Sleep disorder

What is insomnia? Insomnia is a sleeping disorder that causes one to lose a substantial amount of sleep. It is also described as having extreme difficulties falling asleep and staying asleep. Some hypothesize that insomnia is an outcome of someone 's work schedule or lifestyle (National Alliance on Mental Health). Insomnia can affect a person in a variety of ways. A person can speculate that they are experiencing insomnia if the symptoms are prevalent. Some causes of insomnia are known,…

crimes are committed when individuals neglect one of their most basic needs: sleep. Not only are crimes committed but lives are destroyed through a variety of sleep disorders. Bad sleeping habits and disorders can ruin relationships, health, and general wellbeing. Where is law enforcement when a hard working mother struggles to get a good night’s sleep because of her spouse’s constant snoring? Who is there when someone sleeps their life away? How can a man live with himself when he goes out into…

little scary at first but it is a natural sleep disorder. Sleepwalking has been occurring for hundreds of years. Even Shakespeare alludes to it in his famous play Macbeth. For many years this phenomena was unexplainable, but now with new technology it can be solved. Sleepwalking has a broad history with diagnosing, has a variety of different causes, and has effects to all ages at different consistencies. Sleepwalking has been around ever since man went to sleep. It has pretty much been around…

Sleep deprivation is a condition that occurs if one does not get enough sleep. Examples would be sleeping at the wrong time of day, not getting the right kind of sleep that a human body needs, or having a sleep disorder that gets in the way of getting enough sleep or a good equality of sleep. The recommended amount of sleep a person should get depends on age. For newborns, it is 16-18 hours a day, for preschool-aged children it is 11-12 hours a day, for school-aged children it is at least 10…

What is Insomnia? Insomnia is a sleeping disorder that causes one to lose a substantial amount of sleep. It is also described in the way that people not only lose sleep but just have trouble falling asleep. Some speculate that insomnia is an outcome of someone 's work schedule or lifestyle (National Alliance on Mental Health). There are a variety of causes to how insomnia can affect a person. You can speculate that you have insomnia if the symptoms are showing. People who have insomnia may…

one of the experts behind Parks’ defence, stated that during the slow wave sleep stage (a test conducted), the cortex was essentially in a coma which had affected the movements he made by making them less or more reflexive.1 So when he was ‘asleep’, his physical movement were not intended which makes the murder/assault inadvertent. One might say that in a legal sense, “disease of the mind” includes any illness, disorder or abnormal condition that may impair the human mind; however, it excludes…

The first topic, and one I found most interesting is how people alter their consciousness through drugs and alcohol. This was really interesting to me as I grew up in a home with drug addiction, so learning about what makes drugs so appealing and addicting really opened my eyes. A lot of the information covered in that section was information that I was already familiar with, however I did read some things that did surprise me. For example, marijuana was listed as a hallucinogen which really…

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…

teen who was unable to sleep during the night, then woke up early in the morning for school the next day. That teenager has a higher chance of falling asleep in class or even falling asleep at the wheel due to lack of sleep and early school start times. Early school start times have a bigger effect on teenagers then most researches thought. Adolescents are sleep deprived for one main reason: early school start times. Teenagers perform worse in school due to the lack of sleep they receive and…

always considered sleep a time for your brain to shut down and rest. Thanks to research, we learned this was wrong and now know a lot about sleep. When we sleep, our brain is still active because it has important functions to perform. First, we need to understand what makes us want to sleep. A “substance, called adenosine, builds up in your blood while you’re awake. Then, while you sleep, your body breaks down the adenosine. Levels of this substance in your body may help trigger sleep when…