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Message: <blockquote data-quote="random user" data-source="post: 1604183" data-attributes="member: 16581">If you reduce it far enough, everything comes down to neurons.  The muscles you use to lift an object receive neurotransmitters to tell them to start working, and in what way to start working.When you dream, your body is greatly inhibited from making any movements (many studies have shown that when you dream, your brain still sends all the actions such as running, leaping etc down towards the rest of your body -- it's just that the signal never actually makes it*) by neurotransmitters released along the neural pathway.In effect, your muscles don't work and you have, in essence, "no strength" even though your mind is telling you to apply your muscles.Similarly (this one may be an urban legend, if it is let me know please), we've all heard reports of people being on drugs (usually PCP) where they display superhuman strength.  This suggests that strength can be varied based on neurotransmitters (well, and the pathways that are affected by them), which is a mental process.So, at a fundamental level, it's all mental.  Much like you can't really prove that the people around you exist, it's usually best to just assume that examining something at such a fundamental level is often not the best way to examine the world (though, of course, that is a generalization, and you know what they say about people that make generalizations...)* Sleepwalking generally occurs during non-REM sleep (ie not during dreaming) when this inhibition isn't taking place.  There has been documented cases of sleep paralysis upon waking when there are some synchronization issues between when your brain thinks it is awake or asleep.  This paralysis is usually very brief, but can be quite scary.  If you are interested in more, try googling for the term "sleep paralysis."</blockquote>

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