How to Survive Sleepwalking

and what exactly are you doing ma'am [Music] it's a special code masked intruders broke into your house they want to hurt you fast grab something and fight back but wait you're still asleep this is just a bad dream the reality is far worse you're swinging a sharp knife around you with no sense of where you're aiming here's how to survive sleepwalking somnambulism more commonly known as sleepwalking is a condition in which you're able to sit up walk around and perform tasks while in the early stages of sleep your eyes would be open but you're still dreaming and you won't remember a thing after the episode eating preparing food and talking are among the usual activities sleepwalkers engage in but there are hazardous things that you might find yourself doing a study involving 100 repeat sleepwalkers found almost 58 had been injured or had injured someone else during an episode of sleepwalking why should you wake up a sleepwalker when does sleepwalking occur which diseases might sleepwalking be an indicator of [Music] step one hide the blades in 2001 stephen wrights and eva waynferner were on a romantic getaway to california's catalina island until it turned into a nightmare literally and allegedly sleepwalking rights killed wayne ferner thinking he was in a fight with a male intruder he smashed her head with a flower pot stabbed her numerous times and fractured several of her bones he had no memory of the attack on wayne ferner and had flashbacks about fighting the imagined intruder he shared with the police if we want to avoid this couple's faint it's better to be safe than sorry remove any sharp objects from your bedroom lock all windows and doors and keep anything that might be considered a weapon out of reach step two just sleep something as simple as getting more time with your beloved pillow might help you reduce sleepwalking episodes sleepwalking occurs in the deep stages of sleep and the less time you sleep the more time you'd spend in deep sleep when you actually have time to rest toss on your pajamas and sleep tight step 3 set your alarm over the years a rumor began to spread that waking a sleepwalker could cause brain damage but that's just a myth you still need to be careful when doing so waking them abruptly can cause stress and be an unpleasant moment if episodes consistently happen around the same time anticipatory awakenings might help you stop them from occurring set your alarm 15 to 20 minutes before you sleepwalk and keep yourself awake in the time in which the episodes usually take place step 4 relax life itself can be pretty stressful and if you add walking around the house half asleep at night to the mix things can get pretty intense a study of 193 patients in a sleep clinic found one of the main triggers of sleepwalking episodes is a stressful event that the patient experienced during the day there are a couple of stress-reducing activities that you can try to help your brain switch off at night exercise regularly cut down on caffeine sorry no more mid afternoon coffee fixes step 5 treat the underlying condition if you've tried all these steps and still find yourself wandering the kitchen while asleep it might be time to get tested for medical disorders that could be triggering the episodes during rem sleep your body is usually paralyzed to keep the muscles from acting on your dreams but this isn't necessarily the case for people with parkinson's disease parkinson's interferes with your ability to move your body it can eventually affect parts of the brain stem that control movement and sleep which can lead to sleepwalking and other sleep disturbances chronic migraines sleep apnea and asthma have also been linked to cases of sleepwalking after all this sleepwalking you might find yourself never wanting to snooze again but that wouldn't be any better if you go long enough without sleep your body and mind could start turning on you find out more here on how to survive [Music] you

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Length: 4min 52sec (292 seconds)

Published: Wed Apr 06 2022