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Running in your sleep

Did you ever wake up suddenly because while you were having a dream because your body actually moved a bit?  This poor dog was apparently having a running dream when his body kicked in . . . such a rude awakening!

What protects us from physically acting out our dreams and hurting ourselves?  The body functions to paralyze itself [1] during REM sleep to protect us from self-damage that would occur if we acted out scenes from our dreams.

[Via hahahaimontheinternet [2]]

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