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2 Jun 2026 · 1 min

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In this concise YouTube short, the speaker explains that sleep occurs in 5–7 cyclical waves each night, with REM sleep typically emerging in the later waves (5‑7). GABA levels rise to promote sleep, but the body must first spend 2–3 hours in non‑REM stages before entering REM. Consequently, awakenings that happen around 2–3 AM—when REM is most likely—interrupt REM sleep. The speaker also notes that during a menstrual period, this interruption can be especially pronounced, leading to fragmented emotional consolidation. The result is increased grogginess, crankiness, moodiness, and irritability due to impaired emotional regulation.

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Sleep in general is a cycle. It goes in waves. You have 5 to 7 waves of sleep throughout the night. The later waves, wave 5, 6, and 7, is when REM sleep usually occurs. So GABA has to be pretty high. So that's what makes us sleepy. So we have to be asleep for at least 2 to 3 hours before our bodies actually get into REM sleep. Those later evenings, those 2 to 3 AM awakenings that occur affect our REM sleep because that's usually when our REM sleep occurs. So now, not only we're on our period, we're cranky, we're groggy, we're moody, Because that emotional regulation and consolidation couldn't occur, or it was fragmented because of our inability to stay and get into a REM sleep state.