While all sleep disorders have elements of risk if left untreated, some of the more terrifying problems with sleep fall into the category of parasomnias.
Parasomnias are sleep disorders in which abnormal things happen to people while they sleep that cannot be explained by more common disruptions caused by sleep apnea or restless legs.
Usually the behaviors of someone with a parasomnia are bizarre or compelling and can impact both the person undergoing an episode or their bed partners or nearby loved ones.
Unusual movements or strange emotional behavior associated with parasomnias can be anywhere from humorous and endearing to annoying and disruptive to violent, making these sleep disorders potentially dangerous and necessary to treat.
We've found a wide variety of links to information about parasomnias, including sleepwalking, sleep talking, sleep paralysis, sexsomnia, REM sleep behavior disorder, nocturnal enuresis, night terrors, night eating syndrome, sleep eating disorder, and confusional arousals.
Parasomnias are sleep disorders in which abnormal things happen to people while they sleep that cannot be explained by more common disruptions caused by sleep apnea or restless legs.
Usually the behaviors of someone with a parasomnia are bizarre or compelling and can impact both the person undergoing an episode or their bed partners or nearby loved ones.
Unusual movements or strange emotional behavior associated with parasomnias can be anywhere from humorous and endearing to annoying and disruptive to violent, making these sleep disorders potentially dangerous and necessary to treat.
We've found a wide variety of links to information about parasomnias, including sleepwalking, sleep talking, sleep paralysis, sexsomnia, REM sleep behavior disorder, nocturnal enuresis, night terrors, night eating syndrome, sleep eating disorder, and confusional arousals.
This week's links were published or updated between 3.6.16 and 10.30.16.
APR 15 || ELITE DAILY
MAY 13 || BUSTLE
Night Eating Syndrome & Sleep Eating Disorder
MAR 29 || BUSTLE
APR 17 || HUFFINGTON POST SLEEP + WELLNESS
APR 29 || JACARANDA FM
JUN 26 || TELLYMIX
Night Terrors (also known as Sleep Terrors)
MAY 27 || TEEN VOGUE
AUG 22 || EVENING STANDARD
AUG 30 || ROMPER
SEPT 21 || GULF NEWS
SEPT 27 || ECHO
OCT 3 || FRASER COAST CHRONICLE
OCT 26 || TEEN VOGUE
Nightmare Disorder: Please see last week's curation on dreams and nightmares
Nocturnal Enuresis (also known as Bedwetting)
MAR 6 || PLOS ONE
MAY 29 || THE HEALTH SITE
JUN 29 || U INTERVIEW
JUN 30 || GOOD MEN PROJECT
JULY 28 || AMERICAN SLEEP ASSOCIATION
JULY 29 || MARSHFIELD NEWS HERALD
AUG 18 || RILEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
AUG 26 || YAHOO!
SEPT 17 || GISTMASTER
Tackling bed-wetting in children
OCT 5 || GOOD MEN PROJECT
OCT 18 || WDAC
OCT 23 || THE SUN
REM Sleep Behavior Disorder (also known as RBD)
Parkinson's Disease is a Nightmare Full of Nightmares and One Women is Waking Up
JULY 23 || CBS NEWS
Mike Birbiglia: How sleepwalking paved path to success
AUG 1 || SLEEP
Mortality and Its Risk Factors in Patients with Rapid Eye Movement Sleep Behavior Disorder (abstract)
New Role of Adenosine in REM Sleep Regulation Discovered
Sleep disorder makes husband a danger to wife (first advice column answer)
MAR 26 || INVERSE
JULY 23 || CBS NEWS
AUG 1 || SLEEP
SEPT 6 || SLEEP REVIEW
OCT 18 || MY ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Sexsomnia (also known as Sleep Sex)
JUN 19 || DAILY MAIL
JULY 12 || MID-DAY
Sexsomnia or having sex during sleep is a real thing, say experts
JULY 12 || SLEEP REVIEW
Sexual Behavior in Sleep Linked to Psychological Disorders
JULY 13 || DECCAN JOURNAL
AUG 12 || STILLWATER NEWS PRESS
Sleep Paralysis
MAY 26 || THE ATLANTIC
MAY 31 || THUMP
JUN 11 || BUSINESS INSIDER
JULY || THE SCIENCE OF US
AUG 4 || BRAIN BLOGGER
SEPT 19 || MEDICAL XPRESS
SEPT 20 || MEDICAL DAILY
SEPT 26 || MEDLINE PLUS
OCT 10 || LIVESCIENCE
OCT 12 || CBS LOCAL CHICAGO
OCT 13 || SBS
OCT 23 || FOX NEWS
OCT 27 || CBS LOCAL PHILLY
OCT 29 || WTHR
Have you seen a ghost? There may be a medical reason
Sleep Talking
JUN 15 || DAILY POST
AUG 1 || DAILY DOT
AUG 10 || FEMALE FIRST
AUG 22 || THE SUN
Woman documents 13 years of her partner’s sleep talking… and he posts the entire thing on Imgur
'If they ask about the pickles, say nothing!' People reveal the strangest things their partners have said in their sleep
SEPT 19 || THE DAILY MAIL
OCT 25 || DAILY MAIL
Sleepwalking (also known as Somnambulism)
JUN 8 || DAILY MAIL
Girl, 16, falls 50ft to her death while SLEEPWALKING at her parents' apartment in Turkey
JUN 9 || SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST
Sleepwalking Chinese woman falls out of window ... but escapes unhurt after landing on canopy
JUN 10 || MENS XP
This Is The Real Reason Why People Sleepwalk & It Can Be Really Dangerous
JUN 13 || IRISH MIRROR
Sky Sports presenter Rachel Wyse went sleepwalking in her underwear through Swedish Hotel
JUN 16 || BBC SPORTS
Injured canoeist Viktoria Schwarz misses Euros after sleepwalking off balcony
JUN 28 || GAZETTE LIVE
Do you sleepwalk? Police had to help naked man, woman in pyjamas and more last year
JUL 26 || MEDSCAPE
Sleepwalking: The Science, Cures, and Consequences
OCT 3 || THE SUN
Chronic sleepwalker spends her nights making cups of tea and getting ready for work in her SLEEP
OCT 13 || WZZM 13
Ambien users react to 13 Watchdog investigation of sleep driving defense (video)
OCT 15 || THE SATURDAY PAPER
The science of sleepwalking
OCT 27 || SOUTH WALES ARGUS
Postman who drowned may have been sleepwalking, inquest hears
OCT 27 || SOUTH WALES ARGUS
Postman who drowned may have been sleepwalking, inquest hears
