Why do you close you're eyes when you sleep?

Answer:
To protect them.Your eyes are insulted each day by the wind, weather, smoking, etc. They are complex and need rest like the rest of our body.So it is natural we shut our eyes when we turn off our brain, so to speak. Nitey.

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Keeps the bugs out and it is easier to see dreams on a blank screen.

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So they won't dry out. duhh!

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If we didn't, our eye balls would shrivel up like little raisins in the sockets. YUK

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its darker

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Because your eyes need to be constantly wet. Otherwise, they can actually dry out! That's why it's hard to win staring contests. That's also why you blink! It's an automatic reflex to keep your eyes hydrated. There's fuid on the inside of your skin that helps do that.

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apparently i don't close my eyes when i sleep because my husband recently noticed that i just look like I'm awake and just blinking ... so i asked my mom and she said that yes i do sleep with my eyes open and that i always have even when i was a baby

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bit of a sciency answer for u but in order to sleep u need a build up of a chemical serotonine, which is destroyed by light. so by closing ur eyes ur blocking off light. also by ur eye being open it distracts u n keeps u awake by sending messages to ur brain. closing ur eyes also prevents dirt etc getting in ur eye.

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To shut down the visual sense so you can rest.

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can't sleep with them open

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my sister sleeps with her eyes half open.
it was freaky.

we used to make faces at her while she slept. haha.
now her daughter is like that too... i won't do that to her.

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so u don waste your time blinkin

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