Parasomnia

Overview Nightmare disorder, also called parasomnia, is a condition in which a person experiences frequent vivid nightmares. During the night, we go through the sleep cycle four to six times, with the length of REM sleep becoming longer each time. Nightmares occur most often during the REM stage, so patients are more likely to have them during the last half of the night. Everyone experiences nightmares from time to time. It is when they become recurrent and create problems for the patient that…

Sleep eating disorder is one of the parasomnias which consists of the repeated episodes of the compulsive binge eating and drinking after waking up during the night. REM sleep behavior disorder occurs when one acts out vivid dreams while sleeping. These dreams are often filled with action which can be violent. The next one is paralysis which causes one to be unable to move the body when falling asleep or when waking up. It can make one feels anxious and afraid and some people also hallucinate…

Sleep, defined as a naturally recurring state of mind and body characterized by altered consciousness, relatively inhibited sensory activity, inhibition of nearly all voluntary muscles, and reduced interactions with surroundings. As humans, we all experience sleep, however, others experience it differently. Although sleep is relatively important for all humans, each human encounters sleep differently. For example, one can sleep through the night without a problem, whereas others will experience…

rare. Older people have a disease in sleep time with waking up more during the night. Allergies can also lead to sleep loss. Allergies also can cause snoring and OSA with children, this causes poor schoolwork or work, lower IQ, and brain damage. Parasomnias are behaviors that occur while sleeping, they include sleep terror disorder, sleepwalking, and nightmares.…

Sigmund Freud said in his land- mark work the interpretation of dream that “dreams are the disguised fulfillment of repressed wishes.” He also gives two components of dreams the manifest content and the latent content. These demonstrate the elements of a dream that is consciously experienced and remembered by the dreamer; while the unconscious wishes, thoughts and urges are concealed in the manifest content of a dream. However my belief is not in standing to what Sigmund Freud mention in his…

functioning properly. This disruption eventually promotes the growth of cancer cells over long periods of time. If you have trouble sleeping, you may be suffering from one of the three most common sleep disorders: insomnia, parasomnia and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Insomnia…

Between work, school, and the average person’s personal life, days can be extremely tiresome. Somedays one might even feel as if they could sleep for days and never wake up. However, this is evidently impossible. Unless one falls into a coma. As children, most of us had wet the bed, or had constant bad dreams. Good news is, nearly everyone grows out of both. However, some don 't. Some children even experience far more worse cases of sleep disorders. As the child ages it might or might not get…

Sleeping Well in October (deployment: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2015) Subject Line: Extremely Spooky Sleep! No, You Did Not Become A Zombie! But you may have felt that way if you’ve ever experienced a very scary parasomnia called sleep paralysis. Very simply, your mind wakes up before your body does, and you feel, well, paralyzed. You can see, you can hear, but you can’t move. Episodes of sleep paralysis can also feature very frightening visual and auditory hallucinations. These episodes are…

Sleep terrors are usually terrifying experiences. A sleep terror is when a person is dreaming but they are physically having an episode of screaming and flailing in fear. It is considered a parasomnia, which is an undesired occurrence during sleep. Sleep terrors can last anywhere from seconds to a few minutes. In extreme cases they can last a while longer. Nightmares are also very terrifying, but they are not the same as sleep terrors. Sometimes you can remember bits and pieces of what the…

Another negative aspect of texting is the sleep deprivation it can cause. Research “shows that a good night's sleep is fundamental to everything from academic ability and behavior to memory, concentration, sporting prowess, decision-making, creativity and mental health” (Frankel 2010). A good night’s rest is extremely important for a teenager or young adult’s growth. Because they are texting all night, teenagers are neglecting homework and sleep as well. This results in the teenager struggling…