Unravelling sleep paralysis, sleep talking and more

Brut India

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

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