Abstract One-third of our lives is spent laying around in a darkened room with eyes closed. Some are fortunate enough to go about this regular activity every day. However, there are some in this world that aren't as fortunate and instead lay awake night after night, maybe even have terrifying nightmares or even stop breathing all together in this process. This process we know as sleep. This paper will not only define sleep as a …showed first 75 words of 3237 total…

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