Are you having nightmares? Is sleep paralysis paranormal? Here's everything you need to know about the sleep disorders you might be experiencing...
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00:00what if you wake up in the middle of the night feeling choked feeling paralyzed you can go on
00:04to eat sleep have sex walk around hit somebody and do pretty much everything in your sleep
00:12welcome to the world of parasomnias
00:20so what are parasomnias in a nutshell they are abnormal behaviors around sleep a lot of the
00:26population struggles from parasomnia we're going to talk about some interesting ones
00:30now sleep paralysis as a parasomnia is extremely scary for the person the most common type of
00:36hallucination that people report is incubus as if there's chest pressure there could be vestibular
00:42motor hallucination as if the world is shaking and the bed is shaking for them and as if an
00:47intruder has entered their room and they keep on trying to look for a person in that sleep paralysis
00:52it happens because when the brain is changing gears between the nrem and rem on the other way
00:57around it gets stuck the gearbox gets stuck so the flip-flop switch mechanism gets affected and as a
01:04result you feel the muscles are paralyzed which is from the REM stage but i am aware of everything
01:11which is from the nrem stage you're no longer dreaming no it is not a dream cutting out alcohol
01:17avoiding too much of stimulating movies at night too much of gore and bloodshed at night can be
01:22helpful as well what if my partner finds out about my past because i sleep talk this is a question
01:27i've been actually asked by a patient who used to sleep talk don't worry you're not going to
01:31possibly tell your password your deepest dark secrets most of sleep talking or somnology is
01:37actually gibberish it doesn't make sense but yes some people can speak full-fledged sentences sleep
01:43talking is really common and often sometimes associated with sleepwalking or somnibulism
01:49you may find yourself cleaning the house you may find yourself in a different room you may find
01:53yourself just walking around the house sometimes walking the streets which can be fairly dangerous
01:57sleepwalking happens when your eyes are still open but you're actually in a trance like state
02:03now another important thing that some people do while sleepwalking is sleep related eating disorder
02:09or eating while sleeping they may go on to make full-fledged meals while sometimes they may just
02:14take whatever is in front of them even if it's inedible and disgusting and eat it up one more
02:20sleep relating issue that we see not very common but may really bother you is something called
02:26sexsomnia meaning having sex in your sleep and having no recollection of that same of course
02:32a partner may let you know while some may just masturbate in their sleep and have no idea
02:37whatsoever around it nightmare would happen typically in the REM cycle when the dreams are
02:42happening you may remember the dream you may wake up while the night terror usually seen in children
02:48you may have seen them getting really really jittery in their sleep screaming shouting crying
02:53moaning that is a night terror you may not remember what were you really dreaming about
02:57have you ever had this eerie experience where you're going to sleep or you're waking up from
03:02your sleep and you feel somebody's calling out your name that is a hallucination yes sleep related
03:08hallucinations are called hypnagogic or hypnopompic depending on when do they happen if they happen
03:12while going to sleep they're called hypnagogic if they happen in the early waking hours they're
03:16called hypnopompic they're fairly common they're fairly normal you could have them when you've
03:21been sleep deprived you could even have them when you're missing someone or you've lost someone
03:25so why do these parasomnias happen there are a bunch of reasons starting from genetic to
03:30neurological sleep deprivation even stress mental health conditions they could be overstimulation
03:36that from the devices that we get at night watching too much of gory content and sometimes
03:41even drug use what to do if you're having one or more of the conditions that i described
03:46first of all please don't self-diagnose see the right specialist you can speak to a neurologist
03:51a neuropsychiatrist a sleep medicine specialist at the same time ensure that you get plenty of
03:57rest you do not have erratic hours of sleep engage in sleep hygiene avoid drug use ensure safety of
04:05self and that of the partner the thing i'd really like you to try is something called relaxation
04:10techniques at the sleep time they help you progressively fall into better quality of sleep
04:16what not to try is extremely important to address as well please do not beat up the person having
04:21these parasomnias these are not possessions by the devil or the evil these are disorders
04:27with proper treatment at the right time