What is Sleep? “Sleep is not just simply the absence of wakefulness” – Matthew Walker. It is a deliberate, highly metabolically active state of the brain and body which is made up of distinct stages. These stages are broadly differentiated by one core feature, the movement of the eyes. Thus, sleep is majorly broken into…
Have you ever felt your heart racing, or felt a knot in your stomach when you’re nervous or stressed? This is your body responding to the situation through your autonomic nervous system, the part of your nervous system that regulates things like heart rate, breathing, blood distribution, digestion, sweating, and pupil size. But did you…