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  2. Sleepwalking - Wikipedia

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    Sleepwalking, also known as somnambulism or noctambulism, is a phenomenon of combined sleep and wakefulness. [1] It is classified as a sleep disorder belonging to the parasomnia family. [ 2 ] It occurs during the slow wave stage of sleep, in a state of low consciousness, with performance of activities that are usually performed during a state ...

  3. Sleepwalking: what causes walking in your sleep and how does ...

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    Also, work to reduce your stress levels; Licuan suggests practicing mindfulness techniques like yoga or journaling. Further, it's key to address any existing conditions, such as sleep apnea ...

  4. Parasomnia - Wikipedia

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    Sleep drunkenness, also known as confusional arousal, is the feeling of confusion or sudden action upon waking up from deep sleep. Severe sleep inertia , one cause of oversleeping, is considered to develop sleep drunkenness.

  5. Amand-Marie-Jacques de Chastenet, Marquis of Puységur

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    Puységur noted the similarity between this sleeping trance and natural sleep-walking or somnambulism, and he named it "artificial somnambulism". [1] Today we know similar states by the name "hypnosis", although that term was invented much later by James Braid in 1842. Some characteristics of Puysegur's artificial somnambulism were in any case ...

  6. Sleep disorder - Wikipedia

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    Sleepwalking or somnambulism, engaging in activities normally associated with wakefulness (such as eating or dressing), which may include walking, without the conscious knowledge of the subject. Somniphobia, one cause of sleep deprivation, a dread/ fear of falling asleep or going to bed. Signs of the illness include anxiety and panic attacks ...

  7. Nocturnal sleep-related eating disorder - Wikipedia

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    Nocturnal sleep-related eating disorder (NSRED) is a combination of a parasomnia and an eating disorder.It is a non-rapid eye movement sleep (NREM) parasomnia. [1] It is described as being in a specific category within somnambulism or a state of sleepwalking that includes behaviors connected to a person's conscious wishes or wants. [2]

  8. Somnambulist (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    a person who engages in somnambulism (sleepwalking) a term used in hypnosis to indicate someone of high enough suggestibility to follow suggestions without the need for a formal trance Books

  9. Non-rapid eye movement sleep - Wikipedia

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    The autonomous nervous system, cognitive process, and motor system are activated during sleep or while the person wakes up from sleep. Some examples of parasomnias are somnambulism (sleep walking), somniloquy (sleep talking), sleep eating, nightmares or night terrors, sleep paralysis, and sexsomnia (or "sleep sex"). Many of these have a genetic ...