Do you have a hard time falling asleep?

Brut India

Ever found yourself talking in your sleep or hallucinating? Here's everything you need to know about the sleep disorders that could be messing with your snooze time.

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00:00What if my partner finds out about my past because I sleep talk?

00:03Some may just masturbate in their sleep and have no idea whatsoever around it.

00:07You're waking up from your sleep and you feel somebody's calling out your name?

00:11That is a hallucination.

00:13You could have them when you've been sleep deprived,

00:15you could even have them when you're missing someone or you've lost someone.

00:18Sleepwalking happens when your eyes are still open,

00:21but you're actually in a trance-like state.

00:27Welcome to the world of parasomnias.

00:29That is, sleep problems.

00:59Sleep talking is really common and often sometimes associated with sleepwalking or somnambulism.

01:08You may find yourself cleaning the house.

01:10You may find yourself in a different room.

01:12You may find yourself just walking around the house,

01:14sometimes walking the streets, which can be fairly dangerous.

01:16Sleepwalking happens when your eyes are still open,

01:20but you're actually in a trance-like state.

01:22Now, another important thing that some people do while sleepwalking

01:26is sleep-related eating disorder or eating while sleeping.

01:30They may go on to make full-fledged meals,

01:31while sometimes they may just take whatever is in front of them,

01:34even if it's inedible and disgusting, and eat it up.

01:37Now, sleep paralysis as a parasomnia is extremely scary for the person.

01:42The most common type of hallucination that people report is incubus,

01:46as if there's chest pressure.

01:48There could be vestibular motor hallucination,

01:50as if the world is shaking and the bed is shaking for them.

01:53And as if an intruder has entered their room,

01:56and they keep on trying to look for a person in that sleep paralysis state.

02:00It happens because when the brain is changing gears

02:02between the NREM and REM or the other way around,

02:05it gets stuck.

02:06The gearbox gets stuck.

02:08So the flip-flop switch mechanism gets affected,

02:11and as a result, you feel the muscles are paralyzed,

02:15which is from the REM stage,

02:16but I am aware of everything, which is from the NREM stage.

02:20You're no longer dreaming.

02:21No, it is not a dream.

02:23Cutting out alcohol, avoiding too much of stimulating movies at night,

02:27too much of gore and bloodshed at night can be helpful as well.

02:30One more sleep-related issue that we see, not very common,

02:35but may really bother you is something called sexsomnia,

02:39meaning having sex in your sleep and having no recollection of that same.

02:44Of course, a partner may let you know,

02:46while some may just masturbate in their sleep

02:48and have no idea whatsoever around it.

02:50Nightmare would happen typically in the REM cycle

02:53when the dreams are happening.

02:54You may remember the dream.

02:56You may wake up.

02:57While the night terror, usually seen in children,

03:00you may have seen them getting really, really jittery in their sleep,

03:03screaming, shouting, crying, moaning.

03:06That is a night terror.

03:07You may not remember what were you really dreaming about.

03:09Have you ever had this eerie experience

03:11where you're going to sleep or you're waking up from your sleep

03:14and you feel somebody's calling out your name?

03:17That is a hallucination.

03:18Yes, sleep-related hallucinations are called hypnagogic or hypnopompic,

03:22depending on when do they happen.

03:24If they happen while going to sleep, they're called hypnagogic.

03:26If they happen in the early waking hours, they're called hypnopompic.

03:29They're fairly common.

03:31They're fairly normal.

03:32You could have them when you've been sleep deprived.

03:34You could even have them when you're missing someone

03:36or you've lost someone.

03:37So why do these parasomnias happen?

03:40There are a bunch of reasons,

03:41starting from genetic to neurological,

03:43sleep deprivation, even stress, mental health conditions.

03:46There could be overstimulation from the devices that we get at night,

03:50watching too much of gory content and sometimes even drug use.

03:54What to do if you're having one or more of the conditions that I described?

03:58First of all, please don't self-diagnose.

04:00See the right specialist.

04:02You can speak to a neurologist, a neuropsychiatrist,

04:05a sleep medicine specialist.

04:06At the same time, ensure that you get plenty of rest.

04:10You do not have erratic hours of sleep.

04:12Engage in sleep hygiene.

04:14Avoid drug use.

04:15Ensure safety of self and that of the partner.

04:18The thing I'd really like you to try

04:20is something called relaxation techniques at the sleep time.

04:23They help you progressively fall into better quality of sleep.

04:28What not to try is extremely important to address as well.

04:31Please do not beat up the person having these parasomnias.

04:34These are not possessions by the devil or the evil.

04:38These are disorders with proper treatment at the right time.

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