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9 Jun 2026 · 1 min

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In this YouTube short, speaker Nyree Penn, MHSc., CAA, explains how insufficient REM sleep uniquely harms women. She describes the cascade that begins with the many competing responsibilities women face—childcare, work, errands—and leads to a state she calls “wired and tired.” Without quality REM, the brain’s adenosine sleep pressure builds, causing severe brain fog, impaired logical thinking, and decision‑making deficits. Penn likens the cognitive effects of REM loss to being drunk, emphasizing that the brain cannot function properly without REM’s restorative role.

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The effects of the lack of REM sleep specifically on a woman is tremendous, right? First and foremost, we're women. You can look. If we are not happy, nobody's happy. You know, how do you feel? We have so many responsibilities. How do you feel? Wired and tired, right? I'm up. I have to take care of the baby. I got to go to work. I got to do this. I got to pick up. I got to go. We put these permanent S's on our chest for whatever reason, and what sacrifices is our sleep, right? So when we can't get quality REM sleep, our brains can't work. You know, lack of REM sleep is the equivalent of being drunk. You brain fog. You can't. You asked me about brain fog. It's the adenosine sleep pressure. When that builds up, that second sleep, that brain sleep, you can't think, you can't function, you can't make logical decisions.