Sleepwalking (also called somnambulism or noctambulism) is a parasomnia (not to be confused with psychosis) or sleep disorder where the sufferer engages in activities normally associated with wakefulness while asleep or in a sleep-like state. Sleepwalking is usually defined by or involves the person affected apparently shifting from their prior sleeping position and moving around and performing normal actions as if awake (cleaning, walking and ot...
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Sleepwalking (also called somnambulism or noctambulism) is a parasomnia (not to be confused with psychosis) or sleep disorder where the sufferer engages in activities normally associated with wakefulness while asleep or in a sleep-like state. Sleepwalking is usually defined by or involves the person affected apparently shifting from their prior sleeping position and moving around and performing normal actions as if awake (cleaning, walking and other activities).
Somnambulists (those who sleepwalk) are not exactly unconscious during their sleepwalking episodes, but are not conscious of their actions on a level where memory of the sleepwalking episode can be recalled. Because of this, unless the sleepwalker is discovered by someone else, the sleep disorder can go unnoticed. Sleepwalking is more commonly experienced in people with high levels of stress, anxiety or psychological factors, and in people with genetic factors (family history), or sometimes a combination of both.
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