It’s three or four in the morning. You open your eyes suddenly, silently, without a nightmare, for no apparent reason. The house is silent, the world seems frozen, and yet… you’re awake and can’t get back to sleep right away.
If this scene sounds familiar, you’re part of the silent majority. Millions of people experience these nocturnal awakenings, almost always at about the same time. This phenomenon, which has inspired myths, spiritual beliefs, and anxiety, is nevertheless based on very real mechanisms in the body and brain.
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