Are you a sleepwalker? Are any of your friends? Surely more than once you have been curious to know why it happens, what causes it and what is the true state of the people who suffer from it.Are they really asleep or is it perhaps a state of semi-consciousness where they simply lose their will? Well, first of all we have to tell you that it is not considered a disease as such, but rather we would be talking about a really peculiar sleep disorder.We will explain more about it below….
Sleepwalking or noctanbulismo
If you are a sleepwalker, you should breathe with relief, because if you were born in full Middle Ages, you would surely be burned at a stake if someone close to you denounced you to the ecclesiastical authorities., suffering from noctanbulism was synonymous of being demonized, of suffering a series of possession that only the flames could reverse.
Fortunately times have changed and there are many people who can openly declare that yes, they get up for the nights in dreams without remembering anything the next day.This sleep disorder enters into or that it is known as parasomnias , that is, alterations during sleep that do not alter the normal rest of the person, since the normal thing is that they do not wake up while they are suffering.
Always appears in the No REM phase , just before the REM phase, specifically in the early hours of the night.Far from staying quietly in bed, our body reacts, the control is disconnected engine of our unconsciousness, and normal movements are executed such as walking, manipulating objects and going from one room to another.Wandering without waking up and even keeping our eyes open in many cases.The truth and even if you are surprised, you do not have any clear conclusion of why it occurs, that it originates clearly, although yes, there is a consensus when it comes to telling us that it is more common that appears in childhood and adolescence, since for some authors, it is part of a small error of our Central Nervous System, not yet as mature as it should.
But yes, we must knowing that sleepwalking is also common in adults, especially in those moments of acute stress and anxiety that we usually suffer.Instants in which our body simply reacts while we are resting due to that high level of activation of our organism.They are usually not more than a few minutes, but when we wake up, the state of confusion in which we find ourselves is usually quite disturbing.
There are many urban legends that tell us that yes we wake up abruptly to a sleepwalking person , he may suffer a heart attack.It is not quite true, but obviously it is not recommended to remove it from his dream in a violent way; what we will have to do, simply, is to take them back to their bed so that they continue their rest and do not feel confused or disoriented when opening their eyes, seeing themselves in an unexpected space.They are usually quite easy to move, you will not have more to take them gently by the arm and direct them to that place from which they should not have left their bed, that needy shelter of all of us during the night.
And you, are you sleepwalking? Tell us about your experiences, we would love to meet you.
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