The Pause You Don’t Notice: Riddle 4

I’m with you from birth, yet you never touch me.
I leave before you sleep, but I’m not a dream.
You do me without knowing—until you don’t.

What am I?

Breathing

Imagination

But it continues even when u sleep

It gets stronger when u sleep

You have it with you from the moment you’re born, but you never physically touch it. It stops when you sleep, but it’s not a dream—it’s simply unconscious. And you breathe naturally without thinking—until, one day, you don’t.

Or it could be your shadow

shadow

shadow

While shadows change based on light, they don’t actually “stop” when you sleep.

time then?

Btw your shadow is with you from birth but never physically touches you. It disappears before you sleep (since there’s no light to cast it), but it’s not a dream. You have a shadow without realizing—until you don't, like in total darkness.

thought

Thats a nice exp but hmm that fits too but what I wanted to hear was more apt

Thatsn again nice exp but it doesn't exactly fit the riddle since it doesn't fully "stop" before sleep. It just depends on light. The answer I had in mind is something that actually stops when you sleep.

blinking or conscious thought

I thought of thought but blinking makes more sense

Thoughts don’t stop when you sleep

Yeh blinking is the perfect ans

I realised that too late