Every evening, tired, we gladly go to our bed and fall asleep in a sweet dream. Most of us think of sleep as an enjoyable process. In fact, for some people, the night becomes an ordeal. Those who suffer from insomnia, other sleep disorders, experience a certain stress with the arrival of the evening.
Many have heard of sleepwalking, restless legs syndrome, sleep behavior disorder, and nocturnal paralysis. You may be familiar with someone suffering from these things. Read the information below and find out what can happen to any person in a dream and how our body behaves during this mysterious period.
Paralysis in sleep
Many of us have experienced paralysis in our sleep. What it is? This is the feeling of realizing that you are no longer asleep, but still in a dream. The ability to move is absent. This happens during the transition from sleep to wakefulness. During this short period, you cannot move or talk; paralysis can last from a few seconds to several minutes. Some still experience sensations of pressure and suffocation.
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Stop breathing
In a dream, breathing may stop for a few seconds. This condition is called apnea. According to research from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the disorder is fairly common. At the same time, a person can take several pauses during sleep or shallow breaths.
REM phase disorders
The REM phase is a rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. At this time, the greatest activation of the brain is noted. The eyeballs move very quickly. People who suffer from REM sleep disorders can see terrible, difficult dreams, violent scenes. They scream, moan, rush around the bed and may even fall. REM sleep disorders can lead to psychological disturbances, anxiety, irritability.
Orgasm in a dream
Yes, you read that correctly. A person in a dream can experience a real orgasm. This often happens to those who dream of something romantic, sensual in life. The body can react in a dream in the same way as it would in real life. This process can even wake you up from deep sleep.
You can feel the fall in your sleep
Many have experienced this for themselves: when you just start to fall asleep, there is a feeling of falling or some kind of shock, from which you wake up abruptly. This feeling is very common, it resembles a fall. According to the National Sleep Foundation, this phenomenon is quite common. In this case, involuntary contractions of the muscles of the legs, arms, and body are called hypnotic jerks. Unlike other sleep disorders, this is not something to worry about.
Sense of smell is turned off
During deep sleep, a person's sense of smell is turned off. Therefore, cases of carbon monoxide poisoning in a dream during a fire are so common. During wakefulness, we immediately feel unpleasant odors, but with deep sleep, this opportunity is lost.
Sleepwalking
At first glance, this sleep disorder seems ridiculous. After all, there are so many films made and comics drawn with lunatic heroes. This is actually a very serious problem. Otherwise, sleepwalking is called somnambulism. Conduct disorder occurs during the deep sleep phase. The result of this can be complex physical actions, including walking. For the sleepwalker himself, this is very dangerous. In a dream, he can go down stairs, climb to the roof, travel to other objects. In the morning he will not be able to explain what happened to him at night.
Restless legs syndrome
This problem may not be as acute as the previous ones, but nevertheless it is noted in sleep disorders. This syndrome can be not only uncomfortable, but sometimes painful. Researchers at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke explain that restless legs syndrome causes discomfort and the urge to constantly move your legs from one position to another.
Nadezhda Devlyashova
