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It is said when you dream you are paralyzed. How do you breathe then?? ?
I am fully aware breathing is autonomic.
6 Answers
- StuLv 41 decade agoFavorite Answer
The part of the brain that controls breathing and your pulse is different from the part of the brain that controls the other muscles in the body
- 1 decade ago
Breathing, your heart beating, and all of the other things you cant control in your body can not be shut off unless you go through some sort of distress. Your body paralyzes itself so you don't act out your dreams, so you can still breathe, you just cant move your muscles by yourself
- AnniekdLv 61 decade ago
I don't think you're paralyzed, I think you just kind of don't thrash around. Your eyes move constantly during your dreams.
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- Tony RBLv 71 decade ago
The paralysis is that your conscious brain has no control over the movement of your limbs.
Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REM_atonia#Physiology... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis
