Why we can't Smell things while Sleeping
The answer to the question, can you smell in your sleep, is quite simple "NO". As it turns out, the phrase wakes up and smells the coffee is more true than you would imagine. When you are asleep, your sense of smell shuts down. You can only smell the coffee after you have woken up.
The most important thing the body does while we are sleeping is repairing itself:
- In order to do this, it needs energy.
- As we sleep, the body shuts some senses and keeps some active.
- Your sense of smell, taste, sight is shut while hearing and touch are still active during sleep.
- Even the active senses are not completely active as they are when we are awake They are dimmed a little.
- That's the reason you wake up to a loud sound or also if someone shakes you.
