The Four Stages of Sleep and What They Actually Do

Sleep better knowing how long each stage should last, what happens, and why you need to cycle through them several times

Robert Roy Britt
Wise & Well
Published in
5 min readDec 26, 2023

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This article is drawn from Chapter 9 of my book, Make Sleep Your Superpower. It has been revised and updated to better stand alone here.

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Robert Roy Britt
Wise & Well

Editor of Aha! and Wise & Well on Medium + the Writer's Guide at writersguide.substack.com. Author of Make Sleep Your Superpower: amazon.com/dp/B0BJBYFQCB