What Is the Subconscious Really Doing While You Sleep_ Calming Mind Science for Deep Sleep
Your body lies still. Your conscious mind drifts into silence. But beneath the surface, your subconscious is working harder than it ever does while you are awake. It is cleaning, filing, repairing, and protecting you from threats you do not even know exist.While you sleep, your subconscious performs three critical functions. First, memory consolidation. The hippocampus replays the day's events, deciding which memories to store in long-term cortex and which to discard. Second, threat simulation. The amygdala generates scenarios that allow you to practice responding to danger without actual…
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