Here are some unnatural sleep disorders. You may here
about these disorders but you wouldn’t about these much clearly. Here are 8
Strange Sleep Disorders
1.
Nightmare disorder: When the occasional nightmare becomes a
common problem, so you wake up in a sweat or you’re afraid to go to sleep, then
you could be suffering from nightmare disorder. According to the American Sleep
Association, stress and sleep deprivation are the main triggers for this
disorder.
2.
Sleep walking: The causes of sleep walking are not fully
known – although genetics, broken sleep and stress are thought to play a role.
Sleepwalkers open doors, move their furniture around, and move from room to
room with no trouble at all. According to the Journal of Molecular Psychiatry,
19 percent of adult sleepwalkers have been injured while sleep walking. The
main risks are tripping and falling.
3.
Exploding head syndrome: This disorder occurs at the onset of
deep sleep, when a loud noise awakens up someone who’s just fallen asleep.
These sounds range from explosives going off inside their head, to cymbals
crashing loudly, right next to their bed. Of course, there’s no actual sound –
so it’s all a mystery. The person’s not at risk - and there’s no obvious cause.
4.
Hypnagogic hallucinations: These occur as the person is falling
sleep or at the end of the night as they start to waken up. The person’s sure
they can hear voices, or they experience strange sensations, or they report
seeing people or weird objects in the room. A common vision sufferers have is
seeing small animals or thinking they see bugs crawling over the walls.
According to the American Sleep Association, these kinds of sleep-related
hallucinations are most frequently reported in people with narcolepsy.
5.
Night terrors: This is where the person (and most commonly
a child) starts to scream, thrash around, or to pace about the room. However,
they can’t be wakened up or be comforted. They are trapped in this world that
is threatening to them. Night terrors are different from nightmares as they
occur in non-REM sleep (the deepest type of sleep that occurs early at night).
Although the cause is still unknown, fever and stress may play a role.
6.
Sleep paralysis: This occurs in REM sleep, later on in the
night, when the person is having a very vivid dream - but is also temporarily
immobilised. Thus, although they want to move or to quickly run away they find
they’re paralysed, and are rooted to the spot. Often sleep paralysis and sleep
hallucinations occur simultaneously. Common images and sensations include
sensing an evil presence in the room, or feeling they’re being crushed or
choked. In Newfoundland, Canada, this is known as the “Old Hag”; in China, it’s
called “the ghost pressing down on you”; and in Mexico, it is described as being
“the dead climbing on top of you.”
7.
REM behaviour disorder: This occurs during REM sleep, where
the sleeper starts to act out the content of their dreams. Thus, they may get
out of bed and then start to run around; or they may scream and yell, or they
may start to get dressed. It is seen most in older adults, and especially in
those who’ve been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.
8.
Nocturnal eating disorder: People diagnosed with this sleep
disorder go on eating binges when they’re fast asleep. Some chop up meat and
vegetables, or turn on the stove, and then go back to bed without tidying up
the mess. Others eat raw foods like onions or fresh meat, or they eat frozen
food or unusual types of food (like margarine straight from the margarine tub).
Like sleepwalking, it occurs during non-REM sleep. There is no known cause.
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