Sleepwalking and Hallucinations

Over 15% of people in our society suffer from the disorder somnambulism, more popularly known as sleepwalking. About 14% of them are adolescent and 1% are adults. Sleepwalkers while in a low wave sleep will begin to do tasks as if they are awake and conscious.Sleepwalkers may do a number of tasks while in their "trance" from talking and eating, to driving and cooking. The people perform these task because of their dream their in. People without this disorder will go into rapid eye movement (REM) as well as the sleepwalker, but there body will endure a sort of paralyzed state to protect the person from in acting their dream. This does not occur to someone with somnambulism, so instead the person will begin sleepwalking. Sleepwalkers may endure hallucinations while in their trance. Hallucinations may happen to a sleepwalker while he is partially awake, yet deeply asleep. The person will be experiencing their dream while partially awake. This may result their sleepwalking turning into night terrors. If they wake from their dream while experiencing hallucinations, it may take 10-15 minutes to rouse the person from their troubled sleep. Even though waking a sleepwalker aggressively may be dangerous for you and the person. The sleepwalker may strike at you or itself because of confusion and stress from them being woken up. A good non-medical way to prevent hallucinations while sleeping is too keep a light on while sleeping.