what is the last stage of sleep called
Here your body functions slow down even more. Your brainwaves become longer and slower as your body prepares for the next stage of sleep. NREM Stage 3. Stage 3, also known as slow wave sleep is the last stage of sleep. Here your body is in a deep sleep. Waking someone from this stage would be pretty difficult and if you managed it, they would feel very groggy, tired and disoriented.