The Anxiety Encyclopedia

8. P is for Parasomnias

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Lorien invites Katharine to sleepwalk this way through an exploration of the disorders that can make people talk, walk, and maybe even murder (?) other people in their sleep. 

Sources:

  • https://stanfordhealthcare.org/medical-conditions/sleep/nighttime-sleep-behaviors/confusional-arousals.html
  • https://www.sleepfoundation.org/stages-of-sleep
  • https://www.sleepfoundation.org/parasomnias/sleepwalking
  • https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/sleepwalking/symptoms-causes/syc-20353506
  • https://www.brainfacts.org/thinking-sensing-and-behaving/sleep/2019/is-it-dangerous-to-wake-a-sleepwalker-101119
  • https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/the-sleepwalking-detective-who-convicted-himself-of-a-murder-e1f882f213f1
  • https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-case-of-the-sleepwalking-killer-77584095/
  • https://www.addictioncenter.com/sleeping-pills/ambien/
  • https://www.seattletimes.com/life/wellness/does-ambien-cause-sleepwalking-what-about-sleep-driving/'
  • https://www.acsh.org/news/2018/07/04/lets-put-ambien-sleepwalking-myth-sleep-13154
  • https://www.healthline.com/health/side-effects-of-taking-ambien#2
  • https://medium.com/thrive-global/how-sleepwalking-went-from-a-spiritual-oddity-to-a-medical-issue-94a25c118495
  • https://livesofsleep.com/2021/04/12/sleepwalkers-witches-troubled-souls-and-sleep-murders/
  • https://www.brainfacts.org/thinking-sensing-and-behaving/sleep/2019/is-it-dangerous-to-wake-a-sleepwalker-101119
  • https://dsc.duq.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1017&context=dclj
  • https://books.google.com/books?id=BZ3QAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA484&lpg=PA484&dq=Colonel+Culpepper+shooting+someone+in+sleep&source=bl&ots=0VAKa6bsRP&sig=ACfU3U2o7qk45pohjK2tQgZLcO90N5kMtg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjeqf_P9rH8AhXXmWoFHQIKDgEQ6AF6BAgqEAM#v=onepage&q=Colonel Culpepper shooting someone in sleep&f=false
  • https://medium.com/snipette/murder-or-mistake-da9088976ebc
  • https://toronto.citynews.ca/2006/10/27/man-acquitted-of-sleepwalking-murder-running-for-school-trustee-in-durham/
  • https://medium.com/exploring-history/the-police-detective-who-caught-himself-7b7bcda1caf2
  • https://twitter.com/lolrakshak/status/1481180222896885760?lang=en
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