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>>10846379
It's not actually entirely REM, there is non-REM but it goes through the first two stages of non-REM way faster than monophasic sleeping. By the third stage you are already in deep sleep which takes only minutes, then it should take you into REM and start cycling through the sleep stages as normal.

I've been doing this two and a half years (give or take) and I'd consider myself a pretty healthy person, my only "unhealthy" area of life being my social life. I work in a warehouse and listen to music so I don't talk to anybody and I also live alone. I truly wish there were more research in this area but I have to say from my own experience that it has been incredibly beneficial for productivity; however, I do not believe that polyphasic sleep is for everyone.