REM Behavior Disorder and Sleep Summary
REM behavior disorder is a sleeping disorder in which individuals physically act out during the course of their dreams. The behaviors can range from a minimal level of inconvenience such as somniloquy, which is the technical term for sleep talking, to an extreme, physical level of violently lashing out and consequently injuring themselves or others around them. Furthermore, the brainwave activity during the REM stage of sleep in people with RBD resembles that which the brain exhibits during the hours the person is awake. While most people are physically paralyzed during intense dreams, even the ones they are active in, RBD sufferers do not possess this quality. Although RBD causes the individual to act
REM behavior disorder is a sleeping disorder in which individuals physically act out during the course of their dreams. The behaviors can range from a minimal level of inconvenience such as somniloquy, which is the technical term for sleep talking, to an extreme, physical level of violently lashing out and consequently injuring themselves or others around them. Furthermore, the brainwave activity during the REM stage of sleep in people with RBD resembles that which the brain exhibits during the hours the person is awake. While most people are physically paralyzed during intense dreams, even the ones they are active in, RBD sufferers do not possess this quality. Although RBD causes the individual to act