Exploding Head Syndrome - What is it? Exploding head syndrome is an imagined loud noise heard just before one falls asleep sounding like: A loud bang Cymbals crashing A bomb exploding Constant violent crashing Episodes are undeterminable and may happen every night, multiple times a night, or infrequently. Exploding head syndrome is typically more annoying than [...]
Sleep Hallucinations - What is it? Sleep-related hallucinations are easily confused with dreams because they are imagined events that seem very real, but are not dreams because they occur when you are awake; typically, just as you are waking up or just as you are falling asleep. The images, sounds, smells, and touch you experience [...]
Sleep-Related Eating Disorder (SRED) - What is it? Repeated instances of compulsive binge eating and drinking while in a semi-awake state is considered a sleep-related eating disorder. When it happens, you typically have no memory of the event, and it is very difficult to wake up from an episode fully. Usually, people eat recklessly and have [...]
Sleep Terrors - What is it? Sleep terrors/night terrors occur in the first few hours of sleep during phase just before deep sleep called the slow-wave sleep phase. The terror is brought on when the person feels a deep sense of terror and fear that they cannot shake. Sleep terrors are more common in adults than [...]
Sleepwalking - What is it? Sleepwalking is just like it sounds, you get up from bed and walk around even though you are still sleeping. You may even act out complex actions that you normally would do while awake; this could be as simple as walking downstairs to the kitchen, opening the fridge, and pouring yourself [...]
Confusional Arousals - What is it? Confusional arousal is a parasomnia that causes you to wake up feeling very confused and may even cause you to act very unusual and out of the norm for yourself as you are waking up or just after you wake up. You may not know where you are or what [...]
Sleep paralysis - What is it? When sleep paralysis occurs you are unable to move your body either: When falling asleep (hypnagogic or predormital form) When waking up from sleep (hypnopompic or postdormital form) Everyone experiences temporary paralysis while they sleep. Your brain tells your muscles to relax, so you aren’t moving around, injuring yourself or [...]
Parasomnias - What is it? Parasomnias are sleep disorders in which strange or dangerous events occur that affect or intrude on sleep. These include nightmares, REM behavior disorder, confusional arousals, sleepwalking, sleep terrors, sleep eating disorder, sleep paralysis, sleep hallucinations, exploding head syndrome, and sleep talking. If you experience any of these parasomnias, then you [...]
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