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Last Updated: Aug 29, 2019
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Super Fact of the Day: Did you know you become paralysed when you sleep?

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Dr. Surbhi Bansal AgrawalGeneral Physician • 19 Years Exp.PDDM, MHA, MBBS
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At night when we doze off and enter rem (rapid eye movement), the human body becomes absolutely paralysed as the areas of the brain that control our movement get de-activated. This is what stops us from falling out of our bed while asleep.

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