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BrainStuff

Can You Sleep With Your Eyes Open?

BrainStuff

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Science, Technology, Natural Sciences

4.01.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2022

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

It's not necessarily fun (nor on purpose), but yes, some people sleep with one or both eyes partially open. Learn how nocturnal lagophthalmos works in this episode of BrainStuff, based on this article: https://health.howstuffworks.com/mental-health/sleep/disorders/can-fall-asleep-with-eyes-open.htm

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1:06.0

Hi, I'm Jane Marie, host of The Dream and I'm excited to announce that we're back with a brand new

1:10.8

season. A lot has changed since last season, like, you know, the whole world and everything,

1:15.9

but also my butt. I have been sitting on it for a couple of years and we're going to get me off

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podcasts. Welcome to Brain Stuff, a production of iHeartRadio.

1:42.5

Hey, Brain Stuff, Lauren Poplebaum here. The old saying, sleep with one eye open isn't so met

1:48.4

a foracle for everyone. Take, for example, Mel, a mom in Kansas, whom has stuff work spoke with

1:54.4

by email for the article that this episode is based on. Well, she has a son who regularly sleeps with

1:59.5

both eyes about half open. And she said, oh, we joke around and say that Jack is afraid he's going

2:04.8

to miss something. The family wasn't too weird to doubt when he started doing it, though, as they'd

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