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		ralph on Feb 26, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bad sleep 'dramatically' alters body I recently read a news article that said making roughly in the middle of a night's sleep is natural and you should just expect to doze off again rather than worry about it occurring.

oyvindeh on Feb 26, 2013 | [–]

Yes, I am aware of it. It's called segmented sleep[1]. Some think it is natural, but not everybody agrees[2].

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segmented_sleep

[2] http://www.supermemo.com/articles/sleep.htm#Myths_and_facts

EliRivers on Feb 26, 2013 | [–]

There is an argument that it's historically common.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segmented_sleep#Segmented_sleep...

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