Question

jb hmlog soye huye rehte ho to kisi chiz k smell aa rha h to hmlog ko pta nhi chalta kyu?

Answer 1

Actually, sometimes we can. Depending on what sleep state you are in (REM dreaming, delta waves, post-REM), senses still function. For example, I have worked the smell of smoke into my dreams. The smell of coffee from my programmable coffee-maker is more reliable than my alarm clock in awakening me.

In paradoxical sleep, our bodies are functioning but paralyzed, theoretically so that we don't move around in dream states and injure ourselves. This doesn't always work: consider sleep-walking and the increasing numbers of persons reporting sleep-eating, sleep-driving, and other activities on medications that alter traditional controls.

That's why night-blooming jasmine is a reassuring plant to have growing outside your bedroom window!