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Neurological activity during rapid eye movement sleep skyrockets to levels that frequently match or violently exceed your brain's processing power during your most active waking…

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Neurological activity during rapid eye movement sleep skyrockets to levels that frequently match or violently exceed your brain's processing power during your most active waking hours; while your physical body is utterly paralyzed in a dark room, your brain is firing on all cylinders to construct elaborate, hyper-realistic cinematic universes where you are suddenly failing a high school math test in your underwear while being chased by a giant terrifying lobster, proving that your subconscious mind is a deranged, heavily caffeinated artist that refuses to let you have a moment of actual peace even when you are supposedly resting!

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