Imagine waking up in the morning only to be told that you didn’t spend all night curled up in bed. Instead, you maybe drove a car or ate last night’s leftover pizza. Perhaps you even initiated sex ...

Dear Doctors: My boyfriend says that lately I’ve been talking in my sleep and sometimes acting out my dreams. One time I actually hit him. He says it may be something called an REM sleep behavior ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images Experiencing a parasomnia, like sleep walking, can feel disturbing.

Parkinson's disease patients who experience freezing of gait (a sudden inability to initiate or continue movement, often resulting in a fall) wake up several times during the night, feel sleepy during ...

The medical term for abnormalities that occur during sleep is “parasomnia.” The Alaska Sleep Clinic says behaviors such as sleep walking, sleep talking, sleep eating, nightmares, night terrors and ...

What is REM sleep disorder? REM sleep disorder (RBD) is a type of parasomnia associated with synucleinopathies ––a diverse group of neurodegenerative disorders thought to share a common pathologic ...

Researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience have taken a first step in exploring a rather complex question: what is happening inside the brain of somebody who may be considered ‘stuck’ ...

You're gently drifting off to sleep when suddenly your arms and legs convulse and you jolt yourself awake. Or, perhaps you're relaxing in bed when, out of the blue, your dozing partner does an ...

Related parasomnias like REM sleep behavior disorder—a condition in which the brain doesn't paralyze the body during REM sleep, so people are able to act out their dreams—are found most often in men ...

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Oct. 12, 2022 -- A team of military and civilian researchers has identified a new sleep disorder that’s been disrupting the lives of trauma survivors for ...

Accidentally kicking your partner or falling out of bed in the middle of the night might seem like something to laugh about in the morning. But dramatic sleep movements might actually be a sign of a ...