happens as well as learning more about our brain activity and the brain when we are sleeping. It's almost like I can predict what stage of sleep my dad will be in at night.
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That is very interesting Jared. Did you inform your dad about this possible health risk? I hope so. But anyways, sleeping is a very interesting part of life. It is still not fully understood even though it is practiced by human beings since the beginning of our existance. I too thought the stages of sleep were fascinating. I found myself to be reflecting upon my own sleeping cycle. The most interestig thing I discovered though was that that feeling of falling that makes you jump while your are just barely awake happens to everybody.
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